Mercy Streets

"...Roberts. Like Reservoir Dogs by way of Ned Flanders, Mercy Streets is as earnest as Vacation Bible School and..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Car-Free Streets Possible!

"...It's possible to set up a network of car-free streets for nonmotorized travelers by restricting cars from just a..."

May 2, 2005 Postmarks

A Quiet Place

As monsters lurk, the world survives with a whisper

"...impossible circumstances: Something is in the woods, and the streets, and everywhere; a mysterious something that hones in on..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...the wake of The Omega Code came movies like Mercy Streets, starring Eric Roberts and Stacy Keach, and Carman:..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Screens Feature

"...the Dark (limited), Digimon, Get Carter, Meet the Parents, Mercy Streets, Requiem for a Dream, Tigerland, Two-Family House (limited)..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...I am very saddened by the "No Mercy" article [News, Aug. 20]. However, I am not sad..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

The Mercy Seat

With Neil LaBute's The Mercy Seat, the dirigo group takes us back to 9 / 11 and shows a couple laying bare their relationship against that day's monstrous tragedy

"...The Mercy SeatThe Blue Theater, through March 27..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...with only a plastic sack, survives starvation on the streets of Ciudad Juarez, and escapes kidnappers to find her..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...as Boseman's soulfulness and compassion does to restraint and mercy...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...were killed and churches burned. They also showed no mercy to Nationalist sympathizers. The Nationalists were even more vicious,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...vehicles per day, placing pedestrians and bicyclists at the mercy of drivers, especially at morning and evening rush hours...."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Two historically opposed neighborhoods along Manor Road find a common enemy in plans to expand neighborhood arterials to make room for traffic into the redeveloped Mueller Airport site.

"...future Robert Mueller Airport redevelopment will bring to their streets. This might be just another case of neighborhood fist-waving..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Love & Mercy Director: Bill Pohlad, Screenwriters: Oren Moverman, Michael Alan Lerner..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please."..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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"...for transportation purposes on both sides of most city streets. The pedestrian right-of-way is where the sidewalk would be,..."

June 3, 2005 Column

Letters at 3AM

Reflections on how Western civilization lost its moral authority.

"...varieties of madness -- in my family, on the streets, and even under the proper façade of the people..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Third World Cop (Palm Pictures)
Monty Alexander Monty Meets Sly and Robbie (Telarc Jazz)
Horace Andy Living In the Flood (Melankolic/Astralwerks)

"...and thieves" gun ballet played out on the mean streets of Kingston's tropical ghettoes; the musical shift from reggae's..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't

10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year

"...Austin's next breakout. – Doug Freeman Zettajoule, Trouble in the Streets, Smiile, Carrie Fussell, Ali HolderSwan Dive, Jan. 4..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Worry About the Community, Not the Drug Dealers

"...leaves the rest of the law-abiding citizens at the mercy of the drug dealers that are arrested, charged, and..."

May 5, 2008 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...Waller Creek, $4 million to put trees in the streets, and $2 billion for light rail. East Austin pays,..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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"...violent crime. Should you, however, find yourself at the mercy of someone intent on killing, raping, or in some..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

The Promised Land

Jews and Neighbors Lay Competing Claims

"...per day, on what's now purely vacant land, on streets where traffic is already too heavy for many neighbors'..."

March 6, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend Two

Standout sets from round two at Zilker Park

"...set alone managed to “get the mid off the streets” adjacent to Zilker for the weekend. – Derek Udensi Reinvigorated,..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Black Austin Artists You Can Support on Bandcamp Today

Shop merch, buy albums, and listen up

"...Black Mercy For the Man That Has Everything vinyl..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...A day with two transgender working girls on L.A.'s streets, shot on an iPhone: The future of film is..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...but he's best known for his guest verses on "Mercy," "Talk Dirty," and practically everything else in the Hot..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Play Jimmy Reed

Blues great schools us on Antone's

"...the Keller brothers. They had this thing called the Mercy Baby Revue. I loved it. It inspired me to..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Gary Clark Jr. on Antone’s

"It changed everything really"

"...the Keller brothers. They had this thing called the Mercy Baby Revue. I loved it. It inspired me to..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...Oh Mercy (Melbourne, Australia)..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

All Hail 'The Lords of Salem'

Rob Zombie on his fifth feature, a decade in the making

"...Whitey (Jeff Daniel Phillips). They find themselves at the mercy of hellish forces in the home of the infamous..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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