Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...“the parliament” to work out big themes and some specifics (such as the decision to have Cap defrosted at..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...If you're intrigued enough to desire specifics, you could read Pujol's biography as penned by Jean..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over Creation: Site Specifics

Fusebox Festival helps the community envision a new kind of development with thinkEAST

"...properties of its 24-acre site. Rather than springing full-blown from the minds of the people who own the land..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

How Do You Get From Here ... to Here?

The Austin transit system plan has vision but little consensus

"...round of outreach is intended to "narrow the focus from 10 priority sub-corridor options to 1 which will move..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill

Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny

"...The last item of the day was a request from Austin Resource Recovery for Council to approve an emergency..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

KKK Takes Spotlight Away From Other Prop. 2 Backers

Fundamentalists are shocked that Klan agrees with them

"...of the KKK have booked the City Hall plaza from 1-3pm Saturday to rally against "legal fag marriages!!!!", as..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Conversation stops as a shrill siren cry starts howling from the bank of walkie-talkies on the shelf, and the..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rosewater

Jon Stewart makes his directing debut with this story about a journalist's imprisonment in Tehran.

"...wondering what Stewart was up to during his hiatus from The Daily Show last summer should be pleasantly surprised..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Psychopaths

A knockout cast of oddball actors seize the reins in Martin McDonagh's smart comedy about dumb people doing really awful things.

"...it off: a Southern Californian, sun-blasted odyssey that skitters from one rocky outcropping of narrative improbability to the next,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Lieutenant

"...lapsed Catholic, drug-soaked, compulsively gambling detective. He takes crack from his perps, admires the bodies of female corpses, treats..."

Feb. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hateful Eight

Tarantino's latest opus screens in 70mm this week at two Austin venues

"...choice and lengthy Tarantino dialogue and a bravura performance from Jackson, among others. The less said about the specifics..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

10,000 B.C.

After all those cataclysmic movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, it seems right that Roland Emmerich has now turned his focus to the beginnings of civilization.

"...Egyptian proto-pharaohs. Emmerich's narrative is maddeningly vague on plot specifics such as epoch, land mass, and niggling little irritants..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shine

"...Shine tells the story of this artist's life -- from his early years of study under the tutelage of..."

Dec. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swing Kids

"...the beat generate ripples of belonging? Does identity come from the need to belong or the need to rebel..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...and regular punchlines to make more palatable the befuddling specifics of the banking crisis. Even so, a momentary drift..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

District 9

Aliens-on-earth tale is wrenching, riveting, violent and best of all, a love story

"...featuring seamlessly integrated CGI effects alongside flat-out perfect performances from its flesh-and-blood actors, and, best of all, it's a..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Knight of Cups

Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups is a vessel half-empty

"...title, as with the film’s various chapter headings, derives from the cards of a tarot deck – another nod..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everybody Wants Some!!

Time moves on, but Richard Linklater's characters still walk and talk

"...his small Texas college and immediately provokes friendly scorn from his junior and senior teammates, chief among them team..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The original material was shot by a Swedish TV crew but just now assembled into this documentary that has both vision and perspective.

"...quietly, gently quizzing his mother, Mabel, on the painful specifics of his impoverished childhood...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: We Are the Eggmen

In the abstract, people are usually good about defending free speech. They fall apart in the specifics.

"...a speedy trial, and the protection of the accused from excessive bail and/or fines, as well as from cruel..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Waiting for 'Superman'

More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.

"...institutionalized mediocrity that it is virtually impossible to fix from within. Unflattering numbers that indicate the flatlining of students'..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'From Specifics, From Concrete Evidence, From Things'

These fine photographs reveal the power of objects in our material world

"...'From Specifics, From Concrete Evidence, From Things'Pump Project, 702 Shady,..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: By Vote or by Violence

How will naysayers and protesters 'take back the country'? And from whom?

"...• From whom are they taking this country back? I have..."

July 30, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Others

"...(Eccleston) is away at war and hasn't been heard from in many months, and Grace is struggling to keep..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Coverage of the Obama-Clinton Debate

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"...stage looks pretty good doesn't it? This whole operation, from the debate hall up above us to the media..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Zilker Vision Not Quite 20/20

Rewilding advocates call for more specifics as Zilker Vision Plan process nears end

"...about internal shuttles and more about public transportation options from farther areas of the city that require a car..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

South of the Border, and Much Further South

New films from Mexico and Chile dazzle at Cine Las Americas

"...years, Cine Las Americas has brought the latest films from Latin America (plus Native America, Spain, and Portugal) to..."

April 28, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Deep in the Heart of West, Texas, Part 1

How you can help our neighbors in West

"...We've all seen the harrowing smoke plume from the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West, Texas...."

April 18, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

You Are Not Alone Michael: Through a Brother's Eyes

Baby brother Michael needs defending

"...explains the chaos, writing in depth about the unorthodox specifics of the family's Gary, Ind., upbringing (remember that time..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Perry Gonna Make it Rain

Governor picks prayer over investment in firefighters

"...This straight from the "How is it we are not making this..."

April 22, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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