Council Recap: Chacon Still Can’t Seal the Deal for License Plate Readers

Privacy, justice advocates oppose surveillance program

"...other risks, the value of ALPRs as an investigation tool increases with the length of the retention period. “The..."

Sept. 3, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Amid Texas Heat Wave ERCOT Asks Texans to Conserve Energy, With Possibility of Rolling Blackouts

Updated: Record demand and low wind generation strain grid

"...systemwide outages expected and that “conservation is a reliability tool ERCOT has deployed more than four dozen times since..."

July 11, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...a documentary, and dramatic license is a legitimate cinematic tool. So if Quentin Tarantino can have Rick Dalton save..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...adeptness with exploring tragic flaws to be a powerful tool in monstrous morality tale Sinister, and now they invert..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Hanging Guns on the Wall

As Abbott tries to keep the drama alive, whose behinds will end up busted?

"...who've spent millions on making their Public Safety Assessment tool, a risk-based algorithmic model, the de facto alternative to..."

June 25, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: I Say Regressive; You Say Progressive

Wherein Hizzoner gets to rebut my last column

"...may not be progressive, but they're the least regressive tool in the city's fiscal tool box...."

June 18, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...sections of it had to be pulled back for retooling, and that its search functions were inadequate. But they..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom

"...who saw the power of television as an educational tool. Forging the day-to-day tactics, and living down in the..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bloodthirsty

Werewolf drama questions how the creatures of the night make that beautiful music

"...With Me, director Amelia Moses used vampirism as a tool to explore toxic friendships: in Bloodthirsty, it's clear that..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

LBJ School’s COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Reveals Disparities

Data suggests vaccine hubs aren't reaching Black, Latinx Texans

"...Affairs released its Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker, a digital tool for tracking vaccination progress across the state. In addition..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Nobody

Bob Odenkirk gets gritty in this bloody, smart John Wick riff

"...the most ingenious final shoot-outs since Arnie raided the tool shed in Commando. And just like the best of..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Long Weekend

Downcast drunk meets manic pixie girl. Can true love prosper?

"...an obstacle that keeps the two lovers apart, a tool to heighten the drama and intensity of their love...."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Lucky

Kafkaesque horror-comedy blows the rape-revenge fantasy apart

"...and director Natasha Kermani haven't just created a powerful tool for women to explain what it's like to live..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I’m Your Woman

Disappointing twist on the male-dominated crime drama lacks the strong female lead it needs

"...Sometimes slow burn is a perfect tool for a throwback thriller such as this. It creates..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Challengers Hit Speed Bumps in Run-Off Council Races

Almost at the finish line

"...is bad. But, Kelly argued, criminal profiling is a tool that police officers depend on to deter crime –..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Coded Bias

How computers are absorbing racial and gender bias ... and what we can do about it

"...affects jobs throughout Coded Bias. Amazon uses a recruiting tool that weeds out applications that mention if a candidate..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...like Bones, voodoo and Black magic are often a tool for righteous revenge, a connection to power and traditions..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vinyl Nation

Reports of death of physical media have been greatly exaggerated

"...Music, like all forms of storytelling, is a tool used to bring people together, to bond. Vinyl Nation..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Mr. Soul!

Putting spotlight on the TV host who brought Black celebrities into white homes

"...you can be successful. Television is such a powerful tool that still influences how people view the world around..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Tesla

Ethan Hawke illuminates the electrical genius

"...War - Director's Cut, which put him as the tool deployed and dismissed by captains of industry as they..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Thousand Cuts

Lives on the line as press freedoms are threatened in Duterte's Philippines

"...S. Diaz's rage-inducing documentary A Thousand Cuts, and the tools of this inversion have been test-driven in the Philippines..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...That means retooling "some of the resources we provide and are providing,"..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bacurau

Brazilian drama mixes social commentary and exploitation action

"...seminal humans-hunting-humans story, "The Most Dangerous Game," as a tool for political commentary. First there was The Hunt, Craig..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...teach the next generation of social influencers the disruptive tools they need to master the art of online personal..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...finds its menace in buildings. Water-stained halls, black metal tool sheds, and clay basements are some of the more..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Frozen II

Back to Arendelle, but has the story grown up with the audience?

"...but as a teaching aid for kids – a tool for taking on more adult concerns – I found..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joaquin Castro Bill to Protect Sanctuary Seekers

HR 4539 would rescind deportation orders for three Austinites currently in refuge in local churches

"...fines were illegal and were nothing more than a tool to scare our clients and retaliate against them for..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...can do, and in the state of Texas, the tools available to cities to produce those badly needed income-restricted..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Ad Astra

Brad Pitt deals with a case of the space ... madness!

"...The idea of humans in space is a powerful tool of reflection: By placing them in absolute isolation, their..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Charlie Says

Manson Family drama place society's treatment of guilt and contrition in the dock

"...either the system collapses, or it becomes merely a tool of torture...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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