It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...me broadside. There I was, in a rented muscle car driving south, burning a solid tank of petrochemical putrefaction,..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Notes on Kamp: Will Austin Ever Get Smart About Public Transportation?

Mobility is closely tied to equality

"...I spent years in Austin without a car, and it wasn't fun or easy. In those pre-ride-hailing..."

April 22, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Making Car Ownership Obsolete

Zipcar, Car2Go: Our mission is to sell zero cars

"...Yet while the rideshare wars grabbed all the headlines, carsharing services like Car2Go and Zipcar have been steadily building..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

"...Whenever my girlfriend goes anywhere with me in my car she spends the whole time checking her email and..."

May 17, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Needs Smart Traffic Lights

"...energy programs and incentives, urban infill and green building, car sharing, etc., all certainly advertise bright green credentials. However,..."

March 19, 2013 Postmarks

Smart Women, Dangerous Men

Dracula and Fur Tempt Females With the Dark Side

"...The cast of Fur: (l to r) Elaine Williams,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...for execution – a sentence the state intends to carry out on April 24. [Update: After this story went..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Move at SXSW

Get everywhere, no car needed

"...anywhere does not mean you should get in that car...."

March 11, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Dude, Where's My Car2Go?

Strange timing for Car2Go fleet switch, boundary expansion

"...The good news is that Car2Go Austin will be expanding its "geo-fence" – the boundaries..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...fresh dimension to the endless debate of bicycles vs. cars in these pages of late. His analysis points out..."

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

Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.

"...turning a few bucks in the process. Chantel is smart, funny and very cool. She gets the best grades..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Car2Go Arrives

City car-share program launch

"...When an international car company – Daimler AG – selects Austin for the..."

Nov. 17, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

My Life on Apps

The convenience and economics of living through your phone

"...The jerk who hit my car last month didn't bother to leave a note. He..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Crank: High Voltage

If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.

"...Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Corey Haim, Bai Ling, David Carradine, Dwight Yoakam, Efren..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Race the Sun

"...extraordinary. You know the cast of characters: the fat smart guy, the macho tough guy, the quiet dreamer, and..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Held Up

"...script and deliver more than a chuckle with his smart-ass asides. Likewise, Barry Corbin and John Cullum (TV's Northern..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

Play it to the Bone

"...Directed by: Ron Shelton. Starring: Jack Carter, Richard Masur, Robert Wagner, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, Lolita..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Car2Cute

Smart cars are hitting Austin's streets

"...On Tuesday, Car2Go and the city of Austin officially launched a pilot..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Life Itself

Maudlin multigenerational drama thinks it's profound (spoiler: it's not)

"...Directed by: Dan Fogelman. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex Drive

Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.

"...but it's not Road Trip, either. Instead, this comedic car-trip riff on the teen-male libido and the lengths to..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Traitor

This Don Cheadle movie is a rare Hollywood creature: an action picture with ambiguity, a blockbuster with more questions than answers, a shoot-’em-up thriller with a sense of moral and geopolitical ambivalence.

"...Sudanese national who saw his father die in a car-bomb explosion when he was a child and who’s spent..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Pecan Street Project

The Department of Energy awards 32 grants nationwide for energy research – PSP a winner

"...U.S. Depart­ment of Energy, which will underwrite an "advanced smart grid project" in the Mueller neighborhood steadily taking shape..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...expectations, beyond any other city's experience, it will still carry only a small increment of the trips that get..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...Sepe, Jake Weary, Kier Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto and Olivia Luccardi...."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Candy

Despite sporting Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish as a pair of Australian junkies increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent, Candy is a washout.

"...nodding off on the couch and drooling on the carpet. And despite what Graham Chapman may have said, neither..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roll Bounce

Hot-wiring a penchant for sports film truisms to some seriously spot-on Seventies nostalgia, this Bow Wow vehicle is an easygoing portrayal of teenage camaraderie and its attendant difficulties.

"...script from Beauty Shop’s Norman Vance Jr. and some smart, funny performances from Wow and pals Khleo Thomas (as..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Secret Window

Even the powerful combination of Johnny Depp and John Turturro can't save this Stephen King film adapatation.

"...this ridiculously overwrought psychothriller that it’s a wonder some smart underling at Columbia hasn’t leapfrogged up the studio ladder..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Divine Intervention

"...through the smoky landscape. They meet in an empty car by the border, beneath the wary eyes of young..."

May 9, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Body of Evidence

"...in a parking garage on the hood of a car covered with broken glass. But never is any of..."

Jan. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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