Diabolique

"...(Adjani) are a pair of lovers who spend their days working at a remote private school for wayward young..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: A Bloody Good Time

Gothess Jasmine hosts an interactive screening of 30 Days of Night with live music and a meal

"...Camera Obscura from performance artist Gothess Jasmine remodels Austin School of Film into a "vampiric tundra" where audience members..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by James Scott

How One Cottage Food Purveyor Helps Launch Careers

Kimchi Rók and the Clifton Career Development School bring young chefs to the table

"...Kimchi Rók sees it, hiring a Clifton Career Development School culinary arts student has multiple benefits. Not only will..."

April 14, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Waves

A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift

"...gives a bombshell performance as Tyler, a charismatic high school charmer who spends his days romancing girlfriend Alexis (Demie)..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reckless & Romantic

Two bands joined at the lips – Sabrina Ellis

"...band came forged in friendships going back to their school days. All five grew up in the Houston area,..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

More Than a Game

Before joining the NBA, LeBron James was a high school star who climbed the heights with a core of teammates, all of whom are documented here.

"...Basketball superstar LeBron James, who advanced straight from high school to the NBA, appears to be such a natural..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...the children themselves that are perplexing since the Texas School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired is located..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

AISD’s Special Education System Struggles to Keep Up

School system tries to keep up with its workload and comply with legal mandates

"...and discovered that her son's evaluator had quit. The school warned Underwood it might take another month to finalize..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

The Spectacular Now

An outstanding cast and eloquent storytelling shape this delicate film that becomes a dark study of a budding, young alcoholic.

"...and Michael H. Weber prefaced their breakout film (500) Days of Summer with that warning, and I think it..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bong Hits 4 Free Speech!

"...Torch Relay came through Juneau, Alaska, in 2002, high school senior Joseph Frederick was ready: as the relay passed..."

March 12, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

A Piece of Eden

"...240 acres of apple orchards that have seen better days. When patriarch Franco (Breuler), a bearded behemoth slowly going..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe the King

"...drunken dad and constant taunting from his peers at school. Between bouts of petty thievery and hiding out under..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Cars the Issue, Not Parking

"...a problem as the near-100% parking space occupancy on school days...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...new kid at St. Benedict's Academy, a stiff Catholic school in Los Angeles that looks more or less like..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: An Imbecilic Piece of Legislation

The "good-Barney-Fife-with-a-gun" theory of school safety

"...For the last several months, Texas school districts have been scrambling for funds to comply with..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Jello Biafra Raves

Dead Kennedys icon recounts punk history tonight then DJ's

"...Days after mocking Rick Perry with his Dead Kennedys’ standard..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Driving on Thin Ice

Bad weather exposes bad road design

"...temperatures and a little bit of precipitation. On four days in the last two weeks – Jan. 24 and..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

The LuvDoc chats with Marcus G. Ollington, rock star cartographer

"...I first met Marcus G. Ollington at an elementary school track meet in central Austin – one of those..."

Aug. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

All Over Creation: Continuing Education

Turns out theatre is a great place for getting schooled

"...Now, had this been back in my school days, that declaration would have shot a torrent of..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Boy

Set on the eastern New Zealand coast in 1984, Boy is a wisp of a story, but originally told by the director of Eagle vs Shark.

"...and his father is in prison. A teacher at school tells Boy he has potential but neglects to explain..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the New Boss (Not the Big Boss)

Pearce Middle School community hears more from Carstarphen, but still in the dark about Commissioner Scott

"...The meeting at Pearce Middle School on Wednesday night to explain the options for the..."

July 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Return to Forever

From creationism to red-baiting, the right kicks it old school

"...In junior high school, I thought the debate over evolution vs. creationism was..."

May 29, 2009 Column by Louis Black

My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...lifted by the alluring, and seemingly worldly-wise, Tamsin. A boarding-school girl, she piques Mona’s curiosity with her stories of..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Iron Chef

By the time Caritas' Velda Melendez finally realized that cooking could mean a career, she realized it also meant 450 lunches five days a week – and not just during the holidays

"...Caritas Community Kitchen, Melendez prepares a hot lunch five days a week for 450 people, without ever knowing exactly..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Ugly Kid

"...Tom Arnold and Tony Longo. Most kids' films these days seem to fall into one of two categories: shameless,..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Over It

"...know which TRL troubadour it is; 2) your Hubba-Bubba days are long gone but you're wondering just what TRL..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Valentine

"...and Happy Birthday to Me. Any one of these old-school slasher flicks is decapitated head and shoulders above the..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

That's the Way I Like it

"...wistful, humorous, but ultimately fluffy look at those halcyon days, before punk, junk, and the onslaught of the Eighties...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shooting Fish

"...construed as echoing the upbeat, changing moods abroad these days, what with the Tories out and Labor in and..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Quest for Aztlan

Roen Salinas Searches for -- and Finds -- Life in Folklórico

"...her hands until they were swollen by the public school teachers for speaking Spanish. "Era como una muda. I..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

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