Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...Herrman and Hayden Christensen. Who is this generation's It Girl? And does it deserve one? There's an argument to..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rich Man's Wife

"...a Train, and it openly aspired to comedy. The Rich Man's Wife, unfortunately, comes by its many comical moments..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...whose life revolved around the entertainment and portrayal of little girls tends, therefore, to make people nervous. At the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

DVDanger: Last Girl Standing

Austin horror goes beyond the slasher

"...Like any good Austin horror, Last Girl Standing makes a subtle nod to The Texas Chain..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...c. Why games for girls are so lame. (1 point)..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

"...have to be translated into their three-dimensional Hollywood counterparts: poorly painted Styrofoam boulders and jarringly out-of-place sound effects. It's..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...the camera will plunge into a more modern art: rich crayon lines wrapped around a photo collage...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Diana

The simplification and beatification of Diana, Princess of Wales, is perpetuated in this movie.

"...telling a very small story. Yes, Diana is the poor little rich girl, but the opulent settings, private jets,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

The Paris Hilton Minimum-Wage Hike; and Superrich Tax Cheats

"...to yet another massive tax giveaway to the very richest people in our country!..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

R Is for Rerun

"...zingy titles as the early Lucille Ball vehicle A Girl, A Guy, and a Gob (5/29, TCM 9:15am) and..."

May 29, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

City of Angels

"...taking shots from two-bit gag writers since Mrs. Chandler's little boy learned the letters "P" and "I." The body's..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'You Were Right, Andy'

Getting beneath the surface of Andy Warhol with Tom Sokolowski

"...Oct. 19: The Chelsea Girls. The film The Chelsea Girls (1966) will be screened...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

The Perfect Score

The movie that gives new meaning to the phrase, "taking the SATs": felonious breaking and entering.

"...confident and mature performances in Lost in Translation and Girl With a Pearl Earring, her role here as poor-little-rich-punkette..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Happens to Us

First Place winner

"...that I should watch out for Madeline because a rich girl like that doesn't have poor friends, only pets,..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessica Rutland

Ritesh Batra Has a Photograph

Indian-American director dismantles the tropes of the romantic movie

"...case of what would become Photograph, it was a rich girl and a poor guy in a run down..."

May 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta is not amused by the two rich chicks on Fox's farm.

"...for the show's premise, which is to place a poor family in the middle of Beverly Hills and see..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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"...10 Disappointments' No. 7. You just don't get it. Poor Mexicans are not the ongoing butt of the jokes..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column

Fightin' Words

Rich Oppel and Mike Levy Spar on Paper:

"...Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy and Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel. No love letters these. The wordsmiths disagreed sharply..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta was all set to hate The Oblongs, the new animated series on the WB about mutants living near a toxic waste dump. But then something unexpected happened: It was funny.

"...The premise isn't particularly rib-tickling: "A poor family of mutants lives in the valley, in a..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...government had even squeezed a "confession" out of the poor, retarded Dauphin) was replied to with such spontaneous indignation..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...David Foster Wallace Little, Brown and Company, $24 hard..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Caught 'em in Autumn

Earthpig & Fire

"...wrong, he'll shuffle in and out of his queer little abode, gutting its cloistered innards piece by piece: TV's..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature

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"...the votes of everyone who would rather blame "the rich" than get off their ass and work...."

June 18, 2004 Column

The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism

Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place

"...is the desire to change your life and a little spunk? You can improve your life without the benefit..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...Harlem Girl With Blanket by Winold Reiss In the 1920s, the..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...programmers and video store shelves toss at us, with little regard for how things fit together...."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...Austin Chronicle: Let's talk a little bit about how Secuestro Express came to be, and..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...was avoiding eye contact when he heard this tiny little voice say, "Is anyone sitting there?" He grimaced and..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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"...to intervene -- after all, here's a director with little formal management training and a flawed understanding of museum..."

March 21, 2003 Column

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"...U.S. urban renewal that eliminated the old, ugly, and poor. Now it's "Smart Growth" for elite, "yuppie" gentry and..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

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