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Activists disrupt The Line Becomes a River BookPeople event
"...a “traitor,” and berated him for “normalizing” and “romanticizing” violence against innocent families seeking refuge and a better life...."
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Feb. 14, 2018 Arts Post by Brandyce Ingram
Blade of the Immortal
More blood-splattered samurai action from the Japanese master
"...immortality by a mysterious nun after a life of violence. Heading into self-exile in a rickety shack, his isolation..."
Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Club
Chile's Oscar nominee is a dark drama about pedophile priests
"...detail the exact nature of the padre’s offenses. Extreme violence ensues...."
March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Robin Hood: An Elegy
Rough edges aside, Generic Ensemble Company's new work makes an urgent statement that #blacklivesmatter
"...that have been done to a people, including recent violence against black people at the hands of law enforcement...."
Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Breaking the Chains
Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated
"...Allies has partnered with the UT-Austin Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) and the Bureau of Business..."
June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen
Despite Opposition, Sheriff 'S-Comm' Hamilton Rolls On
Hamilton holds firm despite 3rd Circuit ruling
"...population, TCRP staff have learned that crimes, including domestic violence, increasingly are going unreported by victims fearful of deportation...."
May 30, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú
Postcard From Poland
Confronting violence at the Dialog international theatre fest
"...own top-tier theatre companies, to address a weighty theme: "Violence makes the world go round." That's meant much much..."
Oct. 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Family
The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.
"...program. But for the Manzonis, old habits die hard. Violence is their answer to everything, whether in response to..."
Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Fighting for Common Sense
Texas Gun Sense Rally speaks to power
"...speakers, from elected officials to personal witnesses of gun violence, spoke to the crowd, most emphasizing that their focus..."
April 6, 2013 News Post by Michael King
Point Austin: A Movement for Common Sense
Saturday rally highlights public support for gun regulation
"...Hilary Rand, speaking of the movement to reduce gun violence. "We realize it's going to be an uphill fight."..."
April 5, 2013 News Column by Michael King
The AggreGAYtor: March 7
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
"...a panel on why HOMOSEXUALS (yikes) "seem prone to violence, terror, and treason." Oh Clifford, it's because those things..."
March 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson
G-L-O-R-I-A
Past, Present, and Future, Feminism is alive and well in Austin
"...speech is part of the Texas Council on Family Violence Statewide Conference, an annual event that brings together all..."
Sept. 5, 2012 News Post by Abby Johnston
Zookeeper
There are many things we can learn from the animals but lessons in love from talking primates is not one of them.
"...for revenge-taking? (Cause it’s cool to teach kids that violence, be it physical or emotional, should be met with..."
July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Paradise Key
This government agent's grilling of a Nazi doctor is tough to watch but never boring
"...fear of his own crimes. Despite the play's physical violence, Halb has already inflicted far worse damage. He never..."
April 8, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
I Saw the Devil
A serial killer meets his match – and then some – in this nasty revenge drama from South Korea that's nevertheless executed with superlative style and wit.
"...wit. Grisly and graphic, I Saw the Devil’s extreme violence is put in the service of a morality tale..."
March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Sundance Announces Competition Slate
Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City
"...Meehl) — In a story about the power of non-violence, master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect..."
Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Boxing Gym
Famed documentary maker Frederick Wiseman directs his camera on Richard Lord's Austin boxing gym.
"...Gym at 7pm on Sunday. See "A History of Violence" for an interview. At 4pm, Wiseman will also be..."
Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'
CinemaTexas program notes
"...does not justify any of the numerous acts of violence and ignorance that were occurring in America, circa 1969;..."
June 4, 2010 Screens Feature
Harry Brown
Michael Caine gets his Charles Bronson on in this British vigilante drama.
"...mother out walking her baby in a stroller. The violence all around Harry is random and senseless, not like..."
May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five
AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa
"...disturbed by Oshima's transgressive depiction of hardcore sex and violence that I ended the evening in the adjoining theatre,..."
Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Last House on the Left
Two parents take revenge on the scum who raped and savaged their daughter in the remake of Wes Craven's grisly horror landmark.
"...House makes no notable statement other than the standard "violence begets violence," which, let's face it, is so ancient..."
March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Politics of Effigy?
Violence. Art. Politics. Sigh.
"...in its historical oeuvre, lynchings, not to mention, um, violence against women) to be simply taken as light humor,..."
Oct. 27, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer
Brothers in Arms
Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic family saga, 'Shotgun Stories'
"...gives way to increasing alarm as emotional and physical violence escalates toward seemingly inevitable tragedy...."
June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
The Common Law
Becoming a U.S. Citizen
"...or if they received their LPR status under the Violence Against Women Act...."
June 20, 2008 Column by Edna Yang
The Pitonyak Case: When is a private-property search justifiable?
Because evidence was illegally obtained, Colton Pitonyak's conviction should be tossed out, lawyers argue
"...a warrantless search without cause. There was no "explicit violence or suggestion of violence" evident to Sharon Cave before..."
Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Eve Ensler and the V-Day Story
"...experience and bringing attention to the larger issue of violence against women. Ensler quickly realized that for all those..."
Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta
Children of Men
Children of Men brims with cinematic gusto, but the plot raises more questions than it answers.
"...which women, for reasons left unexplained, have become infertile. Violence among warring sects erupts in the streets, and immigrants..."
Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Shadowboxer
Not reviewed at press time. Stars Çuba Gooding Jr. and Helen Mirren as passionate yet unlikely lovers, as well as assassins and stepmother and stepson. And if that's not enough drama, one of them also has a fatal disease.
"...attempts to make up for in shock value. Stylized violence and deviant erotica come in heavy doses, but it’s..."
Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark
Larkin's Journey
New York choreographer Regina Larkin keeps coming back to Ballet East
"...Spiritual Life is read: "At the present time when violence, clothed in life, dominates the world more cruelly than..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad
Justice or Vengeance?
A tale of tragedy and punishment in Williamson County
"...instant, Threet, a 19-year-old with no previous record of violence, became a national poster child for teenage thugs. Local..."
