At Home at the Easel, If Nowhere Else

A new documentary captures Austin's homeless population finding purpose in art

"...any given night there are between 500,000 and 800,000 homeless people in the United States, approximately 3,500 of them..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...becomes the first person to sleep in a D.C. homeless shelter the night before arguing First Amendment law before..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Revolution Foods Partners With City to Provide 1,000 Meals a Day

Tackling food insecurity with fresh, chef-prepared meals for pickup

"...the Austin City Council to distribute meals to the homeless community...."

May 9, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Pursuit of Happyness

Will Smith plays a self-made success who trains as a stockbroker even though he is homeless and raising a young son on the streets of San Francisco in this movie based on the true-life story of Chris Gardner.

"...a self-made success who trained as a stockbroker while homeless and raising a young son on the streets of..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

'Get Art: Give Hope'

Austin nonprofit offers homeless artists a voice with annual showcase and sale

"...Austin-based nonprofit Art From the Streets offers homeless individuals not only studio space to work on their..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Although Tsai Ming-Liang's I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone is nearly wordless and slow moving, the film’s characters are compelling and its pace hypnotic. (AFS@Dobie)

"...In one, a character listed in the credits as Homeless Guy (Lee) is beaten up and left for dead..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dark Days

"...defines the genre. Singer's film follows a group of homeless men and women who eke out an utterly marginalized..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Day Takes You

"...takes to the streets in depicting the lives of homeless teenagers in Hollywood. There's no small irony in the..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Life Stinks

"...that spreads like wildfire amongst the mass of impoverished, homeless, derelict and maltreated persons who make up his present..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Christmas

This is a movie inspired by a Wham! song, and you know what? It works.

"...around the city on a bicycle and volunteers at homeless shelters, which is a subplot that while bringing in..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Downtown Puzzle: ARCH Support

Can the mayor’s plan generate millions for homeless services and permanent housing?

"...to help create housing options for the Downtown area's homeless population – which his office tallied at around 650..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Daily Hustle: 11/12/10

Remembering the homeless

"...nights grow colder, life gets even tougher for Austin's homeless population...."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Which Came First: The Twitter or the Twegg???

Mobile Loaves & Fishes feeds the mind, body, spirit, and the egg lobby!

"...Mobile Loaves and Fishes, the amazing Austin-based homeless service ministry just held a really cool contest for..."

March 15, 2009 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Meaner Streets?

Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies

"...public spaces. These moves to decriminalize the experience of homelessness, and to acknowledge that the growing presence and needs..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Beside the Point: Get Off Your Butt

Council can help the homeless big-time, and next week

"...of Downtown, provisions that criminalize the experience of living homeless, and prevent those who are from getting back on..."

April 20, 2018 News Column by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows Indeed

Do AJC, SAN, really see eye-to-eye on homeless policy?

"...demanding that City Council act faster to address the homelessness problem now that Proposition B has passed and public..."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Fall of the American Empire

Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary

"...a variety of contemporary issues, such as the indigenous homeless population of Quebec, wage disparity, how the wealthy elude..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Possession of Hannah Grace

Diabolical horror in the morgue is DOA

"...happening around her in the mortuary, including a dangerous homeless man who claims that her Jane Doe may not..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Venom

Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head

"...it just so happens this particular vision involves fusing homeless people with symbiotes – a race of parasitic aliens..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Same Kind of Different as Me

Can two men span the gap of cultural differences?

"...set of circumstances, an international art dealer befriends a homeless man to somehow save his marriage in this film..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Council: Downtown Puzzle or Rubik’s Cube?

Dais division brewing over hotel tax spending, tourism industry

"...With a divided Council and uncertain prospects, Mayor Steve..."

Aug. 28, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Last Men in Aleppo

Picking up the pieces of the Syrian Civil War

"...maimed those residents who refused to flee or become homeless refugees. By the end of 2016, al-Assad’s Russian-assisted forces..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...at a party one night, end up killing a homeless woman. Grainy video footage of the killing has made..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Salesman

Gripping drama from the director of A Separation

"...compromises the infrastructure of their Tehran apartment building. Suddenly homeless, they unload their worries at rehearsal, where they’re both..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lady in the Van

Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady

"...the odd relationship between the dramatist (Jennings) and the homeless Miss Shepherd (Smith), a cantankerous, stubborn, and decidedly malodorous..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Let the voting begin

"...doc that tells the story of Manuel Babbitt, a homeless man who was convicted and executed for killing a..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B

"...of Freedom” tells the story of Manuel Babbitt, a homeless Vietnam veteran who was executed for killing a woman..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Faults

A cult deprogrammer needs some mental floss of his own.

"...Ansel Roth is a mess. Broke and homeless, the once-famous expert on mind control has hit rock..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

One in a Crowd: Leslie

New doc seeks funding, plus updates on more local crowdsourcing

"...and the latest centers on the town's most famous homeless resident/mayoral candidate: Leslie...."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...losing their beloved condo, which then finds them ostensibly homeless, kipping on friends’ and relatives’ couches until a new..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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