Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Sixties Baltimore is unveiled in this new crime novel

"...It's rare for a murder victim to get the first or last word on their story, but Eunetta..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

You and I Eat the Same

"..."Food brings everyone together" isn't a trailblazing theme in literature or television. Most..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Food Feature by Danny Palumbo

What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

"...In 1997, Rick Moody's second novel, The Ice Storm, a biting tragedy of Seventies malaise, was..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report

A Wall Street Apology?; and The Art of Tax-Dodging

"...It's good to know that the FBI, Justice Department, and federal courts are all over..."

May 13, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Starbucks' Identity Crisis; and Right-Wing Loopiness

"...At last, a powerhouse competitor has challenged the market dominance of the corporate coffee colossus, Starbucks. The..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

When Little Blue Men Fight the War at Home

Scott Prendergast on 'Kabluey'

"...The image came out of nowhere. Scott Prendergast was on..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Hightower Report

Think local, buy local; and, polluters have no trouble following the law – they wrote it

"...a better deal: Bush & Co. lets polluters write the rules for their own fun and profit!..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Your Pentagon PAL tracks your every move, and the FCC lets media companies redefine "local."

"...Well, good news -- the Pentagon, using a few million of our tax dollars,..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Christmas tree growers treat the poor in an un-Christian manner; Oliver North re-invades Grenada.

"...If Scrooge got into the Christmas tree business, he'd feel right at home around..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Other Restaurant Row

The Food staff uncovers a burgeoning restaurant row on the South Shore.

"...Time was when the stretch of East Riverside Drive from I-35 to Pleasant..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Lowdown

Greedheads capitalize on terror; MBNA offers to "decrease" Jim's debt; and high-end garage sales.

"...Crisis tends to bring out the very best in the American people, and the horror..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

An Antone's anniversary, Lonestar Unleashed, Country Willie Edwards, Rakim, and more recommended shows

"...Antone's Nightclub already reigned on Sixth Street by the time junior sibling the Chronicle appeared. The businesses bonded..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

How the American Genre Film Archive Is Saving Movies One Reel at a Time

Austin nonprofit preserves cinema’s underseen and underappreciated

"...You never forget your first time seeing the American Genre Film Archive. Sebastian del Castillo was a..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Let the Music

Garage punk Orville Bateman Neeley III crosses over

"..."By the time I was 16, I was playing in three..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Mead in the Heart of Texas

Meridian Hive produces one honey of a drink

"...Listen: It pairs well with food other than just turkey legs, OK?..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Eye: Where Everybody Sews Your Name

Leslie Bonnell’s Stitch Lab insists that you are not a number

"...It's no secret that many designers care more about clothes than the women who wear them. This is not..."

May 30, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Making 'Room' in the Cult Canon

Tommy Wiseau's so-bad-it's-sublime debut feature

"...Tommy Wiseau, the enigmatic director, star, and co-executive producer of 2003's independently..."

May 1, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Long Shadow of Wal-Mart

Place 1 candidates differ on development, environment

"...Lee Leffingwell is without accomplishments. In his first term, the Place 1 incumbent can point to his work on..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Lowdown

Campaign finance scam, Chinese prison labor, & bookstore conglomerates

"...The Future of Campaign Corruption Those clever boys in D.C...."

May 4, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Zen and the Art of Entree Experimentation

photograph by John Anderson Kyoto

"...The art of the Japaneserock garden is to isolate individual..."

July 2, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Bridging the Language Gap

A Q&A with AISD Public Relations & Multicultural Outreach Director Alex Sanchez

"...a lot into your career, with time in both the private and public sectors and a run for office,..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Readings From the Fringe

"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand. They've spent a lot of time together in the pulp..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...Raines photograph by John Anderson Victoria, Texas is not the kind of place where you might expect to find..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...a fountain, a formula, a program, a chance meeting, the lucky fall - Providence. That is magic, pure and..."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Ghost Town

A sweet, old-fashioned kind of picture content to burrow into the quiet spaces, where boring, ordinary adults live and fitfully try to love again. Oh, and occasionally talk to dead people.

"...– ideal for cramming gauze or soft molds into the mouths of humans who would otherwise irritate him with..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In a World …

Lake Bell wrote, directed, and stars in this ambitious comedy about about a female voiceover artist trying to make it in Hollywood.

"...They invite us to buy detergent, go to the movies,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pitch Perfect

Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.

"...If you’re at all predisposed to the choreographed karaoke of Glee, the underdog schematics of teen..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

This Means War

Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine star in this romcom about two CIA agents who fall for the same gal.

"...Directed by: McG. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Til Schweiger, John Paul Ruttan,..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Circumstance

This Iranian film about two girls who begin a secret relationship is as much a political statement as it is a love story.

"...Any film that employs Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" to underline teenage Sapphic longings has one strike..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grown Ups

Grown Ups is the latest in an ongoing series of achingly nostalgic Adam Sandler schmaltzfests.

"...and Tim Meadows. Who is Adam Sandler's presumed audience these days? Is it a) men who came of age..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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