Kicking the Tires at Fleet

City whistle-blower confirms that the trouble at Fleet Services has been much worse than scrap tires and bad record-keeping. And nobody in charge wanted to hear it.

"...the tire mound at Almaguer's property was via an anonymous report made to the city's Health and Human Services..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Reckless Tactics' ... and the Blowback

Suppressed KeyPoint report charges APD negligence in Sanders shooting

"...last week for review by the Chronicle from an anonymous source. Beyond its details, the report has been a..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Say You, Say We

PostSecret's evolution from secret selves to a community of listeners

"...Handmade Nation. Warren has personally received a half-million postcards, anonymously sent and revealing everything from secret crushes and crises..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

How to Paper a Powder Room

New books for when you've got a little time on your hands

"...... and goodbye, contents of stomach. Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives, & Ones..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Ticketing a (Campaign) Violation

The anonymous Brewster Nation tickets Downtown parking

"...by a figure who, for now, wishes to remain anonymous. Adding to the intrigue, late Monday afternoon – after..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Violation From the Brewster Nation (Updated Again)

Mysterious pro-McCracken group pinches Leffingwell on parking

"...by a figure who, for now, wishes to remain anonymous...."

May 4, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Profligate spending may be out of step with the times, but don't short-sell the comic charms of Isla Fisher.

"...and a few deliciously amusing group sessions with Shopaholics Anonymous. Occasional voiceovers, such as the opening and closing window-shopping..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dead Milkmen

Saturday

"...ties well-represented by "Tacoland" and Daniel Johnston's "Rocketship." Rodney Anonymous hijacked the lyrics to "Right Wing Pigeons" by rhyming..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Man on Wire

In a guerrilla act, French wirew-alker Philippe Petit crossed the space between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. His daring and artistry continue to amaze and inspire, as demonstrated in this documentary.

"...which he promptly jumped into a waterbed with an anonymous, amorous female fan. While the authorities, the press, and..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...2005. Following the strike, Gilliam was the target of anonymous harassment, including a note signed "ATU Commandos" threatening to ship..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature

Shocked at ROT! Round Up the Usual Suspects!

Offended peepster takes a gazillion photos of nude revelers

"...The controversy began with an anonymous letter and CD delivered to several government offices and..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Kung Fu Panda

Jack Black's animated Po may be an animated panda bear, but deep down, he’s really just a nerd with a pop-culture obsession.

"...years of skulking around in Hollywood’s shadows – writing anonymous Internet reviews, collecting Star Wars trading cards, leaking insider..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Four Letter Word

This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.

"...on the other, he can sense that all that anonymous sex and flamboyant posturing have become a means to..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Place 3: Kim Goes Attack-Dog

Girl fights are all the rage

"...Randi Shade. The series of nasty mailers and an anonymous robocall – all with false or questionable assertions –..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...in the suit that insurance firms would make false anonymous allegations against doctors whose patients ran up long-term bills,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

Inhuman Resources

City HR employees rebel over director's actions, city response

"...problems first surfaced publicly in late May, when an anonymous e-mail was sent to the city managers and City..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Key to Sources

"...several of the principal sources have asked to remain anonymous, hoping to keep the personal matters private, at least..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie that features contributions from Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt, and other comic performers.

"...demeaning reality show. One day he leaves his Overeaters Anonymous meeting and heads to an ice-cream parlor, where he..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hostel: Part II

Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.

"...on the chance to slaughter helpless tourists in the anonymous safety of some abandoned Bratislavan backwater. Hostel: Part II..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'I Am Sullied – No More'

Col. Ted Westhusing chose death over dishonor in Iraq

"...participated in the killing of Iraqis. He received an anonymous letter that claimed that USIS was cheating the military..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Glastonbury

The sense of total immersion in England's Glastonbury Festival is breathlessly complete in Julien Temple's everywhere-at-once music documentary.

"...it?" before cutting to a whirlwind shot of some anonymous raver screaming "Give it to me, Glastonbury! We want..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Everyone complains about the perceived shortcomings of the MPAA, Hollywood's movie-ratings board, but nobody does anything. Nobody, that is, until activist documentarian Kirby Dick.

"...to their suitability for various age groups is an anonymous panel. It was formed by an association of Hollywood..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Sex in the 70s

Little more than a series of interviews with those who survived those times, interspersed with titillating soft-core clips from the archives, this documentary offers a sympathetic perspective of the post-Stonewall sexual liberation years in New York City.

"...York City, years in which gay men engaged in anonymous sex on the piers and drugged till dawn at..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I'll Sleep When I Figure Out Why I Can't

Analyzing Alan Berliner's most personal documentary yet

"...color film, including outtakes donated by other filmmakers; green: anonymous American family 16mm home movies from the Twenties, Thirties,..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Ushpizin

This Israeli comedy is a wholly original movie that's set and filmed entirely within the insular realm of Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox Hasidim.

"...pair of miracles manifest in the form of an anonymous 1,000 American dollars slipped under their door and the..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...in a tizzy over the impending arrival of an anonymous travel writer, whose rating could make or break the..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shopgirl

Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.

"...have zeroed in on one of any number of anonymous L.A. lonely hearts, her scent is picked up by..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keane

An unconventional psychological thriller without much plot, Keane is the gripping and uncompromising story of a man's attempt to hang on to his sanity.

"...tries to drown his sorrow with beer, cocaine, and anonymous sex, and he talks aloud to himself almost constantly...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Deep Throat

This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the movie Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.

"...saga as the code name for Woodward and Bernstein's anonymous source – a name we still use to this..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Primer

Physics and metaphysics mingle in this minimalist yet intriguing fiction about inventor-scientists who discover a technique of time travel.

"...home garage after putting in full work weeks at anonymous engineering firms. The viewer gets the feeling that this..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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