The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...A controversial high-rise residential complex planned for Town Lake – already under fire for being too close..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

DVDanger: The Burning and The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Another gruesome twosome for your weekend's viewing

"...Y'know, it's funny. Considering that the filmmaking Weinstein brothers of Miramax fame made their feature-writing..."

May 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Talk of the Town

The Films of Jean Arthur

"...Films will screen Tuesdays at 7pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (409 Colorado). Admission is $4 (free..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature

Chrissie Hynde, Talk of the Town

Pretenders’ ageless voice completes an ATX trifecta

"...Chrissie Hynde made the most of her 48 hours in Austin. Starting Sunday..."

March 14, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postering the City, Flyering the Town

Fritz "Motorblade" Blaw's still got it covered

"...this for about twenty years now, and Fritz Blaw, the affable "Motorblade" dude, is still going strong...."

Aug. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Refer a friend to Carter T. Lund and you could win a night out on the town!

"...will be eligible to receive a night out on the town including dinner movie tickets and a hotel stay!..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Events Post

The Town Crier

Oscar Casares dips back into Brownsville for his new novel, Amigoland

"...coffeehouse, I begin by asking about his upbringing in the Texas border town of Brownsville – a town that..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Books Feature by James Renovitch

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...rockabilly veteran Ray Campi wrote his first song on the last day of 1949 and left Austin at the..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

The Town

Ben Affleck directs, co-writes, and stars in this gripping action-drama about bank robbers.

"...Titus Welliver. Ben Affleck touches down again in his hometown, Boston, for his second time behind the camera, following..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Venture Into Full-Flavored Mocktails at Home or Out on the Town

Elevated drinks on the wagon

"...Skipping the sauce is far from novel, but only recently have..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Qmmunity: Painting the Town Rainbow

Celebrate Austin's historic LGBTQIA+ Quality of Life Study with a Pride photoshoot and more queer events

"...has long been invisible in data – until now. The city's first-ever LGBTQIA+ Quality of Life Study, released last..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Lovey and Lovey: Tippling twosome toasts the town (but no titillation, please)

The gin-soaked alter egos of comedians Tami Nelson and Michael Jastroch dish on Austin, alcohol, and their new show

"...Who doesn't love a cocktail? Rather, who doesn't love a cocktail more than Lovey and..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne the Town Red

What might be considered the theatrical fringe in other cities is more and more the theatrical mainstream in Austin, an idea that was reinforced with the announcement of the nominations for the 2001-02 B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards.

"...Some sort of seismic shift in the city's cultural scene must be taking place when the..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Downtown Plan: Town Hall Meeting Tonight

Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Plan

"...Don't miss the Downtown Austin Plan Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Public..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The Claim

"...Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Sarah Polley and Nastassja Kinski. The Claim trafficks in a particular brand of pain: a..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...(itself an oater remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1956 film The Seven Samurai) is not terribly magnificent or noticeably revisionist..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...In the small sea harbor of Tickle Head, Newfoundland, the fishing..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Final Season

A small-town high school baseball team is put to the test in this emphatically inspirational mess.

"...Directed by: David M. Evans. Starring: Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano, Tom Arnold, Mackenzie Astin..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Town Lake Setback Variances Non-Starters for Martinez, Leffingwell

CMs already against variance request coming before boards and commissions starting tonight.

"...As setback variances along Town Lake Lady Bird Lake begin to wind their way..."

Aug. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Children of the Corn Ii: The Final Sacrifice

"...drags that poor pop-culture stylist's already tarnished name through the mud and gore once again, as if anybody dared..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kill-Off

"...Jordan Fox and William Russell. Jim Thompson may be the hottest dead author around. The 1990s have seen three..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

"...Rod Steiger. First time director Callow, creates a very theatrical film from this novella by Carson McCullers and play..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Boxtrolls

The third time isn't the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.

"...The third time out is decidedly not the charm for..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Vessel

Faith-based art film is simple and eloquent

"...They say the power of faith can achieve the impossible...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hateful Eight

Tarantino's latest opus screens in 70mm this week at two Austin venues

"...The eighth film by Quentin Tarantino, as the full onscreen..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Even the Rain

Amid citizen unrest in Bolivia, a Spanish film crew attempts to mount a revisionist history of Christopher Columbus.

"...as a vacuum sits squarely at its center. In the opening scenes, director Sebastián (Bernal), a blinkered idealist, and..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

On the Line

"...City ad exec who meets a girl (Chriqui) on the El train one day, flirts with her for five..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Stranger in the Kingdom

"...Ernie Hudson and David Lansbury. As we all know, the more idyllic a rural area is portrayed in a..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

"...girls are hardly commonplace and that, sadly, is virtually the only aspect of Gold Diggers that could be regarded..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Robert A. Heinlein's the Puppet Masters

"...Directed by: Stuart Orme. Starring: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer and..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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