Unfinished Business

The crude humor and cloying sentiment of Vince Vaughn's latest comedy make it a dud

"...profane Swingers-era swagger, and those vehicles suffered for it. Unfinished Business reunites Vaughn with the director of his most..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Unfinished Business

The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...an abusive ex, a miscarriage. And they addressed this unfinished business, the judges felt, with images that were striking,..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...municipalities and the sheer (and growing) volume of city business make it difficult to work through Council agendas with..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Notes on Kamp: Unfinished Business

Departing D.A. should exonerate the Kellers

March 11, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Session Ends With Finger-Pointing, Unfinished Business

Perry says he has no immediate plans to call legislators back to Austin

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Unfinished Business at APD?

A Monday public hearing will review a woman's "official oppression"

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

And In Other Business...

"...stuff happened, too. Here's a Top 10 list of business bits worth noting...."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...bafflement regarding some of the story’s prior and yet unfinished business – various viewers reach different interpretations of the..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sweet Home Alabama

"...(Bergen). Melanie says yes, with reservations: She has some unfinished business back home in Alabama, a place she left..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City Hall Hustle: It Ain't Xmas Yet

Council closing in on a raft of unfinished business

"...Believe it or not, there's plenty of unfinished business at hand before the City Council scurries off..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Record Review

Some Unfinished Business, Volume One

"...Walter HyattSome Unfinished Business, Volume One (King Tears Music)..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Point Austin: Left Pending

Council's summer daze leaves plenty of work in progress

"...provides an annual opportunity to take stock of Council business, and the large matters looming for the remainder of..."

July 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

King Tears

A decade after the ValuJet crash claimed Walter Hyatt's life, his posthumous archive celebrates his tender abilities once again

"...at age 47, Hyatt left behind a mass of unfinished recordings, songs that his friends affirm are some of..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Skull in Connemara

Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara teeters between the absurd and the just plain silly

"...which the rambling Lucky laments, "The labors abandoned left unfinished graver still abode of stones in a word I..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...statewide run, he would leave behind a lot of unfinished business in Baltimore. Oh, that. We know about that...."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...more important than finding the serial killer. Tagg has unfinished business with his sister and his dead boyfriends, while..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

She Dies Tomorrow

Deathcentric dramedy mistakes gloom for depth

"...staring off as they disinterestedly complete a modicum of unfinished business (ending a relationship, unplugging a parent's life support,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

For Its First Big Event, the 19th Gets Big Names

Next week’s 19th Represents, an all-women summit, gathers political heavy hitters in one (virtual) room

"...the 19th*, a national nonprofit newsroom focused on the "unfinished business of the 19th Amendment" granting (white) American women..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Hillary Clinton Headline The 19th Represents Virtual Summit

Politicians, activists revel and reckon with the 19th Amendment

"...free virtual summit will also reckon with the amendment’s “unfinished business,” says Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of the..."

July 21, 2020 News Post by Victoria Rossi

DVDanger: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier on being the heavy

"...(or at least profitable) again with crude-but-harmless fun like Unfinished Business and The Wedding Crashers, or fun but really..."

Oct. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Long Is 140 Days?

As the 81st Legislature departs, does it leave a footprint?

"...The obvious solution to all this unfinished business is a special session. Perry told reporters on..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dream With the Fishes

"...up in Nick's rural hometown, where he has some unfinished business to settle with his macho father and an..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue

"...curtain on Julie's new beginning, a containment of her unfinished business with the past. Music can restore, music can..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deconstructing Downtown

The Economy Sneezes -- and Austin's Central Business District Catches a Cold

"...at least the perceived success -- of the central business district. Moreover, the idea of Intel dressing up its..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Music Channel Blues

Business Plans Unfinished, Suggestions Shot Down

"...during that time staff would come up with a business plan to get the network off of public life-support..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Michael Bertin

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...was coming. And as neighbors, City Council members, and business owners work toward a solution, the further gentrification of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

"...recent permitting quagmire elicited early panic attacks for Austin's business owners and event organizers preparing for the March megafest...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Will The Smoke Clear Before Garcia Leaves Office?

The smoking ban gets preliminary approval but its future remains uncertain.

"...noting that "I'm not a legacy-type person" -- constitutes unfinished business from earlier in his career. When Austin's current..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rising Son

The son of Muddy Waters inherits the family bidness.

"...you that you needed to be in the family business...."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Desk

"...Barton Springs from highway runoff. Seventeen area politicians, environmentalists, business, and civic leaders make up the task force, which..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

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