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Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration
"...The plane flew low over the desert mountains, so close..."
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July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi
Choosing Detention Over Death
Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead
"..."M," a 27-year-old Guatemalan woman, decided to come to the U.S. with her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice..."
Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata
Texas Platters
Surfin' Senorita
"...Utter the words "Herb Alpert tribute compilation" too loud in my..."
March 5, 1999 Music Review
Asylum Street Spankers
"...Asylum Street SpankersSideshow Fez DVD (Spanks-a-Lot)Asylum Street SpankersMercurial (Spanks-a-Lot)..."
Feb. 6, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch
Texas ACLU Files Suit Over Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4
New Texas law usurps federal immigration authority, suit claims
"...Texas Republicans have willfully ignored the existence of the United States Constitution in several of..."
Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon
News Roundup: Water Flows Downhill
WTP 4 opens, ACLU sues Obama, and Brown awaits his fate
"...The still-debated Water Treatment Plant No. 4 opened, the ACLU..."
Dec. 22, 2014 News Post by the News Staff
'Doctor Who' Watch
Recapping "Asylum of the Daleks"
"...There was never any question season 7 opener “Asylum of..."
Sept. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Keeping Mum
Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze come together for this dark British comedy.
"...Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, Tamsin Egerton-Dick and Toby Parkes. The grimly comic output of England's legendary Ealing Studios is..."
Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Lunacy
Jan Svankmajer's creepy-crawl slowly becomes one of the most mordantly beautiful of the director's films, an asylum-set anti-love story with mobile body parts and splashy theatrics.
"...I want to frame it and put it on the wall above my monitor, or maybe I'll build a..."
Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Tom & Viv
"...Nickolas Grace, Rosemary Harris, Miranda Richardson and Willem Dafoe. The Tom and Viv under scrutiny in this movie are..."
March 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Blindness
Julianne Moore brilliantly leads the strong cast in this sci-fi parable which takes us to the depths of human degradation before letting in the light.
"...opened Cannes this year, and it didn’t do well there. The print included a supposedly disastrous voiceover by Glover..."
Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Gosford Park
The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.
"...Altman is for allowing his actors to digress from the script into manic, thrilling improvisation, to note that the..."
Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Mac
"...John Turturro. Starring: John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Katherine Borowitz, Ellen Barkin and John Amos. Set in the..."
April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Asylum Street Spankers
"...Asylum Street SpankersGod's Favorite Band (Spanks-a-Lot/
Yellow Dog)..."
Nov. 20, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Gift Guide: John Prine
Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (Rhino)
"...lyrics aren't as easily divisible as Democrats or Republicans. They're everyfolk, who work day shifts, eat meatloaf, fish, love,..."
Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
ICE Quietly Renews 10-Year Contract With T. Don Hutto Detention Center
Taylor prison houses largely asylum-seeking women and has been the subject of numerous accusations of abuse
"...Despite rising criticism of the conditions in its Texas detention centers, U.S. Immigration and..."
Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma
T. Don Hutto Detention Center Still Open
Controversial private prison contracts directly with ICE to house women seeking asylum
"...several allegations of sexual abuse, Williamson County commissioners ended the county's contract with T. Don Hutto Detention Center in..."
March 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
"Sulma Is Welcome Here"
Guatemalan LGBTQ activist visits ICE office; is allowed to go home
"...Sulma Franco, an undocumented immigrant facing the possibility of deportation, was granted an order of supervision..."
Aug. 18, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp
Red Eye
Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.
"...McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Watching the intense young Irish actor Cillian Murphy work is one..."
Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Ulysses' Gaze
"...Directed by: Theo Angelopoulos. Starring: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern and Giorgos Michalakopolous...."
June 13, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Public Notice
"...Burning Books "Does the Austin Public Library Censor?" is the Public Forum to..."
June 28, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer
SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List
Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more
"...keynote speaker announcement that included Stephen Colbert, Diplo, and the NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity, SXSW diversifies its music lineup..."
Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Halloween
The night he came home again (for the first time)
"...When David Gordon Green announced he was taking on the Halloween franchise, there was general befuddlement. Green's métier (aside..."
Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Mile 22
Wahlberg and company get bloody as a CIA black ops team
"...The internet has a lot of ideas (shocking, I know)..."
Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Risk
Doc follows WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
"...while he was in hiding in Hong Kong in the aftermath of his disclosures about government spying on U.S...."
May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw
'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy
"...The Housecore Horror Film Festival had already announced that it..."
Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Raising Arizona
Arizona Dranes, the gospel beat, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
"..."This institution is neither an orphan asylum, a children's home, an asylum for..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran
Constantine
Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.
"...and Peter Stormare. Woe unto John Constantine. Born with the ability to perceive both the diabolic and beatific creatures..."
Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Austintatious
Tapestry Dance Company's new paean to our fair city, Austintatious, made clear this company's innovative spirit and amalgamation of serious talent; we're lucky this sterling organization calls Austin home.
"...Paramount Theatre..."
Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner
Red Dragon
"...Harvey Keitel, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. There's a scene in Red Dragon -- a bigger-budgeted remake..."
