Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...Put the blame where it belongs: the Texas Supreme Court. To the..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A United Kingdom

A film on love, race, and royalty

"...The two attractive lead actors are not to blame, given what they have to work with. Pike is..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Collide

A backpacker and drug smugglers clash on a high-speed highway

"...have surely enlivened the proceedings here, but the real blame rests fully at the feet of director Creevy and..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not My Representative

"...wanted to in Trump's address. I heard aggression, narcissism, blame-shifting, egotism, and bluster. I heard a direct threat to..."

Jan. 22, 2017 Postmarks

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...the doctor is himself something of a reprobate (“I blame the Enlightenment!”), and the priest (Kosinski) is spooked and..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beside the Point: Failing Our Teachers

Why won't we fund our schools?

"...Can anyone really blame teachers for quitting? The pay sucks, and demanding work..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Richard Whittaker

The Wailing

South Korean movie adeptly blends a variety of genre tropes

"...some wild mushrooms, Jong-gu soon discovers that some locals blame a recent transplant to the village, a Japanese man..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The BFG

Steven Spielberg tackles Roald Dahl’s 1982 children's book

"...quite real, and like a devoted friend. Who could blame a child for believing he’ll be there to catch..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Council: It's All on Camera

City Council gets ready to dive back into the breach

"...his constituents had indeed opposed the proposition, but he blamed that result on the ballot language drafted by his..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

AISD Proposes a Budget

AISD sees its money go back to the state

"...you're angry about your next property tax bill, don't blame the Austin Independent School District. Blame the Legislature. On..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Help! I've Been Set Up!

Maybe you were meant to date a complicated genius with a neck tattoo

"...to date a complicated genius with a neck tattoo. Blame it on your parents or soy milk or whatever,..."

April 15, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Learning From Our Mistakes

Free, but not exonerated, Fran and Dan Keller are the victims of a continuing injustice

"...The Kellers say they don't blame Mouw for their imprisonment, and indeed praise him for..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The 5th Wave

Chloë Grace Moretz battles Earth's fifth wave of alien attacks

"...you figured out an hour ago. But you can’t blame the girl. The improbabilities pile on so absurdly as..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Take-Out

"...It's easy to blame chefs and restaurateurs for this current malaise. There is,..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...a depressingly unformed performance, but you can’t lay full blame on her for its one-dimensionality. The movie simply doesn’t..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Good Dinosaur

Sweet and charming, Pixar's dino pic should please everyone

"...fine fashion. And the studio only has itself to blame for deflating expectations by making The Good Dinosaur follow..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Four

Marvel not at this Fox flop

"...New Horizons Pictures, that’s saying a lot. But don’t blame Marvel; Fox still owns the rights to these wretched..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Elizabeth McDonald: I Only Know Plenty"

McDonald's ambitious solo show targets scapegoating, though some of its power is lost in repetition

"...The artist follows scapegoating through its three primary stages: blame, sacrifice, and purification. Utilizing imagery from Eastern, Western, and..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Merchants of Doubt

This doc calls out the spokesmen for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and Big Oil, as well as the tactics they use to blur the facts

"...a strategy epitomized by tobacco companies successfully diverting the blame from a need for self-extinguishing cigarettes to a need..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.

"...“mommy issues” catapults to new dimensions (or you could blame the meds). Also circling Agatha’s orbit are her estranged..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Interview

See how a goofy comedy can spark an international incident.

"...and online simultaneously; the endless parade of posturing and blame-shifting by numerous players; the hue and cry of Americans..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...these circumstances, though I am emphatically anti-gun, I wouldn't blame someone for keeping a firearm in their home. I..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Hercules

Director Brett Ratner puts Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson through his paces as the Greek demigod.

"...of the Titans-like fantasy, however, has the marketing to blame. The beastly money shots littered across trailers and TV..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Spoilers Are the New Black

Are we too squeamish about our right to be shocked?

"...Blame Twitter for constant East Coast spoilers before the West..."

June 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Food-Loving Mom’s Response to 'Fed Up'

Who is responsible for what we eat?

"...can see why people are so eager to assign blame. I do agree that the various moving parts of..."

May 19, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Fed Up

Most everything we've been taught about eating and exercising is wrong, and Katie Couric breaks it down for us.

"...the Let’s Move campaign, which again places all the blame for obesity on the individual. The filmmakers want to..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

RoboCop

The überviolent 1987 action film gets a pointless reboot.

"...exercises. That’s not to say that Kinnaman bears the blame for this bland and forgettable RoboCop. But he sure..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Past

Another masterstroke from Asghar Farhadi, The Past begins as a domestic drama and stealthily evolves into a kind of thriller.

"...out a “bad guy,” a clear-cut place to put blame, but Farhadi and his exceptional cast aren’t having it...."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A House DVD'd

Criterion and Rooster Teeth give you something worth wishing for

"...shrewdly turned: "I said, 'I don't think you should blame me for the assassination. I think you might blame..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Congressional victims of alcoholism ... and hypocrisyitis

"...out by politicians of all stripes has been to blame "stress of overwork" and to apologize to "anyone who..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

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