Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...Austin Police Chief Brian Manley will retire on March 28, following a year..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, Johnny Harris and Brian Gleeson...."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brian Bosworth is Not Stone-Hearted

The Boz on football, drama and Stone Cold

"...In 1991 Brian Bosworth wasn't looking to become a movie star, and..."

May 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

White Girl

Sex, drugs, and privilege

"...Directed by: Elizabeth Wood. Starring: Morgan Saylor, Brian “Sene” Marc, Justin Bartha, India Menuez, Chris Noth, Annabelle..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

White Boy Rick

A true-life tale of coke, corruption, and betrayal

"...Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie, RJ..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Labor Group Seeks to Depose White Lodging

Downtown Marriott developer accused of breaking incentive agreement

"...The ongoing scrum between the Workers Defense Project and White Lodging – the firm behind the soon-to-be new Downtown..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Police Chief Brian Manley Fires APD Officer for Racist Texts

Offensive language, memes violated Austin Police policies

"...Austin Police Chief Brian Manley has indefinitely suspended (that is, fired) Officer Daniel..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...my 1960s mini-reels that held a thousand nights in white satin. That was the unrecoverable crash that took with..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...Book retailers and record stores stocking Brian Beattie's latest project might have to create a new..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

Tyler Perry also stars in his latest film, playing a wealthy businessman whose orderly life comes undone as the result of a good deed.

"...Tyler Perry. Starring: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White, Eddie Cibrian, Phylicia Rashad, Jordenn Thompson, Rebecca Romijn..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brothers

"...of smart guys is as much a fallacy as white Hollywood's stereotypical version. I'll go out on a limb..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crank: High Voltage

If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.

"...Directed by: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Corey Haim, Bai..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meet Dave

Eddie Murphy reteams with his Norbit director for this new extraterrestrial comedy in which miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form.

"...Directed by: Brian Robbins. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Austyn..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Perfect Score

The movie that gives new meaning to the phrase, "taking the SATs": felonious breaking and entering.

"...Directed by: Brian Robbins. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Darius..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart,..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Something New

Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.

"...She just wasn't expecting him to be so … white. Brian (Baker) is practically dipped in bleach, then set..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Obsessive

AFS Essential Cinema presents the early films of Brian De Palma

"...cinematic enfant terrible, postmodern jokester, and aspiring "American Godard" Brian De Palma appeared on the American film scene. And..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...Two weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Another installment of Madea's spooky stories

"...Tyler Perry, Patrice Lovely, Brock O'Hurn, Cassi Davis, Diamond White, Yousef Erakat, Inanna Sarkis, Lexy Panterra, Andre Hall, Taja..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

L.A. Confidential

Los Angeles police corruption and 1950s noir sexuality combine in this modern thriller.

"...Danny DeVito. Kudos to director Curtis Hanson and co-screenwriter Brian Helgeland for whipping James Ellroy's seminal novel of 1950s..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rad

Hal Needham's BMX action flick restored

"...are out-of-town bullies, a wise-cracking little sister, shady old white men, and of course, BMX shenanigans, I mean a..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Captive

Ripped-from-the-headlines movie about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book

"...and Oyelowo, playing the stone-cold killer turned cornered kidnapper Brian Nichols, help this spiritual thriller rise (very slightly) above..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carrie

Sin never dies.

"...original sin, and whether it’s Stephen King’s source novel, Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic, or Kimberly Peirce’s modern-day update,..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tommy Boy

As a mismatched pair, Farley and Spade have their comic moments, with the big galoot playing off the little jerk.

"...Peter Segal. Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek, Brian Dennehy, Rob Lowe and Julie Warner. This Tommy Boy..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Together Alone

"...dissimilar -- this Blond Bryan (Stites) and this Brunette Brian (Curry). Opposites attracting and likenesses repelling, these two characters..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hours and Times

"...Beatlemania seized the world, John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein went together to Barcelona for a four-day holiday...."

Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...changes from icy blue to red hot to pure white and back again in a cyclical movement that brings..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

DiG!

DiG! transcends the typical "rock movie" format and aspires to something greater: an examination of why we create and what we receive from art.

"...Newcombe, the brains and heart behind the band the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is unspooling a tape by his friends,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wonderstruck

Two lives intertwine across time in the latest from Todd Haynes

"...Brian Selznick (the Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

News Roundup: Lawsuits, Laws, and Plea Bargains

Brian Rodgers vs. COA, Abbott vs. women's rights, etc.

"...In this week's News Roundup, Brian Rodgers files a lawsuit claiming the city of Austin..."

June 15, 2015 News Post by News Staff

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