It Gets Better… Today!

The anti-bullying campaign comes to town

"...The It Gets Better team crashes into Austin today, 4pm at..."

Feb. 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Liz Williams

It Gets Better...

Some viral activism for the LGBTQ kidz

"...kiddo Billy Lucas, sex columnist Dan Savage created the "It Gets Better" project, a series of video testimonials from..."

Oct. 7, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

It Gets Better Than This?

In general, not bloody likely

"...No. No, it really doesn't...."

Sept. 30, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Panel Asks, Will Gerrymandering Get Worse Before It Gets Better?

Changing the districting narrative from computers to communities

"...decade ago, the words ‘gerrymandering’ or ‘apportionment’ didn’t resonate with voters,” began Michael Li. “That has totally changed in..."

March 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

As Good as It Gets

Nicholson and Hunt both won Oscars for their respective roles as a rude and obsessive-compulsive writer and the waitress who grows to love him.

"...Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich and Shirley Knight. The title, As Good as It Gets, looms like an omen,..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3am: Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

For many American families, one salary is not enough to keep everyone in the household fed

"...That headline is the title of a 1963 Stirling Silliphant Route 66 script shot..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...In the 10 days or so since City Manager Spencer Cronk presented his proposed budget for fiscal..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The News Gets Better

Austin's 1997 in Review

"...all living legends become just plain old legends. So it happened to Townes Van Zandt. On January 1, Van..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

As Queer As It Gets

Christian McLaughlin, the Balzac of Melrose Place

"...a dizzying pace. Listening to him is a stop-and-go pursuit: He'll knock off paragraphs at a time, pause in..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Actually Making It Better

HRC joins LifeWorks in helping LGBT homeless youth

"...With every prime-time TV high school populated by LGBTQ characters,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

If You Build It, They Will Come

Hump! Tour's DIY porn pit-stops in Austin

"...Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger to create some homemade porn. "It started off as kind of a joke with a..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Fernie Martinez

AFF2012: It's in the Blood

Lance Henriksen keens and roils with redneck angst on VOD today

"..."I have nothing on my life but white noise," Lance Henriksen bleakly intones as Russell, the drunken,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In a Better World

This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

"...for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film, In a Better World obviously speaks to a wide number of people...."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Better Life

An undocumented Mexican worker in Los Angeles who struggles to earn a living and keep his teenage son from joining a gang is the subject of this heartfelt drama.

"...Directed by: Chris Weitz. Starring: Demián Bichir, José Julián, Delores Heredia and Chelsea..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Better Days

Bullying leads to murder in this Chinese high school drama

"...about how hellish high schools are were banned tomorrow, it feels like half of Hollywood would be out of..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...Sit down and roll up your sleeves, because this is..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Austin ISD Gets Its State Report Card

The district gets a B for performance

"...The Texas Education Agency released its latest accountability scores for school districts and individual campuses..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...All About Eve D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Better Off With East Cameron Folkcore

Planet Earth at its worst, ECF at their best

"...children covered in debris and blood, police at war with protesters, the gray clouds of pollution, and media misinformation;..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

TV Eye: It Was a Very Good Year

The usual suspects and a few surprises marked a great year on TV

"...mention this series to my friends. When I explain it's on CBS (aka the geriatric channel), the incredulity widens...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

AISD Gets the Ball Rolling on High School Redesign

Gates Foundation grant pushes attempt to completely rethink high school

"...On Thursday the Austin ISD board of trustees grappled with the proper recipe for high school success, the latest..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...through the end of the month: "All the jazz critics who are sort of sharpening their knives miss the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...superhero of the cult horror-comedy series, whose next feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: What Does It Take to Succeed in This World?

With Rebecca Beegle, Alex Dobrenko, Asaf Ronen, and more.

"...(Specifically: He asks them and then – with a gnat's-ass amount of editing (if any) – he..."

Jan. 12, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bend It Like Beckham

"...(where "football" is a life staple on a par with oxygen and gravity), the most natural sport known to..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What It Is

Edie Brickell returns to tell the world what she is.

"...she still has relatively simple ideals; for Brickell, playing, writing, and recording music with friends is about as good..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Better Call Saul to ATX Television Fest

Vince Gilligan and Bob Odenkirk get into flashback mode

"...To quote Jesse Pinkman, “When the going gets tough, you don’t want a criminal lawyer, you want..."

June 10, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

2011: Bring It On

Celebrities dish up their New Year's resolutions

"...In 1988, The Austin Chronicle asked some high-profile Austinites – musicians, artists, socialites, politicians, business people – for..."

Dec. 28, 2010 Chronolog Post by R.U. Steinberg

Johnston High School Gets Another Chance

Acting education commissioner says AISD can keep Johnston open another year

"...The state accountability results are out for last school year, and it..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Stick It

Bring It On's scribe Jessica Bendinger writes and directs this teen movie set in the world of competitive gymnastics, and features leotard-clad girls who learn to stick together to fight injustice.

"...Amedori, Jon Gries and Polly Holliday. Jessica Bendinger, the writer of the hugely successful teen comedy Bring It On..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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