Murder by Numbers

"...Directed by: Barbet Schroeder. Starring: Chris Penn, Michael Pitt, Ryan Gosling,..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Murder by Numbers

"...I was just analyzing some election numbers, which I love to do, and picked up on..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

Murder at Yellowstone City

Horse opera is just a sturdy, well-worn mule trail

"...Directed by: Richard Gray. Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Isaiah Mustafa,..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Charging Drug Dealers With Murder Could Increase Overdose Numbers

The scope of the drug-induced homicide law is up to prosecutors’ interpretation

"...who gives their friends an Adderall pill with a murder charge for accidentally selling fentanyl – depending on how..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

APD Meets Residents About Barrera Murder

Chief Acevedo briefs residents and friends on the investigation

"...that the preliminary subject was the New Year’s Day murder of Esme Barrera, and the Austin Police Department response..."

Jan. 10, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Austin Grows Bigger, Murder Rate Does Not. Huh!

The numbers don’t back up Save Austin Now’s fearmongering campaign

"...in crime-wracked chaos, which gets repeated over and over by reporters who should know better. The Chronicle would instead..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

South by So Real 2010

Checking in with SXSW's hip-hop head

"...Welcome to the third edition of South by So Real, where Bump & Hustle raps with Matt..."

March 15, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Discipline of Numbers

The Austin ISD crime and disciplinary statistics give a partial but confusing picture.

"...places to be." Indeed, national data collected and maintained by the Dept. of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics bear..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'The NFL Beat': Hypnosis, Murder, Tight Ends

A hypnotic look at fantasy TE production

"...drastically different approach at something. I have been told by virtually every person I know that I am basically..."

May 28, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

When the Bough Breaks

A surrogate mother goes psycho

"...Directed by: Jon Cassar. Starring: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Believer

"...Directed by: Henry Bean. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Theresa Russell, Summer Phoenix..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

High Crimes

"...Directed by: Carl Franklin. Starring: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel,..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...been treading some unsafe ground." – "Six Bells Chime," by Crime & the City Solution, from the soundtrack to..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

"New York Stories"

In Studio 2 Gallery's "New York Stories," photographers Hannah Neal and Martha Grenon turn their lens on the city that never sleeps

"...status. It seems to attract photographers in especially high numbers; perhaps this is because one is a forced voyeur..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Live Shots

"...-- Roy Buchanan, Albert Lee, Link Wray -- complemented by rhythm parts that ranged from straight Chuck Berry to..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Justice for Monica Loera

Found guilty of murder, Loera's killer only faces a 20-year sentence

"...Monica Loera’s killer, JonCasey Rowell, was convicted of murder Monday afternoon (Nov. 6). The courtroom, filled predominately with..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...Directed by: Benny Boom. Starring: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

"...Directed by: John Turturro. Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet,..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...County jury convicted Bastrop resident Rodney Reed of the murder of a young Giddings woman, Stacey Stites. Stites was..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Death to Smoochy

"...Directed by: Danny DeVito. Starring: Robin Williams, Danny DeVito, Edward Norton,..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Triple 9

Grimy policier is an electrifying muddle with killer cast

"...Directed by: John Hillcoat. Starring: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie,..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...films to yet more outrageous heights of comic carnage by sticking them on stage stitched up with a batch..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...and sentenced to death in 1998 for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. "Based upon the trial court's..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Exhibitionism

"...with mathematical precision. These are the haunting images left by FC: A Reconstruction, an intriguing new play by Tim..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Arts Review

News Roundup: Campaigns, Courts, and Campus Carry

Democratic socialism comes to Austin

"...The attorney of a former APD officer accused of murder files a motion to dismiss charges because key testimonies..."

Feb. 29, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Neighbors," News, July 29: Quoting from a news release by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Brother's Keeper

This documentary is about the unlikeliest of subjects: an alleged mercy killing between a pair of barely socialized, virtually illiterate, unkempt, unhygienic, slow-witted, never-married bachelors.

"...Directed by: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. The glaring mistake is..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime Declines

FBI reports a decrease in both violent and property crime in 2009

"...According to preliminary numbers released this week by the FBI, violent crime in..."

Dec. 22, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

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