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Austin Embroiderists Build Community Stitch by Stitch
Local interest in fiber arts is growing rapidly as people find stitching is a way to calm nerves, find friends, and make political statements during the pandemic
"...says Downey, "and I was around victims of gun violence a lot through some of the work I was..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

2021 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action
Great performances bolster this year's Academy nominees
"...the Groundhog Day-esque premise creates a gratuitous level of violence that ends in political confusion. At risk of spoiling..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Five true stories of a world in turmoil
"...bursts of abstract animation. So many documentaries about gun violence explore the impact at the macro level, but the..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Violation
Brutal drama turns takes the lurid appeal out of the rape-revenge horror
"...quietly, foreshadow the unexpected cruelty and flashes of grisly violence. In her contribution to the ever-swelling canon of feminist..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nobody
Bob Odenkirk gets gritty in this bloody, smart John Wick riff
"...simplicity, and it hits like a slapjack. When the violence starts, there’s nothing graceful or balletic. Naishuller sometimes even..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crisis
Opiate addiction drama is too obvious and scattershot
"...exist as a more pure expression of punishing, blind violence...."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Shane Pfender

Synonyms
An Israeli in Paris contends with running away from his identity
"...filled with such a startling range between innocence and violence, between cold blankness and bursting passion. It is a..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

17 Blocks
Incredible home-footage documentary blows shows that no one is voiceless
"...inclined to storytelling they are — after bouts of violence, the video camera lands on a confused kitten making..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Test Pattern
Issues of race and rape intersect in this startling Austin drama
"...fault of more uncreative depictions of racial and gendered violence that exploit bare bodies and blood for shock value..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

The Wanting Mare
Enigmatic and beautiful futuristic drama speaks in dreams
"...Not that everyone is inactive. Violence intrudes, sometimes directly, sometime peripherally, always through the intervention..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List
Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot
"...lives become inextricably entwined by a weekend of gun violence. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Queen of Black Magic
Grisly Indonesian horror remake knows when to go gonzo
"...so much emotional weight that the explosion of mystical violence doesn't feel like he tagged an FX reel onto..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Panel Slams Problematic APD Training Videos
Audit identifies in 112 videos clear patterns in how cops treat people of color
"...escalate toward deadly force. The panel notes, accurately, that violence against police has been in steady decline even as..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bloody Hell
Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip
"...but in a twistedly charming way. Its brand of ultra-violence and stylish back-and-forth narrative screams "early Tarantino wannabe," while..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Promising Young Woman
Unevenness sabotages this takedown of "nice guy" culture
"...this setup that’s intriguing, but the lack of physical violence in this punchy drama is a bit of a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Ip Man: Kung Fu Master
The Wing Chun master reshaped for modern Chinese political intentions
"...a game of xiangqi (Chinese chess), hinting at the violence-as-metaphor visuals that will pop up throughout the film. The..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Is ARIC Still Watching?
Though under scrutiny, fusion center still keeps tabs on protests
"...incitement rhetoric could be used to instigate acts of violence." But none of the events listed in the bulletin..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

The Bizarre Cop Training Videos That Inspired Survival Skills
Watch an exclusive montage of the madness behind the VHS drama
"...the time, I chose to volunteer at a domestic violence shelter. This turned into 14 years of volunteering and..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Queer Lives Matter ATX Represents for the Marginalized Among the Marginalized
"...Amid protests against police violence and racism earlier this summer, Ms. Amazing Head and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

D.A.-Elect José Garza Taps Reform Advocates for His Team
It's a new day in court for Austin's top law enforcement office
"...Gordy Gardner, who founded Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community; Anita Gupta, a..."

Nov. 18, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Let Him Go
Superman's parents get caught up in a Western noir
"...Mama or off-the-chain Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. Grotesque violence and gothic horror occur during this section of the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Belly of the Beast
Shocking and timely documentary exposes forced hysterectomies in California prisons
"...California prison – and segues into issues of domestic violence, prison corruption, and eugenics. In light of recent reports..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Attack of the Demons
Animated horror creates a new genre: cardgore!
"...power to dramatically translate nightmarish imagery – and explicit violence – to screens across the world. So it’s hard..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years
Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”
"...Front, and others. Since Trump's election, bulletins have predicted violence between the far left and far right, such as..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Nightstream Review: Survival Skills
Bizarro educational video reframes the policing debate
"...quickly when he gets called in on a domestic violence case. He does everything by the book, and it's..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted
"...idea, implicitly and expertly expressed: that the tactic of violence and provocation, then making the victims seem like thugs,..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The War With Grandpa
DeNiro back on the "wacky gram-gram" schtick (hope the check cleared)
"...paint cans or burn-inducing doorknobs inspired by Looney Tunes violence here. Which, of course, takes all the fun out..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Possessor Uncut
Identity melts in this psychotropic assassination brainblender
"...the hybrid highbrow sci-fi/horrorshow. Possessor’s hallucinatory tone and breathtaking ultra-violence will make even the most jaded genre fan squirm..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey
The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle
"...of the people we've lost to COVID, to [anti-]trans violence, to police violence – and it's also a place..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Antebellum
Time-mangling racism allegory can’t be saved by its good intentions
"...the filmmakers seem oblivious. The long-running narrative of American violence against Black bodies deserves to be handled with more..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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