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Higher Ground: Vera Farmiga Shines in Spirited Directorial Debutnew
Based on the novel This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs (who also co-wrote the script), Higher Ground is the unusual type of screen gem that will both piss off and captivate religious freaks and non-believers alike.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
The Buddy Comedy Gets a Shot in the Armnew
“You just have to laugh, so you won’t cry.” This sentiment, often expressed in the face of tragedy (and many tragicomic movies), is the driving force behind 50/50, the new film from the creators of Superbad starring Joseph Gordon-Leavitt and Seth Rogen.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Morrison |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Q&A with Tim Gunnnew
Best known as the sharply dressed mentor of developing fashion designers on Lifetime’s Project Runway, Tim Gunn has recently emerged as an actor (Gossip Girl, Sex and the City 2, The Smurfs) and bestselling author (A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style and Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work).
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
10-05-2011 |
Fashion
Peter Calthorpe Takes on Climate Change with His Vision of Urbanismnew
Peter Calthorpe is probably the most respected urban planner in the world, which has led municipalities from California to China to ask for his assistance in creating livable, sustainable cities.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
Sam Coffman is Luring Folks Back to the Land in the Face of Global Insecuritynew
One definition of survivalism has to do with making it in nature without all of society’s fluff: going primitive.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
09-29-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Substance-less Style Drawn Out in 1970s Flashback Xanadunew
The San Pedro Playhouse’s season opener — a musical evisceration of the 1980 cinematic stinker Xanadu — reveals a few truths.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
09-29-2011 |
Performance
Group Set to Capitalize on Apparitions at Yorktown Hospitalnew
YORKTOWN, Texas — The idea of a haunted hospital conjures up waves of dread — and not just for those still-too-recent memories of Andrew McCarthy’s performance in that Kingdom Hospital mini-series.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
09-29-2011 |
History
In Case This is the Year You Finally Put Those Binoculars to Use ...new
When fall hits, Nature trades in her summer decor for rich, autumnal color.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
09-29-2011 |
Recreation
'Crime After Crime' Chronicles One Battered Woman's Struggle for Freedomnew
Debbie Peagler has been in prison for the past 27 years for the first-degree murder of her boyfriend Oliver Wilson, a man who forced her into prostitution while she was a teenager, a man who beat her and then molested their children.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Jeremy Rifkin on San Antonio, the European Union, and the lessons learned in our push for a planetary-scale power shiftnew
n some ways the quest to transition off fossil fuels is a race for the future. A race that the United States is losing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-29-2011 |
Commentary
Primal Scream: Things to Watch (or Avoid) Before Killing Your TVnew
Suburgatory runs roughshod through the suburbs, laying waste to the malls and manicured lawns. This new satire stars Jane Levy as Tessa, a Greenwich Village wild child whose dad moves her to suburban hell for a supposedly more wholesome life.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
09-29-2011 |
TV
DJ Shadow: The Less You Know, the Betternew
DJ Shadow's last outing, 2006's The Outsider, was a schizophrenic mixtape split between Bay Area crunk and laborious retreads.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: DJ Shadow
Could the changeup at the E-N signal more consolidation with the Houston Chron?new
The quick exodus of the Express-News’ top two editors last week left a newsroom grasping for explanation.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-28-2011 |
Media
Even if you hate Microsoft, Gears of War 3 is worth buying the 360 fornew
From the Michael Bay over-the-top explosion set pieces, to the near constant onslaught of juggernaut Locust soldiers, to the bro-motional, albeit predictable finale, Gears of War 3 is a symphonic bloodbath co-operative shooter that masters the Epic Games' formula constructed over the past five years.
San Antonio Current |
Grayson Hamilton |
09-28-2011 |
Video Games
Founding Father of H-Town Rap Keeps Pluggin’ in ‘Wicked’ Industrynew
Learning about K-Rino (born Eric Kaiser) involves re-evaluating what it means to be hardcore. All Music Guide attributes 24 releases to him in 16 years.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
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