Palindromes

Nominally the story of a 13-year-old girl who longs for a baby, Todd Solondz's latest is provocative, wicked, even bleakly funny, and ultimately empty.

"...mill of New Jersey, where 'N Sync tickets and Gap accounts substitute for caring and there’s a pedophile behind..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...roads are operated by quasi-private toll concessionaires. But the gap between the positive outcome presumed, or wished, for the..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...waivers. A big concern is the number of so-called "gap kids" – kids who aren't so cognitively disabled that..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Children Left Behind – a Correction

"...waivers. A big concern is the number of so-called "gap kids" – kids who aren't so cognitively disabled that..."

Dec. 1, 2004 Postmarks

The Challenge of Judge Dietz

School finance decision puts responsibility where it's always been - on all of us

"...price, to make the sacrifice to close the education gap, to secure their future and their children's future?"..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional

Court ruling ends five-week trial with a mandate to Legislature to design a new system

"...educational system to meet the challenge of "closing the gap" between the states' "haves and have-nots." If the visible..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...the city manager forecast a $19.4 million General Fund gap to be bridged with yet more spending cuts (assuming..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'Hold-the-Line' Budget Hits the City Streets

City manager's spending plan includes "anticlimactic" cuts

"...budget – Futrell still pegged the General Fund's money gap at more than $19 million that would need to..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Mother

From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.

"...film – and no, not because of the age gap. Instead, it’s Michell’s handling of the material. A vaguely..."

July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Around the World in 80 Days

Jackie Chan finally emerges as plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.

"...fairly tame when compared with his other comedy work). Gap-toothed de France also makes a pleasing impression as the..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...to accommodate future growth. But a state-mandated "Closing the Gaps" initiative to make higher education more accessible set the..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The United States of Leland

Kevin Spacey-produced indie drama plays like The OC's more intellectual, older sibling.

"...to a final unanswerable answer that fairly screams "generation gap." People under 30 or those of a youthful mindset..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AISD Casts a Wider Blueprint

The Austin ISD announced its expansion of the Blueprint Initiative to LBJ and Reagan high schools

"...board and his administration are committed to "closing the gap" between advantaged and disadvantaged students, and that the Blueprint..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...could be taken as an allegory about the generation gap, the co-opting of the hippies by their truly transgressive..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rundown

The man-mountain known as the Rock is diminished by all the action clichés in his new picture.

"...be the first crossover action star to bridge the gap between black and white audiences. For that alone, he’s..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hollywood Homicide

"...younger (that’s leaps and bound over his 27-year age gap with onetime co-star Anne Heche), but also eagerly delivers..."

June 13, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Matrix Reloaded

"...effects, those amazing "bullet-time" sequences (first spotted in a Gap khakis advertisement a year before) that had hero Neo..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Our fiscal crisis is exactly the reason we need a City Council resolution on Iraq

"...the red. Chicago had to close a $115 million gap at the end of last fiscal year. Baltimore is..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines

"...The estimated state budget gap continued to grow, as legislators began to speculate that..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature

Margarita Happy Hour

"...Her Zelda is unapproachable at first; an acerbic tongue, gap teeth, and growly voice, she doesn't immediately appear to..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

"...the Austin Police Department's attention -- by painting the Gap's logo on the face of the Gap's Drag location,..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hightower Lowdown

The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.

"...it rises up again. The players call it "Gardener's Gap." Was he being a devilish designer to make the..."

May 10, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sabrina

"...a Nineties celebrity by having him pose for a Gap ad, and so on. However, the biggest problem with..."

May 7, 2002 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Signs of Tension

"...before, we are nowhere near the size of the Gap or the like, and I feel we are being..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...nothing new: tightening the budget and closing the performance gap for minority students. Bradley said that when she heard..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...That $16 million gap will be covered by what little money is left..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Love Divided

"...Cloneys for starting a war -- just one more gap in logic for a film that refuses to dig..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pirate Jane

Pirate legends, it seems, are the last bastion of childhood, the stuff of imagination for all ages, Margaret Moser writes. And the faces behind the fierceness were not necessarily men.

"...routed King Xerxes' Greek navy. Quite a long historical gap occurs before Alfhilda the Danish Goth princess commandeered her..."

July 13, 2001 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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.

"...to say. The budget must be balanced, so this gap must be closed. Garza could levy a 5% across-the-board..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Interactive Festival

As a keynote guest at SXSW Interactive 2001, Scott McCloud discussed his pioneering efforts to explode the form and expand the audience through online comics.

"...Scott McCloud: Bridging the Gap Between Art and Technology..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

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