A Hidden Epidemic
Finding Jenn's Voice illuminates a disturbing trend
"...much-needed spotlight on this extreme act of intimate partner violence. For the film, Schott armed herself with a two-part..."
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Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff
News Roundup: Loose Cannons and Contraception
Planned Parenthood debate rages on; gun violence takes more lives
"...know it saves lives. So the notion that gun violence is somehow different, that our freedom and our Constitution..."
Oct. 5, 2015 News Post by the News Staff
The Long and the Short of It
It's an uphill battle securing a future for a short film
"...Jemison, whose short film, "The Quiet Girl's Guide To Violence," had its world premiere last month at Fantastic Fest,..."
Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon
Quintana: Abused or Abuser?
Quintana denies abusing former fiancée
"...It is no doubt important to weed out domestic violence from the ranks of police agencies. As made apparent..."
March 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Martin Luther King once said, "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the..."
Sept. 3, 2004 Column
Mercy Is Dead in Texas
"...Martin Luther King once said, "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the..."
Aug. 30, 2004 Postmarks
The Bold One
Action / horror heartthrob John Saxon brings two classics to the Alamo.
"...nature of Hollywood, and the nature of modern film violence...."
Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Heebie-Jeebie News
Local TV Feeds on Muck and Mayhem
"...crime, particularly the violent variety. And any sort of violence, really. Anything that might touch a raw, emotional nerve,..."
Feb. 20, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols
Silent Night
The action's too familiar in John Woo's gimmicky revenge flick
"...in America to deliver his signature brand of gun violence for the first time in two decades – squeezes..."
Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Violent Night
David Harbour cracks down hard on the "naughty" list in the Christmas slugfest
"...truly shine. When the film leans too heavily into violence, it undercuts the comedy; when the comedy takes center..."
Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Clean
Adrien Brody gets dirty in this suitably scummy revenge drama
"...thing in the only way he knows – the violence he’s tried to put behind him...."
Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Coming Home in the Dark
Brutal New Zealand revenge drama asks if monsters are made or just accidents
"...Violence curdles in the air every time menacing drifter Mandrake..."
Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Sixth Street Shooting: One Dead, Two In Custody, Lots of Statements
UPDATE: Second suspect, aged 17, reportedly arrested Monday
"...quickly to dueling statements and political skirmishes over gun violence and gun control, the funding and staffing of the..."
June 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison
Us Kids
Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus
"...for a country desensitized by daily acts of gun violence, what happened next was a surprise: a group of..."
June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way
ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times
"...their CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr.'s "Statement on Gun Violence and Mental Health," which opens with the blunt statement:..."
Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Is UT Harboring a Domestic Abuser?
Students, organizations calling for Richard Morrisett’s job
"...tenured UT College of Pharmacy professor, received a family violence assault charge for strangling and pushing his former girlfriend..."
Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Point Austin: Another Night of Blood
One more episode in the culture of the gun
"...and Facebook the latest summary statistics from the Gun Violence Archive (www.gunviolencearchive.org), the nonprofit effort to collect nationwide, "near-real..."
Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Michael King
Pets in Abusive Relationships
"...The majority of domestic violence shelters don't allow pets, and those that do have..."
May 6, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
J. Scott Brownlee's Requiem for Used Ignition Cap
J. Scott Brownlee's first full-length poetry collection brings him back to Llano, powerfully
"...poems is a land of stark beauty and startling violence, intertwined like climbing vines and every bit as natural,..."
Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class
Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates
"...life unravels into a dark underworld of corruption and violence. Cast: Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, Vinessa..."
Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Naked City
"...lady Anita Perry highlighted the state's new teen dating violence awareness campaign, announcing that next week is Teen Dating..."
Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature
Warrior Voices
With a Spanish-language production of The Vagina Monologues, Austin Latinas are making themselves heard
"...one 'star'; it's about the larger movement to end violence against women. It doesn't have to do with me;..."
Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta
New on DVD
Sam Peckinpah attracted controversy as reliably as a dog attracts fleas. Upon their release, each of his films would stimulate new debate about the uses of onscreen violence and his manhandling of women, as was the case with 1971's Straw Dogs.
"...would stimulate new debate about the uses of onscreen violence and his manhandling of women -- among other things..."
April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives
"...are never the victims of the level of gratuitous violence that was inflicted on innocent people in planes, office..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Column
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VanScoy on Wrong Track
"...that kids are trying to solve their problems by violence. They have enemies, and they deal with them the..."
April 10, 1998 Column
Indie Shorts on Display
The Territory Begins New Season
"...musical score punctuate the poetry of Octavio Paz. OFF-SCREEN VIOLENCE (Dec. 30)..."
Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature
In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up
Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions
"...the client decide if they should report a domestic violence incident, which can permanently alter a family regardless of..."
April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Texas Lege Preview: Guns! Mental Health! Can the Lege Decide?
In the wake of Uvalde massacre, lawmakers float weapon restrictions, new programs
"...cliche now that whenever there's an outburst of gun violence such as last May's slaughter of schoolchildren in Uvalde,..."
Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Opinion: 19 Children Are Dead. Someone Should Do Something.
A hospital-based pediatrician explains steps we can take to prevent the next tragedy
"...647 children and adolescents have been killed by gun violence...."
June 3, 2022 Column by Lauren Gambill
Nearly a Dozen Contested Races on the Election Docket
Judging the judges
"...Law No. 4, the specialized misdemeanor court for family violence cases. Its creator, Mike Denton, vacated the bench two..."
