Holiday Greetings From the INS: Hit the Road

Austin's Jamal family faces forced deportation to an unknown destination

"...U.S., the family applied for political asylum with the INS. Three years later, the INS sent notice of its..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Counties Profit from the INS

"...counties in Texas receive funds for the detention of INS prisoners. Below is a sampling of counties, number of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

Day Trips: Drive-Ins

Carhop service available at these drive-ins

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

City Blamed After Break-Ins at Future Housing for People Exiting Homelessness

Former Candlewood Suites hotel broken into and vandalized

"...(whose District 6 includes Pecan Gardens and who voted against buying the Candlewood Suites) show extensive damage to walls,..."

May 20, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Plug-Ins

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Ins & Outs & All-Abouts

March 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

East of Hope Street

"...off more like a social tract that uses human stand-ins as lifelike representations of dry numbers and statistics. East..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Intruder

Is going Full-On Quaid a thing? Maybe so, as the veteran goes bugnuts melodrama in the "crazy neighbor" thriller

"...to help out a little. Until, of course, Charlie’s drop-ins become a little more frequent and a little less..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Cantinflas

Mexico's most beloved comedy film star gets the biopic treatment.

"...including not only his comic brilliance, but also the ins and outs of the Mexican film industry post-World War..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Obvious Child

Jenny Slate stars as a standup comic in this indie film about abortion that comes snuggled in the broad strokes of a quirky comedy.

"...politely avert their gaze from these undainty truths and instead scan the horizon for a more user-friendly dick joke...."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Angels' Share

Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.

"...Loach. Starring: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Roger Allam and Siobhan Reilly...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Least Among Saints

A combat veteran suffering from PTSD becomes the dubious mentor of a boy whose mother has just OD'd in this heartfelt drama.

"...with his constant nightmares and erratic behavior. After multiple run-ins with the local law – including a sympathetic official..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Turtles Can Fly

New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.

"...stories starring child protagonists who are used as allegorical stand-ins for the things that adults are prohibited from discussing..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

"...we really came to hear: his comments about his run-ins with the law and the media (the result of..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Children of Heaven

Young, impoverished, Iranian siblings go to great lengths to cover up the fact that they've lost a pair of shoes.

"...is the sense that these children are not merely stand-ins for adults...."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love in the Time of Twilight

"...lively jumble of cute romantic comedy, Back to the Future-inspired time-travel excitement, and a surreal, special-effects-driven gagfest: Yeung and..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Dr. Lamb

"...these films have bettered their predecessor, Dr. Lamb undoubtedly remains the definitive movie of this particular genre. Directed by..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Germinal

"...the mineshaft roof with sturdy wooden beams to prevent cave-ins -- has fallen into neglect as the miners scramble..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Split Second

"...quarry, as well as throwing a few assorted occult tie-ins, but to no avail. Split Second turns out to..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ninth Life

"...noir, events start leapfrogging though a tangled chain of break-ins, murdered corpses, soured drug deals, phantom porn tapes, blackmail,..."

May 31, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cash Cows

The Huddled Masses

"...of revenue in and of itself. Leasing space to INS for its detainees seems a logical step to local..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Elementary Rights

Clearing the Red Tape

"...Gramm and Rep. Lloyd Doggett have written to the INS voicing their concerns over the issue. Doggett has even..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

In Jail Forever?

Said's Story

"...is it likely to become one any time soon. Instead, the region is still largely controlled by Israel, yet..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...-- INS internal memo on Carlos Lavernia, Dec. 27, 1984..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Against All Odds

"...Attorney D'Ann Johnson at the Talladega, Alabama Federal Correctional Institution photograph by Alan Pogue..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

My Mother Likes Women

In this mildly daffy Spanish import, a woman's grown daughters react to the news that their mother has taken a woman lover 20 years younger than she.

"...Abascal, Eliska Sirová and Chisco Amado. This Spanish import begins with middle-aged Sofía (Sardà) dropping a mighty bomb on..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Buried Alive

The "Freedom Flotilla"

"...photograph by Robert Bryce "Soy Marielito," Herrera says, referring..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

More Charter School Stats

"...were not rated because they are new (16), have insufficient data (seven), or in one case, serve kindergarten and..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

The Border Patrol settles a suit by several environmental groups, who claimed that the agency's beefed-up efforts at the border have harmed several endangered species.

"...neighbor. So, when the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) decided in the late 1990s to beef up its..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres

Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright

"...local indoor theatres remaining closed for the foreseeable future, drive-ins are welcome relief for cineastes: As Blue Starlite founder..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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