Austin at Large: The American Disparagement

Of what to us is the Fourth of July? Reading the room and rethinking democracy.

"...Frederick Douglass mood about the rituals of our civic religion and the veneration of the grand and curious American..."

July 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Acharya

Hyperviolent Telugu drama wastes its once-in-a-lifetime casting

"...relies heavily on a very specific understanding of Hindu religion, Telugu culture, and Indian politics that could be alienating..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

A Banquet

Overstuffed high-minded horror isn’t meaty enough to satisfy

"...a blend of ideas: grief, eating disorders, motherhood, and religion. It’s an overambitious problem to have, but means the..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Review: Jason Boland & the Stragglers

The Light Saw Me (Proud Souls)

"...and uncertainty, an existential crisis where the institutions of religion, reason, and government completely fail to make sense of..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Last Duel

Ridley Scott reinvents the historical drama through the lens of stardom

"...legal system still held hostage by the power of religion. But the film is particularly ambitious in its gendered..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Death Watch: Supreme Court Halts John Henry Ramirez's Execution Over Religious Freedom Appeal

Court will hear Ramirez's case for pastor's touch during execution this fall

"...officials had denied his right to free exercise of religion by refusing to let Moore touch and pray with..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mogul Mowgli

Riz Ahmed’s searing rap drama seeks a sense of British Pakistani identity

"...Pakistan exchanged patients in psychiatric hospitals according to their religion. The central character, a Pakistani Sikh living in India..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sator

Occult horror will hold you in its dark, subtle spell

"...What's the difference between a religion, a cult, and pure, delusional madness? The number of..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion. (Texas Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...tragic circumstances. Now Maud is in the throes of religion and picking up her new calling as an in-home..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Austin FC Fans, Assemble

MLS’s 27th franchise hits the pitch with multiple supporters’ groups backing them

"...If soccer is a religion, as the late Diego Maradona believed it to be,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Eric Goodman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on this revelatory new single, inverting police violence, racism, religion, and wall-building into an inner unrest that's palpable. "Our..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...Goddammit, why not go after the insidious connection between religion and politics? Want to be relevant about money and..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 12-18

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Lucumí is an Afro-American religion with Yoruban roots. Its practitioners worship their ancestors, and..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Paradox Players' The Mountaintop

In this powerful production of Katori Hall's drama, MLK wrestles with his life's meaning – and maybe an angel

"...make for a powerful evening of theatre, history, and religion...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The Lodge

Icy melding of horror and religion is cool, not chilling

"...recur here, but they add strands of faith and religion, meshing cult beliefs with cabin fever, and the interplay..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Color Out of Space

Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror

"...that nothing in which we place our faith – religion, science, or as with Lavinia, magic – will protect..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Cook Invites Diners to "Be Here Now" at Kyoten Sushiko

An unlikely artist at Mueller's satellite iteration of Otto Phan's omakase restaurant

"...Cook keeps Be Here Now (all-religion-in-one, but no-religion-at-once, 1971 Zen spiritual manual) on Kyōten's waiting..."

June 28, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

A Marvel-ous Idea

"...do. Spider-Man was never made fun of for his religion – but I was. And Kamala Khan was too...."

April 25, 2019 Postmarks

Black Mother

A hypnotic and all-encompassing glimpse into Jamaican life

"...of, although the film touches on subjects diverse as religion, death and rebirth, the slave trade, indigenous music, and..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wind

Madness and jealousy on the American Great Plains

"...has long since given up on the comforts of religion...."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019

A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest

"...Welcome to the Church of the SubGenius, a fake religion that knew it was bogus, a faith with arbitrary..."

March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff

Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson is Mr. Plow ... with a vengeance

"...intertitles bearing their criminal sobriquet, date of birth, and religion.) Ultimately, the inclusion of off-throughline substories involving the largely..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Human Rights Campaign Calls Texas a "High Priority" for LGBTQ Equality

A long way to go, but public opinion trends toward legislative action

"...month into the current session, another report from Public Religion Research Institute – also released Thursday, Jan. 31 –..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Mary Queen of Scots

Period drama has no sense of history

"...era had to say about women and race and religion and power. It's never mentioned, for example, that Elizabeth's..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...as everything you ever suspected was troubling about organized religion. (Abraham, along with the entire cast, appears delighted to..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...anything like that gives people hope. It’s like a religion and it’s somewhat based on religion. After all, a..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Does This Relationship Have a Future?

If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either

"...was always there – we also developed language, art, religion, a broad range of implements, and a working relationship..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...built around a man – a gumshoe, a cult religion godhead – and/or set in male-dominated fields – oil,..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...on religious obsession. "I do find it concerning how religion can be used as a structure to suppress people,"..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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