In a Better World

This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

"...for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film, In a Better World obviously speaks to a wide number of people...."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...then, with havoc and suffering in its wake, nursing homes remain the site of COVID-19's harshest punishments, as it..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

As Nursing Homes Reopen to Visitors, Will They Stay Safe?

Caring, with caution

"...Residents of nursing homes have gained new pathways to reunite with family and..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable

Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC

"...in the back yard over beer, barbecue, and live R&B to celebrate the activation of the duplex's sizable 8-kilowatt..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Dream Homes in East Austin?

"...the project will include the construction of 48 rental homes. Despite seven years of delay and political resistance, the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

City's Zero Energy Homes Prove Too Pricey for Montopolis

Energy efficient building project proves fiscally impractical for current neighborhood location

"...the first of its kind in the nation. The homes, which would have used photovoltaic solar panels and a..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Building a Better Hill Country Suburb?

Developers Dick Rathgeber and Terry Mitchell say

"...Creek in their natural pristine state, while clustering 950 homes more than a mile away on a smaller portion..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Estate Services of Austin Finds New Homes for Treasures Left Behind

In the saddest times, Carl McQueary and the Estate Services team are there to help

"...of seeing the best and the finest of what homes and lives have to offer. Instead, it's a refined..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...in Travis and Williamson counties. "I found over 1,100 [homes] that had very high appraised values, and appraisal values..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austinites Without Homes Find Themselves Pushed Out of Sight

Turns out those with and without shelter both want to be safe

"..."but I'm tired of dealing with this shit. It's better to have my own spot where people can't see..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Wants Better Schools but Less Taxes

"...(I personally know many average Austin residents with modest homes who are getting property tax bills of $4,000, $5,000,..."

Oct. 6, 2003 Postmarks

Neighbors With and Without Homes Collide at Roy Guerrero Park

“But then where?”

"...noted that people in Montopolis and Southeast Austin with homes have lived for years without major incident alongside those..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

SXSW Eco: A Better City Built to a Hip-Hop Beat

How architecture can be used to challenge injustice

"...When masters forced slaves and indentured servants to enter homes through the side entrance, they were reinforcing a caste..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Council: Mobile Homes and Climate Change

City Council gets through a brief agenda the week before budget talks begin

"...a lease to own, these two- and three-bedroom mobile homes, and they're in such dire conditions that they will..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...zoos, research facilities, and who knows how many private homes, Texas is relatively lousy with monkeys – it's just..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Making a Better Austin, One Volunteer at a Time

Opportunities to get civically involved this year

"...against some of society's most marginalized – those without homes. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...As we go to press, the city has just..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Money to Restore Mansion has Better Uses

"...the old Governor's Mansion. It would have been far better if they had bulldozed the old one and built..."

June 2, 2009 Postmarks

Better Relations With Venezuela and Cuba Needed

"...greediest Venezuelans, many of whom have second and third homes in Washington and Florida, don't like Chávez's approach at..."

April 21, 2009 Postmarks

Better Eating Through Chemistry

Miche Bread rules the boule

"...gigs have been consulting and teaching classes in private homes. But there is good news for the rest of..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Manny & Lo

"...11-year-old sister Lo (Palladino) run away from separate foster homes and embark on a life on the road. They..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trade

This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.

"...to the very heart of America – tidy suburban homes where Internet pedophiles discreetly exchange thousands of dollars for..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

49 Up

This British series is one of the great achievements of the cinema, one that reveals how an observant camera plus the passage of time can capture reality.

"...as they address new topics such as grandchildren, second homes, and career changes. They are also questioned about their..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Work

Doc on a powerful Folsom Prison therapy group

"...metaphorically hack and slash at their traumas, hoping to better themselves by doing so...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

“Love in Action”

Florence’s Comfort House is the Best of “Weird Austin”

"...the nine domiciles featured in Saturday’s second annual “Weird Homes Tour” is Florence Ponziano’s “Comfort House,” a Montopolis neighborhood..."

May 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

And So It Goes

Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas are ill-served by director by Rob Reiner in this odd-couple romance.

"...a rarefied bubble of upper-middle class comforts. (It’s the Better Homes and Gardens school of filmmaking.) Frequently, she plays..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Darfur Now

For all the film’s rallying efforts, its meandering structure and absence of a central focal point result in a film about genocide that is, as unbelievable as it sounds, kind of boring.

"...arms against the devastating conflict in Darfur. Sadly, you’re better off doing your own research or visiting SaveDarfur.org. For..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Grand Dame

Galveston's Grand Opera House survived Ike. Here's a dispatch from one of the staff.

"...first-person account from the island from someone who fared better than many, though still suffered significant heartbreaking loss...."

Sept. 19, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Rep. Gina Hinojosa, HD 49

“The public education session, for better or worse”

"...is going to be the public education session, for better or worse," Rep. Gina Hinojosa told the Chronicle. "Either..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Everything, Everything

Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers

"...mother (Rose) is a physician – which explains their Better Homes and Gardens-worthy house – who takes daily blood..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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