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The Death of Brad Will
An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way
BY JOHN ROSS
Charter School Stirs 'Revitalization' Politics
Eastside revitalization or private profit on public dime?
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Texas Activists Rattle Cages Over Shabby Jails
Austin-based inmates' rights group hopes to shine daylight on inhumane conditions and mismanagement in county jails
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Naked City
Developing Stories: Rent & Roll
French capitalism meets community bicycling
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Beside the Point: Money, Money Everywhere
City budget: A study in haves and have-nots
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Pushing for shared prosperity; and Bush's Iraq oil law
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sipping From the Spigot
The time has come for the great boxed-wine challenge
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Gene's gumbo fakes not the funk on the nasty dunk
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Aug. 10-16
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
La Reyna Bakery
A dad comes out of retirement to help his daughter expand the family business
music
Gypsy Rose
The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Derailers
Under the Influence of Buck
White Ghost Shivers
2006 Flim Flam Follies: Hallowe'en Ball at the Oaks
Dale Watson
The Little Darlin' Sessions
The Cornell Hurd Band
Beyond the Purple Hills
The Weary Boys
Coalinga
screens
Down We Go
Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions
BY LOUIS BLACK
Film News
Forgiveness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, and more
BY JOE O'CONNELL
SXSWclick Winners
Dan Brown's "Pierre" heads list of Web-fest shorts
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Rebels, Rogues, and Rascals
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
Becoming Jane
Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.
Chak De India
Bollywood film about a male coach who teaches the ragtag women's national hockey team to believe in themselves.
Daddy Day Camp
Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.
Goya's Ghosts
Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, Goya's Ghosts is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.
Gypsy Caravan
Billed as the “Gypsy Caravan,” five bands travel across America making music from across the Romani diaspora.
Macbeth
This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?
Rush Hour 3
It's The Bourne Ultimatum's evil twin, relying, as it repeatedly does, on tired, cookie-cutter, cliché action set-pieces.
Stardust
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
Underdog
A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.
arts & culture
Spanking the Figurative
A new Austin gallery captures dancers with paint
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
'Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now': Working together
BY BARRY PINEO
Spunky Monkey Ranch: Happy trails, spunky one
David Pratt and Susan Maynard, who helped make South First artsy and cool, are closing Spunky Monkey Ranch for life in the country
BY RACHEL KOPER
Look Cookie: Mutatis mutandis
New and rough-edged as the improv troupe Look Cookie is, it's still worthwhile watching them do their thing
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Nohegan: Camping out for art
The art camp Nohegan is back for a second summer, with more camping, camaraderie, and creating art at McKinney Falls State Park
BY SALVADOR CASTILLO
Arts Reviews
An Almost Holy Picture
Zachary Scott Theatre's Almost Holy Picture might work better with a thousand different words
Disney's High School Musical
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's peppy staging of Disney's High School Musical proves the live version can beat out what's in the box
'New American Talent: The 22nd Exhibition'
In 'New American Talent: The 22nd Exhibition,' we may be witnessing a return to structure
columns
Page Two: Downward Spiral
Aesthetically, we have gone insane and dull
BY LOUIS BLACK
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Our latest batch
After a Fashion
Our social butterfly, your Style Avatar, keeps it indoors and parks it in front of the tube for a bit
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Samuel Mirelez builds birdhouses like Michelangelo paints ceilings
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
Spatial-temporal reasoning, Hitler's favorite movies, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Sell your home and get a tax break?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: 2007 National Poetry Slam Individual Finals
Paramount Theatre, Friday, August 10, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Manchester United takes home the Community Shield trophy, and more
