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"...you really even know if it's mold and not air pollution causing their respiratory problems? I don't have mold..."

May 10, 2002 Column

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"...Chairman..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards

An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

"...shrinks as their habitats swelter. Taking a breath of fresh air isn't just inhaling oxygen – it's also inhaling..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly

Beach Rats

A moody take on the Jersey Shore

"...checking out gay chat rooms on the computer, while upstairs his father lies in bed dying of cancer. Frankie’s..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hancock

Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.

"...and yawny midsection, makes Smith's 1990 sitcom breakthrough, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, look positively transgressive by comparison. And,..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya will save us from pollution -- with gas masks; polluters get "greenwashing" awards; the Cardinals pitch St. Louis a screwball.

"...hypes the Cadillac CTS as "what a breath of fresh air looks like." Unless, of course, you're looking at..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Birthday Girl

"...British comedy Birthday Girl isn't up in the rarefied air of her other films this year, but even in..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

KUT and Paste

KUT does major reconstructive surgery on its schedule, risking the wrath of change-phobic listeners.

"...to KUT after a brief early Nineties run, will air weeknights at 6:30pm, and The World will take over..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...I did so mostly at Beer Park, an Eastside, open-air gem of a beer garden just west of where..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

American Outlaws

"...be the world's first Tommy Hilfiger Western, chock-a-block with fresh-faced up-and-comers sporting pearly whites so dazzling the reflected glare..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

"...valedictorian. That coveted honor is still up in the air, though, and the outcome depends heavily on how the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lost & Found

"...much less a whole film. Pollack, who created The Fresh Prince of Bel Air before moving up to the..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heavy

"...such similar effect. In both films, she is the fresh, young spark that quickens the torpor in an otherwise..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Johanna D'arc of Mongolia

"...new experience, and that the others -- a singer fresh from the Broadway stage and a trio who are..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Chris Walters

The Book of Clarence

Uneven attempt to both resurrect and spoof the biblical epic

"...Clarence is referencing are present, there are plenty of fresh and new elements to bring something new to the..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Resident Evil: Afterlife

This 3-D continuation of the video-game-to-movie series sees the virus spread.

"...of mankind, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a breath of fresh air. Well, not that fresh, but presumably fresher than..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...here last year for an unusual reason: Texas' horrendous air pollution problem. A nationally respected Sierra Club organizer, Hernandez..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Scoop

Woody Allen's second British film with Scarlett Johansson finds the director falling back into the rut he carved for himself with every forgettable comedy since the underrated Deconstructing Harry.

"...any thriller in years. Allen attributed the breath of fresh air to a change of settings (New York to..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Film Reviews

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"...antiquity that impending grandparenthood incurs, gets a ÒbitchinÕÓ new hairdo and seduces his wife in the kitchen on a..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...swayed back and forth while phones floated into the air...."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Playback: That’s the Breaks

In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show

"..."Rappers are the new rock stars," declared Fresh on 98.9FM during last Saturday's installment of The Breaks...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Talk Radio Turns Blue

Leading with Al Franken, Air America lands in Austin

"...live broadcast of Al Franken's radio show on the Air America network – the local debut for the company..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

In My Skin

Disturbing French drama about a woman who cuts her own skin as a prelude to gnawing on her flesh.

"...corporate ladder, de Van enters the story with an air of preoccupation. While attending a party with her best..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rich Man's Wife

"...a fast retreat. Only, on the way home, her open-air jeep breaks down on the foggy, remote, deserted road...."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...The promise seemed to come true when Nika's freshman year went by without much incident, as did the..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Band Aid

A couple works out their problems through song

"...is a bit more uptight, often taking on the air of a bird with ruffled feathers. They both have..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...is well-cast as real-life zealot Sam Childers, who is fresh out of jail when we first meet him, and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe's Apartment

"...the day-to-day rut of Joe (O'Connell), a young slob fresh off the bus from Iowa, who lands a rent-controlled..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...teacher whose approach to Shakespeare revolutionized staging before becoming Chairman of the Department of Drama at the University of..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...while simultaneously beginning his decades-long run with NPR as Fresh Air’s resident rock historian...."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

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