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July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Going to the Dogs
Eric Tang presents the next phase of his Austin diaspora research
"...folks who have remained in their homes while many neighbors have moved out of Austin...."
Sept. 25, 2015 News Post by Michael King
Finding Vivian Maier
After buying a storage locker full of unknown photos, the filmmaker becomes the de facto executor of the unheralded photographer of the title.
"...the subject and shoot from below, a perspective that informs the mood of the photographs. Her curious and unsentimental..."
May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Then There's This: Razing History
Old home set for demolition to make way for parking lot
"...Demolishing old houses over neighbors' objections is a timeworn tradition in Central Austin neighborhoods...."
April 26, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith
The Watch
This comedy is awfully lightweight although Richard Ayoade lends some spark to the goofy quartet.
"...Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte, Mel Rodriguez, Erin Moriarty and R. Lee Ermey...."
July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Sixth Sense
Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street
"...in 2006 when she and a co-investor bought a former grocery store and warehouse at the southeast corner of..."
Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...as a "semantic" distinction, noting that some of the neighbors consider the area as their park. I appreciate the..."
May 13, 2005 Column
Johnson Family Vacation
Half-baked comedy is on the road to nowhere.
"...starring Chevy Chase, Johnson Family Vacation substitutes the Johnsons for the Griswold family and the increasingly popular Cedric the..."
April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Is "neighborhood planning" the tool for the job Austin needs done?
"...Team and have been involved in a nonjournalistic sense for years in neighborhood politics. On the other hand, I..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
While the Chamber woos AMD in hopes that it will build its new chip fab plant here, the council stays coy.
"...Fab Foray..."
May 25, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Volunteer Efforts Take Center Stage in Winter Storm Relief
Chasing the cold away
"...calls, cleared roadways and repaired infrastructure, and numerous other efforts that only government can undertake. But the city of..."
Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Once More Into the PUD
Council crosses swords over Austin Oaks planned unit development
"...matters concluded, a little after 1am, observers could be forgiven for imagining that the only item on the agenda..."
March 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Silly cul-de-sac action comedy is a knockoff Mr. and Mrs. Smith
"...larceny on a grand scale. Playing the mysterious titular neighbors with cheekbones to spare, Hamm and Gadot (those eyebrows!)..."
Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Loggerheads
Despite an overreliance on metaphor and symbolism, Loggerheads is an affecting little film about characters who struggle with issues connected with adoption, homophobia, and loss.
"...composed of estranged parents and children searching in vain for one another. The characters in Loggerheads are all dealing..."
Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Naked City
Owners maintain operation is environmentally friendly
"...Neighbors in East Travis County held their second public meeting..."
May 20, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
The Shape of Things
"...of retort to critics who branded him a misogynist for his first feature, In the Company of Men. The..."
May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Once Upon a Time in China IV
"...by: Corey Yuen. Starring: Rosamund Kwan and Max Mok. For the fourth time, Tsui Hark's Film Workshop brings us..."
March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
2000 by – (Program Four)
"...given funding to make hourish-long movies about the millennium for European television. The films are being presented in Austin..."
Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
2000 Seen by – (Program Three)
"...given funding to make hourish-long movies about the millennium for European television. The films are being presented in Austin..."
Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Council Takes Long Day's Journey Into Night
"..."Solid Waste Land," p.26), it was an endurance test for all parties. Love them or hate them, the councilmembers..."
March 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff
Back to the Drawing Board
Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult
"...Dennis Harner spends his days developing attendance zone plans for the district, only to have a new concern voiced..."
April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
"...up she becomes enmeshed in the life of her neighbors, eventually marrying Beal. Not much happens in this film,..."
Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets
Meals on (two) wheels
"...Just about every week for the last 18 months, a small caravan of cyclists..."
Sept. 29, 2023 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin
Closing the Book on Camelback
Lakeside project clears its last City Hall hurdles
"...with potential impacts directly upon the shoreline, in the form of docks, a clubhouse, and the “mechanical access” (“tram”)..."
Nov. 14, 2018 News Post by Michael King
Council Poised to Bless Camelback
With commission and neighborhood support, the lakeside Camelback PUD appears headed for approval
"...(Items 56 and 64) bearing a city staff recommendation for approval (with conditions, accepted by the developer) as well..."
Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Michael King
A Man Called Ove
A grumpy old man finds his heart
"...sidewalks and alleys of his modest residential complex inspecting for infractions (the sight of an abandoned cigarette butt or..."
Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Saying "No" to Anti-Muslim Hate
Faith groups come together to show support for Austin's Muslim community
"...is intended as a concrete way to demonstrate support for the Muslim community during a time of growing anti-Muslim..."
May 20, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Stunningly beautiful, Studio Ghibli's latest animated film is a real work of art.
"...film by Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbors the Yamadas), the legendary studio’s co-founder with Hayao Miyazaki..."
Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Croods
Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.
"...stay alive after the elements have claimed their Neanderthal neighbors. Dad Grug (voiced by Cage) is a nervous nelly..."
March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
'Shoddy' and 'Rushed'
Spicewood neighbors blast WTP4 water line plan
"...transmission lines. The Spicewood Springs Road Tunnel Coalition has formed not to reignite debate over the plant's merits but..."
