Star of Texas Preview: Gotham Girls Play a Game of Thrones

NY bruisers could set new record this weekend

"...ourselves into,'" said jammer OMG WTF, co-captain of the Gotham Rollergirls. "Everyone we talked to says, 'I can't believe..."

July 21, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...for Austin filmmakers given the nod by the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards...."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texecutioners Take Gotham Beat-Down

Texas Rollergirls takes significant loss, redeeming win at East Coast Derby Extravaganza

"...traveling team went down to New York's No. 5 Gotham Girls Rollerderby a worrying 125-65, before coming out of..."

June 25, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...When you hear the word Gotham, do you think of bats? You might be tempted..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Council divided on Gotham condo project; Jesus Garza gets a big raise; East Austin residents voice concerns about the future of the brown building and flood control.

"...When the topic of whether to allow the 120-foot Gotham condominium project to lay stakes at Town Lake and..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...the dense development surrounding the site of the planned Gotham condominiums on the south end of the Congress Avenue..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...since Batman took the fall for the death of Gotham D.A. Harvey Dent (aka Two-Face, aka Aaron Eckhart) and..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New York Skate of Mind

Texecutioners fall to Gotham in Windy City

"...far worse teams to go out to than the Gotham Girls...."

Nov. 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Barney Miller: Dark Knight

Holy Wojo, Batman, these sitcom detectives seem awful familiar!

"...with the fallout of Mike Pence’s America – in Gotham City...."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Batman Returns

Gotham City is once again riven with crime, so Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton's Batman save the citizens from the megalomaniacs.

"...with Edward Scissorhands, Batman and Beetlejuice. Burton creates a Gotham City as could only exist in the nightmares of..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Cold Time in Portland

Texecutioners fourth in the nation but still best in the West

"...weekend's Northwest Knockdown in Portland, Ore., while New York's Gotham Rollergirls took the top prize. The bright spot in..."

Nov. 16, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...and Batgirl, respectively) to flesh out the cadre of Gotham City crime fighters our loner hero eventually learns to..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...the mythical Champion City -- part Blade Runner, part Gotham City; it's a dank, gritty urban hellscape chock-full o'..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seven

A serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi is hunted by two New York City detectives in this hellish take on Nineties film noir.

"...Freeman play Mills and Sommerset, a mismatched pair of Gotham detectives (and is there any other kind?) who stumble..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.

"...big, burly autos -- with long, noirish shadows drenching Gotham in darkness. And its Batman is quick and ghostly..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: The Laugh Button Live!

Kathy Griffin ignited a late-night set full of high energy

"...Miller hosted SXSW Comedy's The Laugh Button Live! with Gotham Comedy Club showcase, featuring comics Ian Edwards, Erin Foley,..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Naked City

City Council Members continue to debate the fate of the proposed Congress Ave. Gotham condominiums, with debate now centering on height restrictions and the city's Waterfront Overlay ordinance.

"...South Austinites, who continue to flood council offices with anti-Gotham calls, e-mails, and postcards) among her supporters, Council Member..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...proponent, but I do not support the construction of Gotham condominiums at Town Lake and Congress Avenue. Gotham provides..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...Gotham Complaints Shaky..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...cowl! No peripheral vision. Hello? It's tough enough ridding Gotham City of a cancerous electorate and corrupt law enforcement..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council Watch

City and developer Gary Bradley reach agreeement on development

"...Gotham Delayed Talk about anticlimactic. In a council chamber filled..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Batman

A new, brilliant, and bleaker caped crusader

"...or Nolan’s grandiose geopolitics, or Snyder’s overblown operatics. His Gotham is an almost recognizable mish-mash of the darkest corners..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Man as films have yet ventured, and although Nolan’s Gotham isn’t sporting flivvers and tommy guns – to judge..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Council approves the to-be-redesigned Gotham on second reading; the Chestnut neighborhood plan becomes the first to win zoning changes from the council.

"...Council Watch: Trouble in Gotham..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Downtown by Design

Downtown design guidelines provide a blueprint for the future of the central city.

"...Then came the Gotham condo project on Town Lake, which bore the downtown..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...dismissed as "hillbillies;" on another, Randall Davis (developer of Gotham) is called meretricious and crass. I don't want to..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...Council Member Spelman responded to the Gotham objections with the following quote:..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

Council Watch

City inks 50-year water deal with LCRA

"...this time the critics will be proved wrong.More on Gotham When the council voted 5-2 two weeks ago to..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

July Is Crime Month: Batman Day

Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!

"...libraries are hosting some sort of activity honoring the Gotham Gangbuster this week, and while the vast majority are..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...In 1999, a proposed residential high-rise called the Gotham (later rechristened the Mirabeau) on the shores of Town..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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