A Separation

Nominee for a Best Foreign Language Oscar, this Iranian film is a smart, unusual, and highly involving story about making moral choices in the absence of villains.

"...Directed by: Asghar Farhadi. Starring: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Sareh Bayat, Shahab..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Candle for Arnold

The Statesman's Coverage of the Lacresha Murray case

"...Arnold Garcia Jr.'s columns in the Statesman are most often..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Column by Michael King

City and Cap Metro Contemplate How to Make a "Real City” Transit System

Following the slow march toward a vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit

"...The slow, steady march continues toward an expected November vote on a..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Six Degrees of Separation

"...Directed by: Fred Schepisi. Starring: Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, Mary Beth Hurt,..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Separation, La

"...Directed by: Christian Vincent. Starring: Jerome Deschamps, Daniel Auteuil and Isabelle Huppert...."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Hero

No good deed goes unpunished in this Iranian drama

"...Directed by: Asghar Farhadi. Starring: Amir Jadidi, Sahar Goldust and Mohsen Tanabandeh...."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...Directed by: Tobias Lindholm. Starring: Pilou Asbaek, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Movie-able Feast

Exploring Toronto's cinematic menu

"...So many agendas, so little time. That's always the conundrum at..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Storm in a Beer Stein

Craft beer makers and fans make their case at the Lege

"...Craft brewing fans had only one tear in their beer..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Review: Austin Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Less-than-magical production salvaged by a night of unexpected spontaneity

"...Shakespeare wrote many of his greatest and most tragic plays..."

May 13, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

"A Wished for and Welcome Guest" at Co-Lab Projects

The gallery has a new home, where it aims to make you feel like "A Wished for and Welcome Guest"

"...The message is as simple and direct as it gets, spelled..."

April 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

In her book, Natasha Trethewey is a daughter who returns to her mother's crime scene to reclaim herself

"..."To survive trauma one must be able to tell a story about..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Austinite in L.A.: Chief White Lightning

Josh Logan talks dating pop stars, stage get-ups, and more

"...Hours after his van crosses over into Travis County, Josh Logan..."

July 24, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Witness a Live Duel!

Metallic heshers test Electric Church’s new mobile studio

"...Hard-tripping Austin quartet Duel attempts to bottle its testicular perspiration..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

You're a Mean One, Mister Governor

Bah, humbug! Abbott kicks Founding Fathers out of Capitol.

"...Proving how Texas has forgotten about both American history and the separation..."

Dec. 24, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

When Is a Landlord Not a Border Patrol Officer?

The failure of the Farmers Branch immigration ordinance sends out a strong message to local and state lawmakers.

"...A strong message has been sent to Texas lawmakers –..."

May 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Conspirare's Quarantine Madrigals Creates a Choir of One

This new song cycle gives isolated singers music to build a choir with – a choir of just themselves

"...If the member of a choir sings when no one is around, is there..."

March 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Taiwanese Cinema Exposes a Secret History

A rare screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's masterpiece A City of Sadness

"...Filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien is a mainstay of New Taiwanese Cinema,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...Carolyn Wonderland can make her living room sing. On the..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chinese New Year in Austin: A Sort of Parallax View

Leng Wong and Cindy Soo tell it like it is

"...The morning beyond the window's pane was as bright as a neon chrysanthemum...."

Feb. 18, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...We wanted to say that it would all be over this..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...Driving down 15th Street near Red River, passersby have grown accustomed to the parking..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Separation of Slavery and State?

"...Dear Editor, Re: Michael King's “Point Austin: Back to the..."

Jan. 19, 2011 Postmarks

Bills Reignite Debates Over Church-State Separation

Texas lawmakers revive Ten Commandments and prayer in public schools legislation

"...This legislative session, some Texas lawmakers are again looking to inject..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

What Church/State Separation?

"...Dear Editor, I recently attended my younger brother's graduation ceremony..."

June 10, 2009 Postmarks

A Matter of Curiosity

"...Dear Editor, My name is Brennon Zavaleta and I am..."

Aug. 8, 2018 Postmarks

A Kealing Compromise

District won't formally separate Kealing Middle School's magnet program from neighborhood school

"...More than a month of heated debate over the future of..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Opinion: A Tragedy, Upon a Tragedy, Upon Another Tragedy; or, the Death and Despair of Jail Inmates

Law professor Ron Beal argues that Gov. Abbott, under the cover of the pandemic, has usurped the power of the judicial branch

"...In 2017, Damon Allen, a state trooper, was gunned down during a..."

April 9, 2021 Column by Ron Beal

Separation of Church and Fourth Estate

"...Dear Editor, I’ve noticed in the past couple of issues..."

June 19, 2024 Postmarks

Separation

Dolls and evil, dolls and evil ...

"...Directed by: William Brent Bell. Starring: Rupert Friend, Violet McGraw, Mamie Gummer,..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review

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