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Bad to the Bone
"...and palliatives of modern medicine. The legacy of male violence is the affliction under the microscope here, a hereditary..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vines of Ridicule
"...and steeped in themes such as sexuality, religion, and violence, three subjects never too far from home in our..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Local programs to combat domestic violence scored some Christmas cash last week -- $715,000 in..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
Artist/Historian Jack Jackson
"...one bad guy for awhile. And any kind of violence against Tejanos in South Texas was justified in the..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Wes Craven'sEndless Nightmare
"...a resolution at the end, how to deal with violence by turning away from it and taking the energy..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Screens Feature

The Bio of John Wesley Hardin The Fortysomething Killer
"...Marohn's insights into the root causes of Hardin's violence make The Last Gunfighter truly unique in the field..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

Kill
An army commando fights a gang of thieves on a way to save his true love from an arranged marriage
"...escape Amrit as he becomes a beast of pure violence...."

July 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Bikeriders
Jeff Nichols finds poignancy in the rise and fall of a motorcycle gang
"...For all the bluster and violence found onscreen in The Bikeriders, there’s an innocence to..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The story is lacking but the spectacle is stupendous
"...Gas Town and the Bullet Farm, which keeps the violence going with a seemingly endless supply of weapons and..."

May 24, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Irish action-thriller about a retired assassin dragged back into a life of violence
"...comb overs, and the Ireland of sudden and random violence. Reuniting with The Marksman director Robert Lorenz, Neeson plays..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shayda
An Iranian mother and daughter find refuge from family violence in a Melbourne women’s shelter
"...previously explored these same intersections of race, sex, and violence in The Drover’s Wife). As house mother Joyce, she..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Invader
Chicago-set horror from the director of Offseason.
"...The target for that inevitable violence is Ana (Maynez), a woman visiting her cousin (Vallejo)..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Calls for Federal Hate Crime Investigation Follow Stabbing of Palestinian American in Austin
After Sunday’s statewide protest, a young man was attacked
"...the presser noted that the Austin incident echoes mounting violence in other American cities since October 7, such as..."

Feb. 6, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Horror of Austin Shooting Spree Sparks President’s Call for Gun Reform
Shane James shot his parents and four others seemingly at random
"...mass shootings and roughly 40,000 deaths due to gun violence in the U.S. this year...."

Dec. 7, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

The Royal Hotel
Disturbing trip to the sexist outback is cut short by a simplistic ending
"...the barflies, so many different incarnations of implied sexual violence are given full form that The Royal Hotel is..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse
It’s Brigitte, bitch
"...name too. It said, ‘Defend our kids against gun violence. Restrict guns, not drag.'”..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite
Who’s holding the guns?
"...cultural groundwork, and the excuses, for individual acts of violence...."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Hays County Jail Officers Are the Most Violent in the State, Data Shows
They record more incidents per 1,000 inmates than any Texas jail
"...We've been hearing reports of violence and inhumane treatment at the Hays County Jail for..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Meg 2: The Trench
It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again
"...It's time for an unchanging and arcane creature of violence to emerge from the depths and unleash slightly bloody..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Here’s Why Travis County D.A. José Garza Seeking Reelection Matters
He’s a leader in the growing progressive prosecutor movement
"...in the conviction rate for violent offenses, including family violence assault, and improvements to the way the D.A.’s Office..."

Aug. 8, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Kokomo City
Gorgeous documentary about Black trans sex workers in Black communities
"...America, Kokomo City begins and ends with stories of violence. But the opening anecdote is delivered with dry, raucous..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Talk to Me
Possession horror comes in with a bang and ends with a scream
"...a little too far, Talk to Me explodes into violence. This is one of the best horror scenes of..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail
Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused
"...Though he and Amerson had no history of violence and no criminal background, they were held in the..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Old Way
Nic Cage saddles up for a Western with a surprise in its saddlebags
"...Ti West's bloody frontier revenger In a Valley of Violence. That was superficially another story of a man looking..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Prey
The Predator franchise goes historical and stays bloody
"...alone in the wilderness, will she quite literally choose violence? (The script isn't quite daring enough to note that..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Black Phone
Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror
"...than those with the Grabber, because that kind of violence was socially acceptable because it was parents against their..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad
Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?
"...who are supposed to have a monopoly on justifiable violence – stood around and did nothing because they feared..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Montana Story
Death in the modern West underlies this poignant family drama
"...fondness for open plains even as they reject the violence and exploitation that underwrites that mythos. This is Teague’s..."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

With “themesong” Video, Mobley Introduces Injustice-Fighting Masked Man Persona
Musician & filmmaker trekked to Johannesburg to shoot latest project
"...more harmful ones don't tend to get characterized as violence – like inarguable violence of trying to kick a..."

May 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Wild Indian
Searing and brutal tale of two Indigenous men bound by bloodshed
"...past haunt him, as well as his thirst for violence. Corbine Jr. is not interested in easy answers, with..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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