Will the Texas Legislature Take On Police Reform?

George Floyd Act, APD takeover, TCOLE all on Lege's agenda

"...The Texas Legislative Black Caucus introduced the George Floyd Act in August, at the height of protests against police..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Meetings Violation, Investigation at City Hall? (Updated)

Website alleges malfeasance; Co. Attorney reviewing complaint

"...the Travis Country Attorney's Office regarding potential Open Meetings Act violations...."

Jan. 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Alice in Wonderland

Sadly, the mirth-to-muck ratio in Tim Burton's new film is deeply imbalanced.

"...the Red Queen’s favorite beastie, the Jabberwocky (a screeching pterodactyl that looks like what would happen if the original..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Camp Nowhere

"...and rarely succeeds. It depends mostly on Lloyd's crazy characters to hold the narrative together and that works for..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Court Ruling Could Kill the Austin Police Department’s Secret Misconduct File

The G file has its day in court

"...to issue a ruling in the Austin Police Oversight Act lawsuit that could have a transformative effect on police..."

June 19, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves FY 19 arts funding, ponders its next move

"...The three-act drama about city arts funding that opened Sept. 13..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks stars in this seriocomic take on Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel

"...The two Toms – writer/director Tykwer and actor/co-producer Hanks – team up again on a film that..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Veronica's Room

Hang on for the second act of this Oh Dragon Theatre thriller – then hang on!

"...to call her bluff with a rather shaky first act, but then goes all-in for a second act that..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...University on the other side of Marshall. "They know exactly what they're doing," said Sandlin, describing the decision --..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Next Best Thing

"...house of cards comes crashing down in the third act, you're more than a little inclined to cut the..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pushing Tin

"...of pacing that brings it down, in the third act, faster than a wingless, cast-iron ValuJet. Cusack plays Nick..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

Directors' Festival 1997: One-act Wonders

"...The Acting Studio, through May 24 Running Time: 2 hrs..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Review

Following Court Ruling, City Manager Moves to Eliminate Secret Police File

In memo, Broadnax outlines steps needed to eliminate G file

"...a year after voters approved the Austin Police Oversight Act and supporters sued to force the city of Austin..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

President Biden Rolls Out Supreme Court Reform in Austin

Biden marks 60 years since Civil Rights Act with new proposal

"...60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation championed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson...."

Aug. 2, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Appeals Court Keeps Austin Police Association Out of Oversight Lawsuit

The decision sends the Oversight Act suit back to trial court

"...lawsuit over the future of the Austin Police Oversight Act play out from the sidelines following a decision by..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...scorched by the liquid fire of the state's Sunset Act, it's the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion. For not just..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lion

An orphan's search for his birth mother gets an assist from Google Earth

"...Based on actual (relatively recent) events, Lion tells the story of 5-year-old..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moonlight

There's magic in this Moonlight

"...Who do you want to be? The possibility of self-actualization lies silently out of reach as the increasingly introverted..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Good Kill

Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert

"...Good Kill provocatively explores the blurred line between an act of war and an act of terrorism in this..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Making a 'Killing'

Joshua Oppenheimer on the half-decade he spent filming for 'The Act of Killing'

"...thug who became a death squad leader. In The Act of Killing, he and his fellow state-sanctioned murderers gleefully..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Takashi Miike remakes Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film about a penniless samurai who commits the ritual act of suicide.

"...of Babel) by asking permission to perform the sacred act of self-disembowelment in Kageyu's extremely artfully designed courtyard. As..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 'T' Word

Politicians and media dance around what to call the plane crash

"...assault." Police Chief Art Acevedo called it a criminal act. The media response (collated by Charles Apple at his..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...has an eerie, jagged singing voice) – but the characters struggle with a hardscrabble existence. Chrystal (Blount) is a..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...the soul-wearying cynicism of Ôtomo’s previous masterworks, and in fact, if anything, the optimistic Steamboy plays like an ode..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

13 Going on 30

Magic wishing dust allows Jennifer Garner to completely skip over her teens and twenties.

"...most readily), she discovers that her juvenile self is actually quite well suited to her profession of choice, and..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...down Cuba Gooding Jr. a few notches? He’s so hyperactive during this MTV Films production – which is comedically..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Weed Watch: Like RAVE Act -- but Worse!

"...draconian measure than the recently passed Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act -- formerly, and still informally, known as the RAVE..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Minority Report

"...a crime and then arrests them before the criminal act takes place. The question that dangles at the center..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Songcatcher

"...product. Songcatcher is as hammy as they come, its characters laden with a “golly-gee” sensibility and facial theatrics more..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Substance of Fire

"...won't compromise. Instead, he denounces his brood in an act of bitter willfulness that echoes Lear, and, as with..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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