The Human Condition

Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland on robots, sex, and the collaborative spirit

"...Alex Garland isn't a big fan of auteur theory. Despite having penned lauded screenplays with heaps of distinctive..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Five Senses

"...and Mary-Louise Parker. Sensitively performed and carefully thought out, The Five Senses is a drama of interwoven characters, all..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Danny Kiranos Finds Moral Ground in the Murder Folk of Amigo the Devil

Visceral songwriter mines darkness in the human condition

"...to commence an interview, but Danny Kiranos, aka Amigo the Devil, appears completely unfazed. Mur­der and mortality remain foundational..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Road to Degradation Is Painted Gold

"...tell – at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning - there is one fundamental problem with human beings: We are..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Fantastic Fest: The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Cracking sternums and cracking mysteries in horror whodunit

"...The human body is not a miracle. It is a..."

Sept. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...Fear and loathing of The Other is always with us, but much more rare..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Beautiful and heartfelt fantasy anime tackles death and family

"...The inevitable fate of anyone that lives is that those..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"...for kids of all ages!. It's called Where in the World Is Werner Herzog? Players will roll spherical dice..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Doctor

"...Adam Arkin and Charlie Korsmo. Overly earnest but satisfying, The Doctor prescribes an old-fashioned remedy for the summertime movie..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Banned Leader: The Contradiction of Frank Zappa in Zappa

Alex Winter sees the combative side of a cultural maverick

"...first Frank Zappa album. Unless you’re Alex Winter, and then he has an excuse. “I’m so flipping old,” he..."

Jan. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Spotlights the Early Work of Support the Girls Director Andrew Bujalski

Three from the heart

"...Andrew Bujalski isn't exactly the kind of guy you'd expect to land on a..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: A Ray of Hope

Wherein the Luv Doc unveils the key to happiness

"...After the holidays, I always feel a little bit depressed. Another..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Hotel by the River

Semi-improvised South Korean family drama is as much about pauses as what it spoken

"...compared to Woody Allen's, but that seems somewhat reductive, the through line here being a prolific output and a..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Support the Girls

The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy

"...writer/director that traffics in no small amount of chaos: Whether it’s meandering post-grads making poor life decisions (Funny Ha..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

I Served the King of England

The new film from Czech New Wave hero Jirí Menzel presents a whimsical version of 20th century European history.

"...and Harpo Marx but with a self-absorbed indifference to the suffering of others to which none of those old-time..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Sea Inside

Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.

"...Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura and Joan Dalmau. Among the obvious list of things that make moviegoers feel good..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Waterdance

"...and Michael Sternberg. Starring: Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Peña, William Allen Young, Grace Zabriskie..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Ring in the New Year With a Binge Watch

12 streaming shows to get you to midnight and beyond

"...For a lot of us, New Year’s Eve is the last night we want to venture out of the..."

Dec. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Universal: Mary Gauthier

Louisiana truthsayer plays twice at the Cactus Cafe Saturday

"...a difficult listen. It’s raw and intense, staring down the debris of heartbreak without pretense. Yet the new disc..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: Mommy Junkies

Sometimes the hardest step to take is a step back

"...guess it isn't enough that I have to cook their meals, do their laundry, and clean their bedrooms. Now..."

May 1, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Gerbling

Some people like to push the envelope

"...joint that I've been to a hundred times when, the other day, I actually overheard someone say the words..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Alchemy Theatre's The Waverly Gallery

This production of Kenneth Lonergan's drama presents the human weight of disease and makes its pain tangible

"...Back when I performed short theatre competitively (aka Oral Interp) at high school speech tournaments,..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...Teenagers clad in black hoodies and tight jeans kiss the brick wall separating Emo's inside bar from the real..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Take-Out

Refinding the spark in Austin food

"...There are some weeks, like this one, when I struggle..."

April 8, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

Fables of the Reconstruction

Denise Prince reveals her Tractatus 7.

"...Sometimes the reality of the flesh is more intense than fantasy..."

Sept. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'R100' Is the New NSFW

Bizarre, charming Japanese gutbuster finds the heart of S&M

"...announced Sept. 26 that it had acquired R100 for theatrical and VOD release in 2014. It joins Borgman, The..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mike & the Moonpies lead a stacked Sagebrush bill, plus Joey DeFrancesco, Destroyer of Light, the War on Drugs, Thor & Friends, and Clem Snide

"...Mike & the Moonpies..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...Actually, Sesame Street as well, but that’s way beside the point. It’s fitting that PBS’s local channel, KLRU, will..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Big, Dumb & Inexplicably Lucky

How about some empathy for the simpletons?

"...us lives in Southwest Austin. We used to get together regularly for lunch or happy hour drinks, but of..."

July 17, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

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