Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...of songs to be heard in some time. There's sadness and elation in these songs -- an almost casual..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...As a commuter cyclist, it was with joy and sadness, that I read Mr Gray's reaction ["Postmarks," Vol. 18,..."

May 14, 1999 Column

Reflections

"...thoroughly comprehensive treatment of the Bowlings -- there's much sadness here but there's also proof of the Bowlings' earnest..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

"...around him. As one subject says, in times of sadness and loss, artists like Monette do us the invaluable..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

David Garza

"...finally the album's finest meeting of songwriting and hook, "Sadness," an aptly named mother/son elegy. Not only is each..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature

Bent

"...that Bent is a viscerally affecting film, ripe with sadness and pungent with the scent of misery and suffering...."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alive & Kicking

"...understatedly wise friend, and Tutin creates subtle undertones of sadness in a basically cartoonish role as an Alzheimer's-afflicted choreographer...."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Record reviews 8/2/96

"...Walking Wounded is the real Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness. Or exquisite sadness, since heartbreak this blissful exists only..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Review

Corrina, Corrina

"...legs are seen. This is the kind of comic sadness that is prevalent throughout Corrina, Corrina. The girl's father,..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

The Prince of Tides

"...small role as a brilliant poet who transforms the sadness and terror of her childhood with her art. The..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Paradise

"...lightening up the proceedings as well, but the overall sadness is unrelenting. It is Donoghue's year, she wrote Deceived..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts

Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum

"...against its dissolution, her understated midtempo musings wafting a sadness amid the intoxicated passion. Saddest Factory Records provides the..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Album Review: David Ramirez, All the Not So Gentle Reminders

Relentlessly raw songwriter resets on seventh LP

"...remember than a realization: “I’m over the anger, the sadness, all the not so gentle reminders of my nature/..."

April 4, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Downtown Austin Experiences the Moontower Effect

Moontower Comedy Festival returns with a lineup of national stars and local comics

"...horse, and instead, it’s a whole horse full of sadness.’”..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...beauty, yet also delivers powerful feelings of heartbreak and sadness, creating an experience that so perfectly embodies visual storytelling..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

In SXSW Documentary Other Side, an Activist Fights to the End for Access to Medical Aid in Dying

Lynda Bluestein’s battle to die on her own terms

"...gratitude and my pride is much greater than my sadness,” he said. “It was almost just like sitting in..."

March 7, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: haha Laughing Chuckles Through Nasty Feelings

Experimental rap duo talk musical catharsis, Free Week discovery

"...can we get out all of this rage and sadness –” before Dilick interjects, “Insecurity.”..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Column by Carys Anderson

Weekend Events to Get You to the New Year

Movies, art, drag performances, and more

"...desires for Shirley MacLaine’s magnetic elevator operator. Together their sadness spins a perfect end-of-the-year watch, capturing a welcome melancholy..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Drag Fest, Nutcracker, and Puppets in This Week’s Events

Lots of weekend events to keep you occupied

"...RIYL: Fantastic Planet and Belladonna of Sadness. This psychedelic 2D animated sci-fi has much of what..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 15-21

"...and his superb formulation of the redemptive power of sadness. He wrote: “The best thing for being sad is..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Review: The Severed Sun

British folk horror shows the devil in daylight

"...of Magpie's monster comes with a surprising sense of sadness. If only he weren't so at odds with whatever..."

Sept. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: Being Dead, in the Flesh

Reeling in the EELS with a North Loop meeting of the minds

"...an astute Dosier replies, “If you’re gonna talk about sadness, you gotta say, 'Hey, it’s not gonna be happy.’”..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Fantastic Fest Review: Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...format undoubtedly allows Elliot to ameliorate much of the sadness of Grace’s life with visual playfulness and ingenuity. That’s..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playdates, Secret Screenings, and More Events for Your Week

Get out on a school night

"...Do you got that summertime sadness? Are you sizzling under the Austin sun? The cure,..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Austin Chronic: KOOP’s Sunday Reggae Lives On With Roots Train

After a quarter-century run, Jamaican Gold’s Art Baker passes the torch to Selector Dale

"...spring, when Baker announced that he’d be signing off, sadness spilled out on social media and message boards from..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Fortune and Glory: How The Spiel Celebrates Steven Spielberg

Eric Vespe discusses new podcast, life after Scott Wampler

"...the launch of The Spiel comes with an undeniable sadness. Vespe recorded its first season with Scott Wampler, his..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Viggo Mortensen Looks Homeward in The Dead Don’t Hurt

How his Western centers women’s struggles over men’s wars

"...the line. The result is always the same: It’s sadness, chaos, destruction, tragedy, and it’s a mess. But it’s..."

May 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...over the Austin Antique Mall. It’s an air of sadness that seems completely at odds with the squeals of..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Amigo the Devil, Yours Until the War Is Over

Danny Kiranos casts a wide musical net on third LP

"...a recently discovered piece of jazz hokum. The plainspoken sadness of “Garden of Leaving” floats appropriately in a sparsely..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Michael Toland

SXSW Film Review: A House Is Not a Disco

Portrait of the Pines on Fire Island moves and shakes

"...by actor Brian J. Smith (Sense8), celebrates the hedonism, sadness, and complicated future of the Fire Island Pines...."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

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