Our Man Flint

Jan. 13, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

The real stink in Flint, Michigan's water scandal

"...The tap water in Flint, Michigan, is not the only thing that stinks and..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

It's comestibles gone wild in this animated follow-up.

"...of something close to coherency.) Once again, zealous inventor Flint Lockwood’s supermutation machine that can transform water into full-course..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

"...Moore's Pets or Meat returns the documentarian to beautiful Flint, Michigan two years after the completion of his brilliant..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fahrenheit 11/9

Michael Moore takes on the Trump years

"...Eventually, Moore segues into the water catastrophe in Flint, Mich., the filmmaker’s beloved hometown. He details the maneuvers..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

A zippy, lippy animated adaptation of the popular children’s book.

"...the popular children’s book. When a misunderstood inventor named Flint Lockwood (voiced by Hader) cooks up a contraption that..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The China Hustle

The next global economic meltdown, in terrifying detail.

"...the narrative all the way from rural China to Flint, Michigan...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This overflowing action stew is loaded to the brim with half-formed ideas, action stereotypes, and hints of characters.

"...fire from above. Only three are left: Roadblock (Johnson), Flint (Cotrona), and Lady Jaye (Palicki). They must avenge their..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

All's Faire in Love

Christina Ricci stars in this strained romantic comedy set in the world of renaissance festivals.

"...Filmed in and around Flint, Mich. (at an actual renaissance fair, the better to..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chameleon Street

"...Time magazine and a practicing surgeon. Another filmmaker from Flint, Michigan, like Michael Moore, Harris more successfully straddles the..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Blood in the Face

"...Molotov's throw away from Michael Moore's infamous hometown of Flint (the perpetually rotund Moore makes a cameo here, grilling..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Interview: Tunde Olaniran

Flint, Mich., artist writes anthems for outcasts

"...The Flint, Mich., artist who spent stretches of his youth living..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Hightower Lowdown

Your Pentagon PAL tracks your every move, and the FCC lets media companies redefine "local."

"...TV affiliate in Flint, Mich. -- recently gave listeners the local weather forecast,..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Wasn't It FABulous?

Economic and environmental consequences of high tech plant closings are potentially grim.

"...a Northwest Austin bookstore and conjured bleak images of Flint, Michigan, a hardscrabble town of shuttered auto factories and..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Girls on the Bus

Girls groups, from the back of the bus to Rhino Records.

"...to the girl group crown from Rhino Records: Shelby Flint’s The Complete Valiant Singles, Joanie Sommers’ The Complete Warner..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Riding the New Range

The Ride goes to the rodeo

"...AC: He's the polar opposite of Flint Rasmussen, PBR's resident entertainer. As the veteran of the..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Endangered Spider Spooks the Feds

Fish and Wildlife Service declines to add rare cave spider to federal endangered species list, saying C. cueva doesn't exist; critter's supporters cry foul

"...development. The group continued to advocate special protection for Flint Ridge Cave, one of the two caves described in..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor

Day Trips

The summer drought is making historical Indian sites throughout Texas more accesible to archaeologists ... and to looters.

"...and historic Indian sites on public land looking for flint tools and projectile points are destroying the story of..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...Writer David Flint covers the crazed intersection of the UK version of..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

ATX Television Fest 2014 Opening Night Party

"...Jill Flint of The Night Shift. Read more about the 2014..."

June 6, 2014 Photo Gallery

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the Hill Country. The area in question is the Flint Ridge Cave near the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center,..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM

Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind

"...City, Ohio ... Bennington, Vermont ... Granbury, Texas ... Flint, Michigan ... Rochester, New York ... Mesa, Arizona ......"

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Oh, Lady, You're Good!

Dee Dee Bridgewater

"...Denise Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, Bridgewater grew up in Flint, Michigan in a household headed by a trumpet player..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Turns Out Final Weekly Band List

De La Soul, Mavis Staples, Ximena Sariñana highlight 10th lineup drop

"...Dan Auerbach in the producer’s chair – and expressive Flint, MI., rapper Yoshi Vintage. Also added to the fray..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Johnny English Strikes Again

Time to revoke this agent's license

"...comically libidinous machismo of James Coburn as Our Man Flint.)..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW List 8

Peanut Butter Wolf, Kasey Chambers, White Denim and 147 more

"...musclular one). Also of note are Detroit hip-pop artist Flint Eastwood, five-time Grammy-nominated modular synth diva Suzanne Ciani, folk-rock..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Your Fantasy House

Where reader types would own a vacation home if it could be anywhere in literature

"...and author of the new fantasy novel Tinder & Flint..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Morrison to Mayor: 'It's Not Personal, It's Policy'

Leffingwell refuses to give up Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Planning Org. seat

"...Edwards Aquifer, near the entrance of the ecologically sensitive Flint Ridge Cave, home of at least two rare spider..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Plight in Flight

Can Austin save the migratory monarch by planting pit-stop snacks?

"...encourage people to plant more milkweed. Owners Jay and Flint Beard are teaming up with Carla Jenkins of Texas..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Farmers Market Report: November 10, 2012

Central Texas bounty holds steady

"...beans! Just in time for Thanksgiving Green Bean Casserole! Flint Rock Hill Farm had them at Sunset Valley, as..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

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