Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...give you a joyous stomachache – or possibly a brain-freeze – of epic proportions...."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

March of the Penguins

The nature photography is so intimate, and the story of the penguins' mating is so carefully crafted into a sustained and satisfying narrative, that they become epic heroes: brave, if not fearless, and stalwart fools for love.

"...it tenderly into their respective abdominal folds lest it freeze and crack upon exposure to the air. When the..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...stench so disconcerting you could drench it in quicklime, freeze it in carbonite, and submerse it beneath the swampy..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Up From the Slime – Commissioners Push for Water Quality Rules

Interim county development rules leave everyone dissatisfied

"...terrified landowners, commissioners instead voted to adopt a 90-day freeze on applications for new developments. Nevertheless, the debate over..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Ocean's Twelve

Like Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.

"...crop up every few scenes to the perfectly inserted freeze frames and riotously colorful palette (I won’t even get..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Day Without a Mexican

What if Californians awoke one day to discover that all the Mexicans in the state had mysteriously vanished overnight?

"...interrupting the flow of action every so often to freeze frame a scene against a printed factoid about things..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Drug offenders are eating up the federal prison budget

"...the federal Bureau of Prisons began a 30-day hiring freeze that could lead to layoffs next year unless the..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...now returned to not only flood the city but flash-freeze it as well – along with virtually all of..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring

A Buddhist monk, viewed from childhood to old age, becomes a vehicle for exploring the journey of the soul in this cinematically rich Korean film.

"...still attached and none too pleased.) Later the lake freezes over, and the monk – by now an older..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...proposed, homes in historic districts would secure a five-year freeze on the appraised value of both the building and..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TEA Takes Over Eastside Charter School

The state steps in at the Texas Academy of Excellence

"...got at the beginning of February, due to a freeze on the school's accounts initiated by the school's former..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Day Trips

Get lost in the Sweet Berry Farm maze.

"...the peach crop can be decimated by a late freeze. The strawberries are cold-hardy. If threatened with a freeze..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...Proposition 13: Permit local taxing districts to freeze property taxes on homesteads of the disabled or elderly...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...junior college districts to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...junior college districts to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature

Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...Proposition 13: Permit local taxing districts to freeze property taxes on homesteads of the disabled or elderly...."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...junior college districts to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Undercover Brother

"...as at him. Lee's opening sequence, mirroring the Seventies freeze-frame, split-screen openings of countless blaxploitation flicks (several now rescued..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bullish On Comics

Guillermo del Toro gets serious about the funny papers.

"...dramatic to portray emotion for a moment, and they freeze it in a way that underlines its importance. Whereas..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Beijing Bicycle

A newcomer to Beijing has his bicycle (and livelihood) stolen by a teen desperate to impress his pals in this Chinese variation on The Bicycle Thieves.

"...bleak, polemical production about a performance artist's attempt to freeze himself to death as a protest against repression. Beijing..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...end, the biggest savings came from the citywide hiring freeze that has left more than 100 jobs vacant until..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Council Watch

"...Council Member Will Wynn rushed through a temporary zoning freeze designed to prevent the type of businesses that might..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...has it that the city is proposing an employment freeze as part of an effort to save money; according..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...help but reflect on Mother Earth's recent decision to freeze Austin and our newly appointed (certainly not elected) president's..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

Human Traffic

"...youthful, trippy ensemble casts and introduce them in titled freeze frames.) What Human Traffic has to say about the..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 400 Blows

Truffaut’s first and perhaps most affecting feature, The 400 Blows, tells the story of a young boy and his petty crimes and mischief. The freeze frame that concludes the movie is one of the most quoted images in the history of cinema.

"...boy and his petty crimes and mischief. The famous freeze frame of the boy at the fence that concludes..."

Nov. 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...and belts, to snake-head keychains. Perhaps you'd like a freeze dried snake in striking position for your desk, or..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Election

"...Payne, with much gleefully dark, comic narration, flashback, and freeze-framing keeps Election from tumbling into the pseudo-ironic abyss into..."

May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monument Ave.

"...to underscore his thematics and even tossing a few freeze-framed Kodak moments that feel as natural as the .38..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Out of Sight

Soderbergh adapts Elmore Leonard in this caper movie that features great performances, gritty milieus, and clever creative flourishes.

"...one-sheet poster on down to his frequent use of freeze-frames and snazzy edits. Hardly a serious caper film, Out..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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