Indie Meme Review: Leila's Brothers

Banned Iranian family drama reveals the damage of poverty

"...complex backgrounds and personalities to unpack the damages of poverty: whether that be the obesity and alcoholism that are..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Katie Karp

The Quiet Girl

Irish tale of a lost girl finding hope will break and mend your heart

"...Ireland in 1981. Hers is a life of grinding poverty, one of hand-me-down dresses and milk as a meal,..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Texas Set to Kill Two Men in One Week

And it might not matter how mentally ill they are

"...in Houston in 2002, Brown grew up in extreme poverty in a segregated neighborhood of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His father..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

DC League of Super-Pets

Fuzzy superhero antics are perfect summery kids' fare

"...of Rin Tin Tin, ABC's reboot of the old Poverty Row movie series about a heroic German shepherd. The..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: Nothing Goes Further Than Cash

A newly approved pilot program will provide 85 households with $1,000 per month

"...City Council approved a pilot program at its May 5 meeting..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Nothing Goes Farther Than Cash

City to launch guaranteed-income pilot program

"...City Council approved a pilot program at its Thursday, May 5,..."

May 6, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Review: Master of Light

SXSW doc winner finds a bright path through the shadows

"...Painting was his ticket – not only out of poverty and drug addiction, but into an elevated mindset, where..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Cody Song

The Batman

A new, brilliant, and bleaker caped crusader

"...something that the films play with but never really embraced...."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jockey

An incredible last trip around the blue-collar track

"...code, it’s as convincing as the scenes with real racers talking about their addiction issues, or how many times..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...with Gerard Butler (after Angel Has Fallen and Greenland), action-thriller Kandahar: but if his big budget adventure hadn't been..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wild Indian

Searing and brutal tale of two Indigenous men bound by bloodshed

"...Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. is not interested in a poverty-porn rags-to-riches route, and in the first act of his..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...photograph in “Beyond the Wildflowers” captures the strength and grace and poise of Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson perhaps better..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...Then, in October 2019, the Austin City Council voted to make public camping legal, allowing the city's..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sun Children

Iranian childhood poverty drama has a surprising Goonies twist

"...element to what otherwise trails the fine line of poverty porn. Sun Children’s array of characters and narrative structure..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Holler

A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line

"...Character-driven movies this brutally honest about life below the poverty line are few and far between, but the ensemble..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mandabi

Seminal Senegalese social satire from the father of African film, remastered

"...too, because while Mandabi’s characters are exaggerated, the state-enabled poverty they face is all too realistic. Sembène achieves this..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...annual income is less than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (that's roughly $25,000 for one person, or $53,000..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election

Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot

"...well as a streamlined version of these endorsements. Partisan Races: The Democrats..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Austin at Large: ARIC, Meet ALICE

Two acronyms walk into an ongoing conversation about justice and equity

"...The Council's plans to reduce APD funding this fiscal year include..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mr. Soul!

Putting spotlight on the TV host who brought Black celebrities into white homes

"...public gaze from the media’s one-sided coverage of Black poverty and inner-city violence (an issue news media still struggles..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

The life and legacy of the First Lady of Jazz

"...and the dancing are escape from lives shaped by poverty and racism.” Once she’s revered by anyone with auditory..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary

"...of a global cultural phenomenon, there's some conflation and contraction that lops off details. Western Europe in the 19th..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: (A Little More) Help Is On Its Way

Relief to include direct cash aid to struggling Austinites

"...At its meeting Thursday, April 9, City Council approved unanimously $15 million of relief for low-income Austinites..."

April 10, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women

A list of Texas women who stand tall

"...female governor of Texas, and a bust of her graces the first floor of the state Capitol...."

March 6, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

The conservative justice finally apologizes for it all. Nah, just kidding.

"...by Johnny Mercer. From the free and joyous rural poverty of tiny Pin Point to corrupt urban squalor in..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

Travis County Primary Candidates Jockey to Champion Criminal Justice Change

A closer look at the heated District Attorney, County Attorney, and County Court at Law races

"...or another, the 10 Democratic candidates among those three races are expressly committed to "criminal justice reform." In theory..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

In her eighth novel, Ann Patchett shows that what makes a family cannot be measured by the grandness of a house

"...Cyril Conroy, a man who grew up in poverty in Brooklyn during the Depression, eventually makes a living..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Review by Yvette Benavides

Tigers Are Not Afraid

Supernatural horrors are less terrifying than real life in this Mexican fable

"...boy forced to grow up too fast) shattered by poverty and gangs and adults who are either absent, evil,..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Piranhas

Naples' juvenile gangsters are more than mini-goodfellas

"...to the hired muscle. To escape this cycle of poverty, Nicola joins up with the local crime family and..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...mean abandoning historical accuracy. Instead, she consulted with many researchers, including a military expert and an Irish cultural historian,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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