Wanted

Based on Mark Millar’s ultraviolent comic-book miniseries, Wanted isn’t so much a movie as it is a parade of fast cars, big guns, heavy metal guitars, exposed cleavage, and tests of masculinity.

"...Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov. Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Meet Bill

Aaron Eckhart stars in this middle-aged wake-up call whose message – trust yourself and find your inner child – is tired but expressed with a whole lot of enthusiasm.

"...Directed by: Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack. Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

My Blueberry Nights

Filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's English-language debut stars the singer Norah Jones in her acting debut, but instead of exuding newness this sensuous film has an also-ran feel.

"...Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Chan Marshall and Frankie Faison. "The stories have all..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Pregnancy Care Network Proves Unimpressive

Report shows Alternatives to Abortion program to be expensive, inefficient

"...funding, Texas' Alternatives to Abortion program remains "grossly inefficient and expensive," according to a report released Wednesday by NARAL..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Water

Don't come to this movie expecting a doom-and-gloom forecast about ecological catastrophe. It's instead an encounter with "voodoo chemistry" that aims to show why we all should start imbibing "structurized water."

"...Directed by: Anastasiya Popova and Julia Perkul. I don't know that I..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frisco Bay Blues

It's a thin line between love and hate for San Francisco in Barry Jenkins' 'Medicine for Melancholy'

"...The first in a planned trilogy about San Francisco, writer/director Barry Jenkins' first feature-length..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

The Signal

The Signal is an audacious horror film that nonetheless veers on occasion into surreal black comedy.

"...Directed by: David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry. Starring: Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...the center of the political universe." – State Rep. Juan Garcia, D-Corpus Christi. Pictured are Garcia (r), wife Denise,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Facts for Action on Health Care; and Paying the Price for NAFTA

"...fact No. 1: Our country faces a growing health-care crisis that leaves 47 million Americans with no health insurance..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Good Times Crisis Band

"...Good Times Crisis BandSelect a Gather Point (Australian Cattle God)..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Beirut

Vortex's revival confronts issues of the body – as object, as weapon, and as prison – head on

"...Beirut The Vortex, through Jan. 26 Running time: 50 min...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...always, we have edited these lists as space dictates, and we encourage you to call your intended benefactor(s) for..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

Love Craft

Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design

"...The Stitch Fashion Show and Guerrilla Craft Bazaar is 5 years old this year...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Australian Cattle God

Who Let the Gods Out?

"...The Australian cattle dog is a breed known for its intellect,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Letters @ 3AM

An economy of speculation is an economy of debt

"...Subject: The decline and fall of the former United States of America (F-USA)..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Resident Evil: Extinction

Milla Jovovich continues to fight zombies and the apocalypse.

"...Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Mike Epps, Iain Glen, Ashanti and Christopher Egan. If I hadn't been viscerally reminded..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Although Tsai Ming-Liang's I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone is nearly wordless and slow moving, the film’s characters are compelling and its pace hypnotic. (AFS@Dobie)

"...Directed by: Tsai Ming-Liang. Starring: Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Pearlly Chua and Lee..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sicko

Professional gadfly Michael Moore alights on the topic of the shortcomings of the American health-care system, and crafts his most widely accessible film to date.

"...alights on the topic of the shortcomings of the American health-care system and, with this subject, crafts his most..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Last Sunday?

Austin organizing project contemplating its future

"...As we were setting up for an early Last Sunday gathering, a longtime participant in local..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Robert Jensen

On the Lege

Looking back at the Lege through local eyes

"...intermittent political unrest in the House, Austin-area representatives nonetheless managed to pass meaningful legislation, which should hold most of..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

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

"...Widespread ranting has been flying thick in the Austin air as..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"..."It's a moral challenge for us as human beings to step up."..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Few

A former Marine's unfiltered photography leads an American documentary crew into Darfur

"...smashed in, run over by a truck. Men castrated and left to bleed to death. Charred corpses of people..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

TPCN Flack Attack: No Nutritional Content

Tax-funded anti-abortion group uses PR campaign to smear Chronicle, rather than truly responding to our story

"...Austin Chronicle acquired a seven-page document, produced on Texas Pregnancy Care Network letterhead, recounting a host of complaints about..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The 'Chronicle' Responds to TPCN

The TPCN complaints about Chronicle reporting are much ado about not very much.

"...The unsigned document submitted by the Texas Pregnancy Care Network to the Houston Chronicle purports to respond..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...– Austin singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, channeling Nelson after picking up one of five Grammys Sunday..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Poor John Roberts; and A Mountaintop Revelation

"...POOR JOHN ROBERTS Now that Republican judges have taken over the Supreme Court, they are..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

In Search of a New Agenda

What to look for in the 80th session of the Texas Legislature

"...that – with or without Craddick as speaker – bipartisanship would be making some semblance of a comeback in..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature

Heading South

North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.

"...Directed by: Laurent Cantet. Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Ménothy Cesar, Louise Portal,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Crazy like a mediocre lineup

"...of the gate with its new fall TV premieres, and while the onetime rogue network was known for offering..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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