The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography

Errol Morris' latest doc profiles Boston photographer

"...a Polaroid picture” in an effort to encourage its development...."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

CodeNEXT Advisory Group Ready for Next Steps

Second draft of land development code soon to be in the works

"...staff released the first draft of the new land development code in January, they set a June 7 deadline..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council: Tuesday Work Session … & Then Some

Grove public hearing and briefings extend the working agenda

"...reading of the Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development. The public hearing on the Grove is expected for..."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Sheri Gallo's Darned Emails

District 10 council member faces scrutiny for use of city email

"...Shoal Creek, a PUD that, if approved, would see development in her district...."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Post by Annamarya Scaccia

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...contemporary jargon). However, what the film lacks in character development, it tries to make up for with a big..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free State of Jones

Matthew McConaughey stars in pic about little-known Civil War event

"...lengthy film would benefit from judicious pruning and more development of the other characters. As it is, Newt Knight,..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

CodeNEXT Chief Quits

Matt Lewis resigns amid human resources investigation

"...announced that Matt Lewis, who has been leading the development of the CodeNEXT overhaul of city planning ordinances, has..."

June 16, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless

"...Both films favor their stories’ visual possibilities over character development and narrative intrigue. They are works that are sure..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hush

Well-executed horror nightmare features sick torment of a deaf woman

"...use of Maddie’s deafness as part of the plot development, although comparisons with the classic sensory-impairment thriller Wait Until..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All This and Zoning Too

Marathon City Council meeting zones through lengthy agenda

"...Energy customers, an initiative to help tenants displaced by development … and several dozen zoning cases...."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Mueller Makes Plea to TCAD Board

Affordable homes program threatened by spiking appraisals

"...incorrectly appraised affordable home values in the northeast Austin development. The appraisers disagree...."

Nov. 3, 2015 News Post by Michael King

A Walk in the Woods

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir

"...in the Woods doesn’t have, however, is plot, character development, narrative conflict, and resolution – in other words, a..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mistress America

Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy

"...Baumbach’s most probing consideration of the writer’s process and development, a continuing point of interest in his filmography, from..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

News Roundup: Barton Springs, the Eastside, and Science

Barton Springs reopens, while activists take sides on East Side Hotel

"...summer can officially begin, because Barton Springs has reopened; development of the Eastside continues to be contentious; who can..."

June 8, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

5 Flights Up

Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play a long-married couple who consider moving from their apartment

"...mere slip of a thing, and there’s no character development, although Alex and Ruth fare better than the film’s..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boy Next Door

Jennifer Lopez stars in this brazenly dumb MILF thriller.

"...both actors, Barbara Curry’s screenplay is short on character development and long on cheap thrills. No doubt, a genre..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Boyhood

With Boyhood, filmmaker Richard Linklater paints his masterpiece.

"...The development of personhood as it is experienced – day by..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rover

Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson are the riveting stars of this bloody but compelling chase movie through the Australian Outback.

"...What The Rover lacks in story development, it makes up for with compelling tension, mystery, and..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We’re Our Own Grandpaws

Thursday Council agenda packed with postponed business

"...to do this week, including the return of “vested development rights” (i.e., grandfathering) and the proposed historic zoning of..."

April 15, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Poseiden's son and his pals reunite to retrieve the Golden Fleece, but only the film's special effects grabbed our attention.

"...any movie that relies on special effects over character development and a coherent plot is doomed from the get-go...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Heat

In his follow-up to Bridesmaids, Paul Feig re-employs Melissa McCarthy and teams her with Sandra Bullock for a comedy about a mismatched law-enforcement duo.

"...screen directing innovative comedies like The Office and Arrested Development (he also created Freaks and Geeks), is not a..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Community and Committee Back Johns Hopkins as Eastside Partner

AISD Trustees to vote tonight, but deal still needs TEA approval

"...tonight on a proposal to bring Johns Hopkins Talent Development Secondary program to help turn Eastside Memorial High School..."

May 6, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gangster Squad

Despite uneven filmmaking and questionable facts, an extraordinary cast brings this story about mobster Mickey Cohen's attempted takeover of L.A. and the handful of honest cops who thwarted him.

"...other than his unevenness of tone, style, and narrative development. Despite the unrelenting action and the terrific cast, Gangster..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Allegiance

Bow Wow plays a National Guard soldier who goes AWOL in the early Nineties in this unfoused drama

"...turn of events will occur because, otherwise, the film’s development would be so painfully obvious. There never is such..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Blue Like Jazz

Based on the bestseller by Donald Miller, this is the story of a Texas-raised Southern Baptist who finds maturity on the liberal campus of Reed College in Portland, Ore.

"...Like Jazz is that there is no believable character development. Miller's fall from faith seems the act of a..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wrath of the Titans

The Greek gods of antiquity must be angry: this sequel is merely loud and uninspired.

"...do with calamitous overuse of CGI and presto-change-o character development...."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Raid: Redemption

This Indonesian film truly has a nonstop glut of martial-arts action, so don't worry about the minimalist story and characters.

"...monotonous barrage? The sparse dialogue and absence of character development are, for me, the culprits. I desire more of..."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Act of Valor

Navy SEALs conduct a rescue mission in this film that employed actual soldiers and their experiences in its making.

"...effectively ups the battle quotient and diminishes any character development or even differentiation. A voiceover prologue and denouement delivered..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City Hall Hustle: What Price Density?

Council tries to find an economic balance for dense development and its public costs

"...and for free, as under the current Central Urban Redevelopment zoning. Ideally, this is a scenario in which the..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Decisions, Decisions

Voters ponder council election; council ponders F1

"...respectable Demo­cratic credentials, Shade became the darling of the development lobby during her first term, and now, buoyed by..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

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