Monsieur Lazhar

In a Montreal classroom, adolescent students and their Algerian substitute teacher help one another cope with grief. The film was an Oscar nominee.

"...and its elegant study of grief, guilt, and recovery goes places that few films dare go. And it does..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Skyline

In this effects-heavy film, extraterrestrials invade Los Angeles.

"...Faison, David Zayas, Crystal Reed and Neil Hopkins. “Don’t go toward the light” is the advice given to patients..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fever Pitch

Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.

"...basis for this drastically Americanized remake, should read no further. Instead, I recommend you either crack a lager and..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...transition" from high school to college. And that means, goes another, "building an education pipeline," in which students flow..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...that any tactical alliance between progressives and road-warriors is misbegotten. I've heard too many claims over the last three..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Gigli

"...a Woman), who wrote an incoherent, incompetent script and further mangled it with his direction. The plot, as such,..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

At once a fanboy's wet dream and an engaging, emotionally supercharged epic adventure

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd, Christopher Lee,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Resident Evil

Wild, senseless, sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game

"...considerably less so after the climax has come and gone. Midway through this wild, senseless, and sexy adaptation of..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...local wags have been speculating that the cash would go toward SH 130, and more specifically, toward right-of-way purchase..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Being John Malkovich

"...visual and intellectual treats and dazzles us with its ongoing ingenuity. That this is the first feature film by..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...Nurse Angie Diaz attends to client Nubia Rivera at Rosewood-Zaragosa Clinicphotograph by Jana Birchum Three weeks ago, Linda arrived..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Mighty Aphrodite

"...armor, a savior bent on helping her find a good man and the good life. What motivates Allen's staid..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Poetic Justice

"...trip to Oakland with their friends Iesha (King) and Chicago (Torry), the film seems to lose its assurance and..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...whole make a public commitment," said Mon­ica Guzmán of Go Austin/Vamos Austin...."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

People Experiencing Homelessness Brace for More Changes in Support Systems

Where are they supposed to go?

"...As the Austin-Travis County community undergoes a retreat into isolation to slow spread of the..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

X-Men: First Class

The origins of the bad blood among Marvel's mutants is explored in this new film from the franchise.

"...set primarily in the early Sixties, director Matthew Vaughn gooses summer blockbuster expectations further by enlisting two arthouse hotties,..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nathan and David and 'Goliath'

After years of making shorts, the Zellner Brothers go big

"...have been doing it all while getting up and going to office jobs every morning, which makes the abundance..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Both a crime thriller and family tragedy, this stunner from octogenarian Sidney Lumet stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose blood runs cold.

"...Amy Ryan and Brían F. O'Byrne. You'd have to go back at least to 1981's Prince of the City..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AISD Bonds: More Sprawl and Surveillance?

The Austin ISD bond proposal includes plans for new construction and security measures that are raising some public questions

"...of Austin that are already developed, rather than promote further sprawl, particularly over the Edwards Aquifer. Sites have been..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Page Two

In blaming the anti-war movement for all possible future scenarios connected to terrorism or the war in Iraq, the hysterical right has poised itself to lead a devastating assault on the Constitution and its protections.

"...directors). Unfortunately, local politics and the impending war have gotten in the way. SXSW 2003 is going to be..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Margarita Happy Hour

"...they age (“twentysomething” is now pushing 30), they get further from who they once were. The women who frequent..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Dreamer

Jim Gaffigan shows a flair for darkness, but this rideshare thriller stays in neutral

"...the comedian Jim Gaffigan), has seen his American dream go kaput. Canned from his job, divorced from his wife..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Communication Breakdown

Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers

"...campus decisions have been deferred. Duron said, "We were going to get a dress code this coming year, but..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Money and Power

Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together

"...City Manager Toby Futrell's fiscal 2005 spending plan, and go home until October...."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Smoke Unclears

Further adventures in symbolism – and unintended consequences – at City Hall

"...permit to operate in a manner that, 18 months ago, was not the slightest bit controversial. That is, if..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

Ely Come, Ely Go

"...label, issuing an official statement that, "There is nothing further we can do with Joe at this time." It..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 28 - August 3

"...relationship between the sun and earth. In the former category are various independence days: July 4 in the U.S.,..."

July 28, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

The 33

Antonio Banderas stars in this story about the trapped Chilean miners

"...Directed by: Patricia Riggen. Starring: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gabriel Byrne, James..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The One I Love

Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss shine in this rom-com-dram with a twist.

"...Off they go, and the bucolic Ojai setting instantly lifts the couple’s..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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