Reproductive Rights Advocates Prepare for the Fight

Groups, lawmakers relaunch "Trust. Respect. Access." campaign

"...filed, including HB 222, which seeks to decrease high teen pregnancy rates by expanding birth control coverage under the..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Reefer Madness: Teens Still Smoke Pot

Would legalization lead to a decline?

"...News flash: Teenagers use marijuana more than any other illicit drug, a..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Column by Jordan Smith

Carter Called Home Before Fatal Police Shooting

Lawsuit questions APD's version of shooting

"...targeted "simply" because he and his friend "were young, African-American males in a gentrified part of Downtown Austin." The..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Showcases

Friday

"...Noon, Momo's So just how widespread is this teen scene bubbling in and around Austin? 1980s pop queen..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Exoneration for Child Counselor Targeted by Strayhorn

After a four-year battle with the state, Bebe Gaines wins the right to work with foster kids again

"...former employee of Woodside Trails had sexually assaulted a teen living there and that Gaines had been "neglectful" in..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Seeing Through Animation Darkly

On paper, artists Trenton Doyle Hancock, Arturo Herrera, Jeremy Blake, and Ellen Gallagher may share little in common, but in the Blanton Museum of Art's "Cartoon Noir" curator Annette Carlozzi has skillfully grouped works by them to reveal a shared interest in cartoon's darker underside as a means to explore moral complexities in contemporary life.

"...Network's Adult Swim -- with the likes of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and "Harvey Birdman" -- so palpably reveals..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Erina Duganne

Fanning the Flames

Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?

"...organization that provides support, education, and counseling to gay teens. Just two weeks earlier, Out Youth had gotten some..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer

Further Reflections

"...progress in her own life. "Drylongso" is an old African-American term that means "ordinary" or "just the same old..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Let's Talk About Sex, Bay-bee

AISD Teaches Kids About the Birds and Bees

"...information about the dangers of sexual activity and encourage teens to remain sexually abstinent until marriage -- even help..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

The Long Game

True-life story of Mexican-American teens who make a run at the 1957 state golf championship

"...bloody first encounter, Pena discovers a band of Latino teen boys who caddy at the same club and have..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

Watcher

Stalker thriller is coldly gorgeous and creepily enthralling

"...For decades, American films have used the cheap filming locations of Eastern..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Vast of Night

Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant

"...is breathless and breathtaking, a complete rebuild of an American classic that roars and revs like a new machine...."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Karate Kid

The remake of this kids' classic was filmed in China and provides a decent update for a new generation.

"...that at the time, the younger stratum of the American zeitgeist hadn't yet discovered, much less gorged itself on,..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...cinematic bad boy from New York City, the little "Italianamerican" who elevated the septic allure of the criminal life..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christmas With the Kranks

Holiday pap and circumstance.

"...congealment. God save us, every one. (Thank goodness for American Movie Classics, then, which will no doubt be barraging..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Storytelling

"...finds his perfect subject in Scooby (Webber), an apathetic teen whose sole ambition is to become Conan O'Brien's sidekick..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...We know Christmas is all about celebrating teen pregnancy, but we also know that 78% of Texas..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...brought stellar cred to last year's debut EP Something American. The London songwriter recorded stateside with Simone Felice as..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Film Review: Maineland

From sea to shining sea: Chinese teens tackle American boarding school

"...As if being a teenager wasn’t hard enough, Chinese immigrants Stella and Harry have..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Gay Place

Partake in a plethora of politically progressive parties

"...National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Otherwise, find some spooky teen witches onscreen for Drag at the Drive-In. In the..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: If There Be Thorns

Dear Lifetime, we need to talk

"...Fifties dime store novellas with an IMDB page. Angsty teens, illicit office liaisons, unofficial biopics pulled from TMZ's Twitter..."

July 15, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Life Before 'Mean Girls' and YOLO

Austin Film Society presents 'Teenage'

"...The teen 'geist so saturates our consciousness today that it's hard..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?

Yes: Our new comics-reviewing team gives 'em a look-see

"...titular Jodelle, a spitting image for yé-yé singer and teen heartthrob Sylvie Vartan, in eyebrow-raising undress throughout...."

May 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Summer, 20-year-old Bryce Avary's bopping debut Calendar Days another teen dream. Seattle's Acceptance dredge Seaweed's combustible kick and kiss..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

... And Justice for All?

Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger's Paradise Lost depicted the grossly mishandled trials of three Arkansas teens. With Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, part of the Texas Documentary Tour, they return to the scene of the crime.

"...and three films they have examined what happens when American justice and the lower societal strata collide, with results..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...He passed away in 1953, but as any good American could tell you, Hank Williams lives, celebrated not only..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...Nineteen ninety-six was the year we remembered the millennium. It..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Recviews

"...When Americans get really depressed, I mean really, really depressed, like..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Sendak's thoughts on creativity for inspiration. Not your typical Americana band and definitely one willing to take risks while..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Teens Still Smoke Pot

Would legalization lead to a decline?

"...News flash: Teenagers use marijuana more than any other illicit drug, according..."

Dec. 18, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

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