City: More Affordable Housing Everywhere

Neighborhood Housing and Community Development draft goals to increase inventory for low- and moderate-income households

"...Rather than distill the entire workload of the city's Neighborhood Housing and Com­munity Development department into a single briefing,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Protesting the Rhino at Warren Wildlife Gallery

Bouldin Creek neighborhood gets a new, endangered guest

"...people walking their dogs and riding bikes around the neighborhood seemed eager to stop and show their solidarity. A..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Midnight Sun

Ill met by daylight in this photosensitive romance.

"...train station, where she meets mouthbreather Charlie (Schwarzenegger), a neighborhood boy with the charm of a doorknob and the..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Rogers Park

Love dies on the North side of Chicago.

"...Named for a neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, the city in..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Thoroughbreds

America's class system goes under a bloody scalpel.

"...lofty ambitions of Andover and corporate internships on the neighborhood outcast? Darker, twisting schemes are clearly afoot...."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Where does the food go?

"...Austin expanded its pilot composting program to include my neighborhood. Workers dropped off a new plastic cart at every..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...never happened – but director Watts returns your friendly neighborhood web-slinger to his often laugh-out-loud juvenile roots. As bug-bitten..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dear Glutton: Date-Night Dilemmas

Find a few neighborhood spots that won't break the bank

"...the kind of cozy, nice, but not too expensive neighborhood spot we can rely on. Help us find one!..."

March 3, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...same night that Rachel is seen trolling her old neighborhood, drunk as a skunk (she wakes bloodied and bewildered,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Legend

Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins

"...confidential lean-in when he’s courting Frances (Browning), a delicate neighborhood girl who catches his eye. Hair-trigger Ronnie – he’s..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Prince

Impoverished Dutch teen is lured by promises of wealth

"...edge of 17. For Ayoub (Elasri), the low-income Amsterdam neighborhood where he lives with his lonely mother and sympathetic..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dope

Peppy caper film features unusual characters: black high school geeks

"...one day Malcolm, Jib, and Diggy bike past the neighborhood drug dealers in order to avoid the gangbangers on..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

“Love in Action”

Florence’s Comfort House is the Best of “Weird Austin”

"...Homes Tour” is Florence Ponziano’s “Comfort House,” a Montopolis neighborhood wonderland dedicated to Ponziano’s myriad, multi-form art projects and..."

May 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

First Look: Fork & Vine

Fine dining on West Anderson

"...downtown kitchens (Hickory Street, Bess Bistro), he lamented his neighborhood's lack of options for a quiet post-work glass of..."

Jan. 5, 2015 Food Post by Adrienne White

The Drop

Based on a Dennis Lehane story, this disappointing crime drama costars James Gandolfini in his last role.

"...Marv, a beaten-down dive bar owner who owes his neighborhood Chechen mafia a lot more than a fistful of..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Borgman

This Dutch film is a darkly nuanced fable that keeps us consistently off-balance.

"...He eludes them and stumbles into an upper-class suburban neighborhood, going door-to-door in search of a bath. Look elsewhere..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Brick Mansions

In one of his last roles, Paul Walker stars in this American remake of Luc Besson's actioner District B13.

"...no-man’s-land of the dystopian Brick Mansions – a walled-in neighborhood ruled by ruthless criminals – to detonate a neutron..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

God's Not Dead

A college kid faces flunking out if he can't prove to his classmates and atheist professor that God exists.

"...latest Christian film to find its way into our neighborhood theatres has its message emblazoned in its title: God’s..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...sells dope that’s secreted in dead rats to the neighborhood kids. Then there’s Officer Rough (Judor, nailing what turns..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Up Revolution

A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.

"...eyes (and his wrecking ball) on the off-off-Ocean Drive neighborhood of a troupe of urban dancing fools dubbed the..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Watch

This comedy is awfully lightweight although Richard Ayoade lends some spark to the goofy quartet.

"...just so he can join them – organizes a neighborhood watch. Only three other "neighbors" show up, and while..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

The renowned Tokyo sushi master Jiro Ono is profiled in this artful documentary.

"...only seem to return. If the nigiri at my neighborhood sushi haunt were served in HD slow motion and..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

We're tickled silly by this documentary.

"...at 10, living with his family in a Baltimore neighborhood that, with its somewhat grimy, urban appearance, oddly mirrors..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Everything Must Go

Will Ferrell stars in this offbeat drama that's based on a Raymond Carver short story.

"...Nick initiates with the help of Kenny, a chubby neighborhood kid (Biggie Smalls’ son, Christopher Jordan Wallace, who very..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ajami

This Oscar-nominated Israeli film reveals not only the divides between Jews and Arabs, but also those between Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, and rich and poor.

"...life and death in Ajami – the Jaffa, Israel, neighborhood of the title. First-time directors Copti (a Palestinian living..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Henry Poole Is Here

Director Mark Pellington has turned soft with this corny, redemptive, and/or inspirational tale that stars Luke Wilson.

"...unshaven drunk who buys a house in his old neighborhood and spends his days in quiet self-loathing, hoping not..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Homeless Community Put on Hold

Council member calls for one year moratorium on planned homeless community

"...the group met last night with the Lincoln Gardens Neighborhood Association. This quickly devolved into a screaming match (literally)..."

June 20, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dark Matter

A Chinese student studying theoretical cosmology in the U.S. also has a lot of dark matter occupying his head, and not even the assistance of faculty wife Meryl Streep can prevent it from taking over.

"...Liu Xing (Liu), a young genius from a poor neighborhood in Beijing who arrives in small-town, big-sky America to..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Bubble

This gay-tinged Romeo and Juliet story set largely in Tel Aviv shows the complexities of love in a land where the conflicts are as old as Western religion and as new as suicide bombers.

"...twentysomethings who share an apartment in Tel Aviv's trendy neighborhood where they are said to be living in an..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

City Planning: Goodbye Riley, Hello Weiss

Planning Commission loses attorney, gains architect

"...off some of its duties (in areas without adopted Neighborhood Plans) to the Zoning and Platting Commission. The Planning..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

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