Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...Quinn with a semi-shady, very wry underpinning of emotional solitude. Spacek's presence is no less formidable – she is..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steely Steve

Stephin Merritt’s Psychocandy holiday

"...“I’ve been told that it’s all about solitude,” says Merritt of the Magnetic Fields’ new album, Distortion..."

Oct. 9, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Deep Water

The documentary Deep Water tells the white-knuckled true story of the first single-handed around-the-world yacht competition.

"...Michael Clayton), the film evokes a visceral understanding of solitude at sea. With only Morse code and infrequent radio..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Into the Wild

Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's bestselling mystery adventure to the screen with frequently stunning but ultimately unsatisfactory results.

"...book Into the Wild, which spun McCandless’ life of solitude into a tragedy of family bitterness and misplaced longing...."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters @ 3AM

No class can cultivate what a writer most needs, the gift I call the 'talent of the room'

"...filled with other people, and no classroom can teach solitude. Which is why most writing courses, by their very..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Superman Returns

Superman returns to Earth seeming more like a humbled prodigal son than an invincible superhero.

"...World Doesn’t Need Superman.” Ouch. The depth of Superman’s solitude is conveyed in a scene in which he uses..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long View

John Graves' 'Myself and Strangers' finds the 83-year-old looking back at his past and into his future

"...hymn to lonerism and to the disappearing places where solitude is possible...."

April 30, 2004 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...including TV, you just name it, will ultimately create solitudes, strangely enough, even though they do not isolate us..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Amélie

Why not get happy? Why not celebrate love, and little twists of fate, and a sepia-in-Technicolor portrait of Paris? Amélie's heart is in the right place – squarely on its sleeve. And what better place for it?

"...rice paper, about a woman who lives mostly in solitude, kept company by her far-reaching imagination. She decides one..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Superman: The Movie – Director's Cut

"...superhero and dad Jor-El's hologram in the Fortress of Solitude and Krypton's Last Son busting through deathtraps of bullets,..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...the ability to return to a rugged place of solitude whenever she desires...."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student

Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.

"...writing students themselves -- some praising Iowa for its solitude and rigors, others questioning the idea of placing the..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

An American in Paris

Even if you think you've watched this musical to death during home viewings, you have never really seen this most tragic of all the director's tragic musicals if you haven't viewed it on a big screen with its shimmering color photography.

"...Paris is a paradox - a musical that embraces solitude and romantic despair. It is a resplendent motion picture"..."

July 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The English Patient

"...the mysterious man and nurse her own wounds in solitude. Into this picture wanders Caravaggio (Dafoe), a Canadian soldier..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice

Tears From Heaven

"...The stone sat alone in its solitude. A...."

July 26, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

The Journey of August King

"...(Patric) is about to emerge from the shell of solitude he's suffered since his wife died, and acknowledge his..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bonus Tracks

"...SOLITUDE AETURNUS Through the Darkest Hour (Pavement) Take Dee Snyder..."

May 12, 1995 Music Review

Color of Night

"...the first place I think of when contemplating restful solitude). Once there, he drops in on college pal and..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swans, Swine, and Serial Killers in This Week’s Recommended Events

Get out and get arty

"...self-taught Thai-born, France-based painter currently showing solo exhibition "Sweet Solitude." The show focuses on portraiture, often of Prachakul's famous..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 14-20

"...stars. With every word you speak, you unweave my solitude and knit me into eternity.”..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events

Your weekdays are spoken for

"...Sweet solitude: a fitting name for the first solo museum exhibition..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Arts and Culture Events for the Week Ahead

Get up to something good

"...Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Running Trails in and Around Austin

Here are some trails if you’re bored of circling Lady Bird Lake

"...one other runner, so it’s recommended if you like solitude. There is also an area that serves as both..."

Dec. 11, 2024 Sports Post by Hasina Shah

The Off Beat: Queen Serene Unleashes a Heavier, More Collaborative Album No. 2

Sarah Ronan and Matt Galceran on songwriting and intra-band dating

"...thrown in for good measure), during his own pandemic solitude. Ronan contributed by convincing him to include it on..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

The Luv Doc: An Orgasm Party

Like bringing egg salad to a family reunion at the lake in August

"...Nor will he pop out of his fortress of solitude for a meet & greet with Jared Padalecki –..."

April 19, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Review: We Can Be Heroes

Cheering doc about summer camp for the awkward and adventurous

"...ways of saying it. As much as anyone, the solitude of the pandemic has put him in a rough..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Mexico City/Austin Trio Demons My Friends and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus the debut of Radio Coffee’s new location and Natalie Jane Hill’s Texas return

"...Carolina. Hill returns to Austin tuning her hushed, restorative solitude that hearkens classic British folk with intricate Hill Country..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival

Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop

"...Headey UK World Premiere Content in her life of solitude, Michelles’ simple world is interrupted by a stranger seeking..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wild Child to Sir Woman, Kelsey Wilson Is Taking the High Road

The laid-back ringleader reinvents Wild Child and forges a new path with Sir Woman

"...and sleeping on floors together. There was never ever solitude...."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 18-24

"...need to know about yourself is only knowable through solitude. Sometimes you haven't met your next collaborator. Sometimes your..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

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