Page Two: Living Just Enough for the City

City sound limits and national anti-immigration movements share absolutism and intransigence

"...opposed to it, since it seemed a title a city should earn and not one that it should assume..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin today...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Secret Life of Pets

Hollywood has the cure for those dog-day afternoons of summer

"...to anticipate on the drive home from The Secret Life of Pets: “Ma, when we flushed Flipper, did he..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City of Men

This Brazilian followup to the award-winning City of God tells a new story but continues its look at gangster life and the cycle of poverty in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.

"...Dos Santos, Camila Monteiro, Naíma Silva and Luciano Vidigal. City of Men is a followup to City of God,..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City Slickers

"...upon him, Mitch (Crystal) develops a bad case of mid-life crisis and looks to Jack Palance's veteran trail boss..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: A Life of Quality

In the shadow of another tragedy, the city takes a step toward justice

"...to the lateness of the hour – the new City Council voted unanimously last week to endorse the recommendations..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Michael King

City Council Gets Its Head in the Game

With only one first-term Trump-era vet and several rookies, Council squares up

"...The 2025 City Council class only has two members who know what..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

ATX TV Festival 2022: Bill Lawrence on Life, Death, and Scrubs

A rewind of our 2020 interview with the series creator

"...woke up early for a Zoom chat, and Zoom life was starting to wear on us all. "It's like..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bomb City

Infamous 1997 Amarillo punk murder exposes social division.

"...First-time director Jameson Brooks’ Bomb City reads like a recipe pulled from The Anarchist Cookbook:..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

NAACP Issues “Clarion Call” to City Government

Linder challenges city to “quit talking” about equity and “send money”

"...In a Thursday morning City Hall press conference, Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder excoriated..."

Aug. 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

The battle over NYC's urban planning

"...vital and urgent struggle for the soul of the city in this documentary about the historic battles between New..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...Life cut short for no good reason. The story is..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Lake City

A heavy-handed melodrama that features a young, brooding antihero and Sissy Spacek as his emotionally paralyzed mom.

"...curse of Billy (Garity), the brooding antihero of Lake City, a movie that approaches drama with a heavy-handedness bordering..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...people would want to honor the person. Thus, Texas Folklife Resources, which was on the receiving end of Jiménez's..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Lost City

Andy Garcia’s film is a Cuban exile’s lament – more a dirge for what has vanished than a celebration of the past.

"...stars, is an obvious labor of love. The Lost City honors the filmmaker’s memory of the look and the..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Pretend It’s a City

Farewell to Chris Riley, an honorable man

"...much in keeping with Chris Riley’s clear-eyed approach to life...."

Aug. 6, 2024 News Post by Michael King

The Sanctity of All Life?

Notes on David Joseph's death

"...“We do value the sanctity of all life here at the department. So yesterday’s events, as with..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Doug Benson's Total Scam of a Life

The 411 on the 420 comedian

"...stand-up have begat six full-length comedy albums and a life where the lines between profession and passion have blurred..."

July 2, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...the comparison that the women of Sex and the City make for a special kind of superhero in American..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Detroit Rock City

Four high school bandmates try to get into a KISS concert.

"...Natasha Lyonne and Shannon Tweed. Reactions to Detroit Rock City may fluctuate according to your degree of nostalgia for..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

"...Stern and Jon Lovitz. One of the blurbs for City Slickers II, from Patty Spitier of WISH-TV, Indianapolis, proclaims..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Occupied City

A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation

"...Wenders' own documentary on Kiefer, Anselm, and now Occupied City, Steve McQueen's monumental study of Amsterdam across the five..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Inside the New Cap City Comedy Club

Mary Lynn Rajskub gets opening night honors at new Domain site

"...also Austin's far-north outpost for laughs. Tuesday night, Cap City Comedy Club reopened at its new location with a..."

July 14, 2022 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...authority by clicking through some forms on the Universal Life Church website...."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...fans – about 200 in total – converged on City Hall on a windy Monday afternoon for this month’s..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...The current city budget predicament has a fairly simple frame: For the..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...Wallenda – (yes, of those Wallendas) about his daredevil life and about his Stunt Spectacular show at Schlitterbahn…..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...council approaches its Thursday vote on the proposed $750,000 city loan to the owners of Las Manitas. The loan,..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The City (La Ciudad)

"...heartbreaking plight of recent Latino immigrants in New York City. The bleak prospects and realities of these impoverished souls..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mad City

"...It's easy to imagine the pitch meeting for Mad City: Oh, it's a cross between Dog Day Afternoon and..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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