Hustlers

True crime drama gets an A-list female empowerment sheen

"...seemingly contradictory statements that are nevertheless true. Statement one: Hustlers, a true-crime drama based on Jessica Pressler's 2015 New..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pick Your Team: The Hustlers

Babe Ruthless talks impact and tactics for the TXRG 2011 season

"...It's also a chance for 2010 silver medalists the Hustlers to start the long roll to the title. Before..."

Feb. 16, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hustlers: London or Bust

Texas Rollergirls kick off fundraising drive with silent auction

"...flat-track Roller Derby interleague bout goes international when the Hustlers become the first U.S. team to play an intercontinental..."

Jan. 30, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Film Hustlers Speak

Ramen and passion powers filmmakers like Bryan Poyser and Craig Zobel

March 12, 2013 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

Long Time Coming

New Texas Rollergirls champions close out 2011 season

"...Austin went disco purple and hellfire red as the Hustlers took their first Texas Rollergirls championship since 2003 and..."

Aug. 8, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Four-Wheeled Race to be First

Texas Rollergirls 2011 season gets competitive

"...Roller Derby bout. When the Hotrod Honeys and the Hustlers were tied 51-51 with less than a minute on..."

March 29, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Upsets and Futures

Close-run bouts challenge Texas Rollergirls' established order

"...Zone. The Hell Marys 10 points up on the Hustlers? The Honky Tonk Heartbreakers leading the Hotrod Honeys 37-30?..."

May 20, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Night of the Difference Makers

Hustlers get their hustle back over Green Country 129-65, Hell Marys take Honky Tonk Heartbreakers 61-43

"...Texas Rollergirls, two teams had something in common: The Hustlers needed to win, and the Hell Marys needed to..."

May 6, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TXRG Playoff Postgame

Hotrod Honeys and Hustlers head to July title bout

"...Texas Rollergirls championship, 2009: The Hotrod Honeys defeated the Hustlers. Now after last night's playoffs the 2010 title bout..."

May 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Honky Tonk Heartbreakers Dominate Alamo City All-Stars
in I-35 Blowout

"...bout of the night was a different story. The Hustlers and Hotrod Honeys were going at it like the..."

April 4, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Pink and Black Threepeat

Hotrod Honeys keep the Texas Rollergirls title

"...a threepeat, fending off a brutal challenge from the Hustlers to hang on to their third consecutive title...."

July 26, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Lose the Battle, Win the War?

Hustlers experiment en route to the Texas Rollergirls championship

"...match-ups as will fill out August's championship bout. The Hustlers, climbing the ladder from last place in 2008, took..."

July 8, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Rollergirls Championship Tonight

3-0 Hotrod Honeys take on 2007 champion Hell Marys for flat track title

"...on last season's champs the Hell Marys, and the Hustlers facing off against the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers. Tonight's championship..."

Aug. 3, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Rollergirls Season-Opener Recap

"...Their opponents, the Hotrod Honeys, have six rookies, the Hustlers three, and the Hell Marys only two. An attempt..."

March 6, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Johns

"...johns perfectly captures the main characters' lives as street hustlers. Cars pass by on Santa Monica Boulevard as John..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Excused Absences and Quality Subs

Depleted rosters mean high marks for newer Texas Rollergirls

"...Heartbreakers fielded a two-thirds strength roster against a full-bore Hustlers. At stake: A place in the Texas Rollergirls' championship..."

June 13, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotrod Two Times

Hotrod Honeys repeat their title run in TXRG championship

"...only way it really could, with Barbarella of the Hustlers and Honeys captain Cat Tastrophe shoulder to shoulder on..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night the Lights Went Out at the Roller Derby

"...a bout at their headquarters, Playland Skate Center. The Hustlers faced off against the Assassination City Derby's Special Ops..."

June 7, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Hustler White

LaBruce's third feature film layers its seamy walk on the wild side with a vivid portrait of a day in the life.

"...its radar toward a different Hollywood strip: the contemporary hustlers' promenade of Santa Monica Boulevard. While the movie focuses..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To London, With Love

Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans

"...Austin's own purple-clad skaters from the Texas Rollergirls, the Hustlers, winning their first ever intercontinental bout...."

April 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TXRG, Home and Away

Texas Rollergirls season firming up

"...a squeaker win: this time, they'll be facing the Hustlers, whose new-look team has had a month to shake..."

March 24, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Heartbreakers Dominate, Honeys Balance the Scales

TXRG starts '08 season with doubleheader, high score, and some hard blows

"...almost like having two new teams out there. The Hustlers and the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers were both fielding seven..."

March 3, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Stonewall

A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots

"...Danny falls in with a ragtag gang of transgender hustlers and vagabonds who live hand to mouth (so to..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'You Come at The Queens, You Best Not Miss'

Last year's Texas Rollergirls champs face their heirs apparent

"...Honeys, before the Hell Marys try to leave the Hustlers in their flaming dust...."

May 10, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 2/5/11

Wii action, Gov Cup plans, and the year's first results

"...including Wii battles with the Texas Rollergirls today, the Hustlers in Arizona, and the first TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls result..."

Feb. 5, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...a documentary they originally planned to make. These self-described "hustlers" survived Katrina using much of the same resourcefulness, courage,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oh, Canada! And Tallahassee, and Denver, and …

More stops in the World-Wide Texas (Rollergirls) Tour

"...probably share a cab to the airport with the Hustlers, who cap their postseason off with a trip to..."

May 14, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón

This Spanish-language caper film, made in Los Angeles, offers grand entertainment and sociological import.

"...team of immigrants whose very invisibility makes them ideal hustlers. In Los Angeles, after all, who’s going to notice..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hell Marys Crowned '07 Season Champs

"...the Hotrod Honeys battled for first-place honors while the Hustlers and the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers sought to avoid a..."

Aug. 9, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Hunting of the President

This Friend-of-Bill doc recounts the hard-right campaign to cut short the Clinton presidency.

"...nuance to otherwise obscure characters like two-bit Little Rock hustlers Larry Case and Larry Nichols, who proved eager and..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Michael King

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