Low Crime at Halloween

APD reports low crime figures for the Sixth St. Halloween parade.

"...While Halloween is supposed to be the night when ghouls and..."

Nov. 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Low Intelligence. Always.

"...Where does the enterprising domestic terrorist get their supplies? Why, Wal-Mart, of course! From the Statesman:..."

April 30, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

AISD: Low-Budget Wrassling Resumes

Budgeting for public education always involves struggles between competing needs, but these days the competition is particularly fierce

"...has barely begun debating the district's proposed $755 million budget, and already district officials and the teachers union are..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Get in the Game

New Fast Fun for Xbox and PlayStation2

"...(as in the letter "D"). De was the stereotypical slow, white guy who can shoot. As is often the..."

March 29, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Werewolves! Do They Get AIDS?

about AIDS

"...that is still open in the wee hours of Halloween night, a night filled with costumes, parties, treats, and..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Column

Taking the Low Road

Are Boycotts Still an Effective Strategy?

"..."Put Rush Limbaugh Store Out of Business." The text below this headline implored readers to "shut this one down......"

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...new rules which legalize a new class of noncommercial, low-power FM radio stations. On the surface, this would appear..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Opening the Doors

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

"...with them for the application process, and they can't get any help because their parents don't understand what's going..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...Holden is one of 35,000 public elementary school kids..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How She Move

She move something fierce in this low-budget Canadian crowd-pleaser about stepping.

"...finish the sentence: She move something fierce. But we’ll get to that. In an awkward opening narration, Raya (Wesley)..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Big Kill

Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle

"...are in the middle of a comeback when even low-budget filmmakers are trying their hand at the genre. Big..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Gigli

"...the firing up of the Jen/Ben media machine. But forget all that. You don’t even need the extra ammo:..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

"...as a “sacred meeting ground” (a nightclub), the film follows the human courtship rituals from imbibing ritual liquids (i.e.,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...Gasper and Louis Olmeda. This bracingly sordid slice of microbudget punk-rock cinema from Super-8 maestro Bob Ray makes it..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

An End to Pot Prosecutions?

Council considers resolution to effectively decriminalize low-level possession

"...would be directed to "eliminate, to the furthest extent allowable under state law," arrests for marijuana possession if the..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Black Dog

"...Casseus, Brian Vincent, Brenda Strong, Charles Dutton and Stephen Tobolowsky. Patrick Swayze does some “dirty driving” in this routine..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...working a part-time job in a burger joint to get by and support her younger brother, Nagisa (Kiryu). Hodaka..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school

"...in Tammy, yeah unto The Boss, and now to low-grade college comedy Life of the Party...."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

District Races

Get ready for run-offs!

"...Also working in his favor, he believes, is a low-turnout mid-December run-off, with his supporters more likely to stay..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature

Your Highness

This vulgar medieval travesty is awfully good fun when it works.

"...say if you're in the mood for some well-written, low-brow humor involving McBride's patented (and increasingly, um, refined) selfish/clueless..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Toros Weekend Preview

"...office are eligible to receive a special buy one, get one free ticket offer. The Army will have activities..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Sports Post by Matt Moore

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...their most goofy, raising the stakes on Raising Arizona's low-brow shenanigans by expanding the canvas to include not just..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...in the basement - filmmakers Myrick and Sanchez (who together wrote, directed, and edited The Blair Witch Project) have..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Music-Centric Bars Add Rhythm to the Local Bar Scene

Hanging with the Long Play Lounge and Frazier's Long and Low

"...and a growing group of regulars in their groovy bungalow...."

July 19, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Dropping Out

Teachers Trade Low Pay for High Tech

"...workforce. In increasing numbers, teachers are trading in their low-paying teaching careers for more lucrative jobs in the high-tech..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Bait

"...a take-the-money-and-run. He hides the loot, then manages to get arrested on a DUI charge. Guess who his cellmate..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The abbreviations that accompany each movie capsule are as follows: PAR (Paramount Summer Classics), AFS (Austin Film Society), and..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue

"...in 1975, this film's frenzied editing (although it can get a little too crazy at times, especially when mere..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Cat

"...suffering from a terminal case of post-pubescent perkiness) must get ahold of the so-called “octagon” that resides in a..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...said Oren Soffer, “but you have to decide to get married on the first or second date.” However, he..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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