Council Watch

City lays out new housing program, Southpark Meadows goes for world-class venue, Zilker Neighborhood Association holds council candidates forum

"...new teeth last week, with the approval of the SMART housing initiative. (SMART, in this case, standing for Safe,..."

April 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...how Austin civic cognoscenti define their vision of a SmartGrown city. This made community-based planning a no-brainer, and of..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Luce

High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture

"...to point fingers at Luce. After all, if he’s smart enough to be valedictorian, isn’t he smart enough to..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

UT Basketball Scores New Leadership

Rick Barnes exits, Shaka Smart takes the helm

"...fodder anymore. That honor went to basketball firebrand Shaka Smart, who leaves Virginia Commonwealth University after five years and..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Disney's Teacher's Pet

Animated film about a dog who wants to be a boy – unusual fare from Disney that will please kids and alterna-adults.

"...but make no mistake: Teacher’s Pet is a fine, smart, wickedly funny family film that, while it will doubtless..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paper Tigers

Some Editors Not So Smart About Smart Growth

"...retreat from Oppel's column ever since. When the city's Smart Growth initiative (which aims to direct growth away from..."

April 3, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Camp Nowhere

"...speech, which he concludes by saying, “Just because you're smart doesn't mean you can't act stupid.” This statement turns..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

In the Line of Fire

"...which he stars but does not direct, is a smart and absorbing contemporary thriller. His Frank Horrigan, a weathered..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captain Ron

"...storyline. But a terrific cast, good pacing and some smart, funny dialogue bring an occasional fresh breeze to what..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

21 Bridges

Chadwick Boseman brings Manhattan to a halt as a corruption-busting cop

"...The characters you think will die? They die. Whatever smart observations this script makes about police brutality and the..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

More Strong-Arming From Uber and Lyft

President of U.S. Chamber tries to undermine U.S. “Smart City” grant

"...Transportation Anthony Foxx, suggesting that Austin’s candidacy for a Smart City Challenge Grant might be clouded if Austin voters..."

April 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Criminal

Kevin Costner is a prisoner who is implanted with a CIA op's knowledge

"...Truth is, Criminal is a very silly movie that’s smart to, well, look smart-ish – with this moral-imperative premise;..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Karate Kid

The remake of this kids' classic was filmed in China and provides a decent update for a new generation.

"...(and downright funny) displays of creative subtlety in a smart and knowing film that also happened to become a..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Car2Cute

Smart cars are hitting Austin's streets

"...Center media event. For the first six months, 200 smart fortwo cars, which are rated at 33 mpg for..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Heartbreak Kid

Ben Stiller stars in this smart and winning remake of a 1972 Neil Simon-penned comedy about a man who falls in love with another woman on his honeymoon.

"...a crusher of the old school, and, someday, some smart director is going to make his story, but this..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man of the Year

Instead of being the hippest kid on the block, this comedy plays like a schizophrenic exercise in shrill cinematic politics.

"...Williams is initially given free rein to unleash his whip-smart comic id, much as he did in Good Morning,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Slither

Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and is one heck of a writer to boot.

"...Gag all you need to while taking in this smart, ghastly, and often disarmingly hilarious homage to everything from..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2005

Spike & Mike has always been a hit-or-miss program, and this year is no different, with a few genuinely brilliant pieces surrounded by examples of puerile fun and juvenile humor.

"..."Rejected," which is back this year and remains the smart, angsty highlight of the show. That said, Spike &..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cellular

Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.

"...the most ideas on the subject. He penned the smart 2002 thriller Phone Booth, which was directed by Joel..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

If Mueller is a model, then why wasn't it followed with the Villas?

"...that -- in its expert opinion -- the mixed-use Smart Growth urban village planned for the old airport couldn't,..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Contrary to popular belief, Vignette Corp. isn't making improvements near its future downtown location out of the goodness of its heart; rather, it's being subsidized by the city.

"...good excuse to rethink the objectives of the two-year-old Smart Growth program. Where, for example, should the city draw..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Down Came the Rainey

With downtown redevelopment encroaching and property values the highest they've ever been, Rainey Street residents are getting ready to cash in their chips and leave.

"..."strategy" to turn their street into a dense urban Smart Grown experience, some scoffed that no real developer would..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Me, Myself & Irene

"...in their anti-intellectuality as the early Marx Brothers. It's smart, pro-artistic comedy masquerading as insipid farce, a wolf in..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...The city's Smart Growth initiative is a step in the right direction...."

July 2, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...Having just completed many months serving on the Smart Growth Task Force and, at last week's Smart Growth..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

To Die For

"...all Altman's venomous belittlement of his characters. Buck Henry's smart script, which was adapted from Joyce Maynard's novel, employs..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dazed and Confused

Linklater's 1976-set movie is one of the smartest and funniest coming-of-age films ever.

"...exciting movies of this, or any other, year. It's smart, funny, and wonderfully crafted and performed. The movie is..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Crimes

"...simply abominable. The first half-hour delivers a setup that's smart, intriguing, unusual and challenging. It gives you little reason..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outsmarting Traffic

Austin prepares for the final round of the Smart City Challenge

"...application for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Beyond Traffic: Smart City Challenge. Austin is one of seven finalists for..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...On July 11, Carl Smart took over as only the second ever director of..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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