The District!

This animated Hungarian feature is equal parts South Park and Magyar-inflected hip-hop, and an altogether smart, urban riff on Romeo and Juliet.

"...Park and Magyar-inflected hip-hop – The District! is a smart, urban riff on Romeo and Juliet. The hyperactive plot..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gold

Not much glitters in this uneven film

"...like The Big Short and The Wolf of Wall Street. Or perhaps a better analogy is director Stephen Gaghan’s..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Hardcore

Crammed with grainy, shot-on-the-fly mid-Eighties video footage, recent interviews, and a genuine love for its subject, American Hardcore encapsulates a largely forgotten moment in maximum rock & roll history.

"...Reagan's time in the Oval Office), is both a smart dissection of the whys and wherefores (Reagan, preppies, Wall..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The United States of Leland

Kevin Spacey-produced indie drama plays like The OC's more intellectual, older sibling.

"...Williams and Chris Klein. Produced by Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions from a script by first-time writer/director Hoge, The..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Public Eye

"...era, the rest of this film isn't nearly so smart. The protagonist may be a Weegeesque character who shoots..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Good Woman of Bangkok

"...leaves out of the story -- the pimps, the street realities, the precise details of his own involvement. But..."

Sept. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Money Monster

George Clooney plays a cable-TV guru taken hostage by an irate viewer

"...all pretty vaguely yet righteously pissed off: at Wall Street, cable news, the one-percent, lax government regulation, what have..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

The China Hustle

The next global economic meltdown, in terrifying detail.

"...noticed because it did not take place on Wall Street's back door. In 2008, the U.S. economy was in..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Disney Casting in Austin

Rumors fly this may be for a galaxy far, far away

"...Rachel, a young woman aged 17-18 described as "beautiful, smart and athletic," and Thomas, aged 19-23, also "handsome, smart..."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.

"...were all grounded in the director’s native Ireland. This streetwise tale of Jackson’s life so far (despite the title,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulworth

"...Isaiah Washington, Amiri Baraka, Sean Astin and Laurie Metcalf. Smart, funny, and even a little bit dangerous, Warren Beatty's..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Skills Like This

Winner of the SXSW Audience Award in 2007, Skills Like This is the story of a would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank robber.

"...and, on a whim, robs the bank across the street and meets cute with Knuppe's teller Lucy while pointing..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

JCVD

Jean-Claude Van Damme is the JCVD of the title, and in this career-adjusting film, the Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star.

"...film, the Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star. JCVD is a postmodern action movie..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Panic

"...Fly Away, Chicago Hope, and Homicide: Life on the Street) has created a great set of characters and provided..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Play it to the Bone

"...Harrelson. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry off the street had directed this movie, it would have to be..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life With Mikey

"...story and theme. At first, the agent and his street-smart star fight like cats and dogs, with Angie resisting..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

CB4

"...Chris Elliott. From the director of Guncrazy -- a smart, funny movie with an abundance of firepower and cool..."

March 19, 1993 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

Jon Reiss Drops a 'Bomb' on Graffiti World

'Bomb It 2' screens at the Drafthouse Aug. 7

"...1) keep chronicling the evolution and variations of global street art, and 2) get to Australia...."

July 31, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

My Cousin Vinny

"...town justice and southern prejudice versus Italian-American cunning and street smarts. Macchio and Whitfield play two young men wrongly..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Naked City

Council adopts the four-years-in-the-making Mueller redevelopment plan.

"...for what should be "encouraged" in the new Mueller: off-street parking, native building materials like locally quarried stone, and..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

PAW Patrol: The Movie

Puppy power scampers to the big screen

"...for kids is that it's really about introducing the street-smart long-haired Dachshund Liberty (Martin) into the team, while giving..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tom and Jerry

Your favorite cat and mouse duo are back and in NYC

"...to the lives of the humans around them, most street-smart Kayla (Moretz), who cons her way into a job..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...expression – the theatricality of his portrayal of this not-so-street-smart bullshit artist is fascinating. Together, these two fine actors..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paris Can Wait

A woman at the crossroads of life

"...in Paris kissed for the first time by a street-smart French boy in A Little Romance, a trifling film..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mickey Virus

Comic Bollywood thriller.

"...police in Delhi must depend on a lazy but street-smart computer hacker to help them solve a case...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eco-Currents: Party Circuit

Solar trailer makes the social rounds; wind power blows hot and cold

"...Over on the less sunny side of the street, the Lower Colo­rado River Authority's plans to build wind..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

City Council evenly split on redevelopment proposals

"...to the future of the shabby yet coveted Rainey Street neighborhood at the southeast corner of Downtown. The City..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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