Whose Streets?

A you-are-there portrait of the tragedy in Ferguson

"...Bristling with unapologetic righteousness, the ragged documentary Whose Streets? takes no prisoners in its raw depiction of..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Public Notice: Whose Streets?

Imagine if you can... No police, no cars...

"...The Austin Transportation Department will install three more Healthy Streets in the next few weeks – with barriers closing..."

July 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...Streets of Fire is the Velvet Underground & Nico of..."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seale and Balko Visit Peaceful Streets

Police watchers aim to educate public on citizens' rights

"...UT's AT&T Center to take part in the Peaceful Streets Project's second annual Police Accountability Summit, an all-day session..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...Olympiastadion. The road to Damascus is littered with businessmen whose schoolyard "Satisfaction" began the summer of 1965. Toast my..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

2019 Tribfest Takes Politics to the Streets

All eyes on Texas

"...free-to-the-public sessions along Congress Avenue between Seventh and 11th streets. This year's Open Congress partners include Politico, Texas Monthly,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meaner Streets?

Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies

"...SAN, whose board also includes leadership from the UT campus advocacy..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn

Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth

"...help from Capital Metro, who paid for the new streetscape. He helped the ARA untangle complex federal regulations so..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: Whose City Is It?

Northcross Wal-Mart fight is about a lot more than a site plan

"...the intersection and drive pass-through traffic into surrounding residential streets. Moreover, needless to say, these highly technical planning claims..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets

Meals on (two) wheels

"...giving meals to any houseless, hungry, and hard-up individuals whose paths they cross. The food distribution effort, headed up..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Council Recap: Taking It (For) the Streets

New impact fee plan makes its first trip to the dais

"...the new home for the DACC. CM Pio Renteria, whose District 3 includes the site, said his constituents had..."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...After chants and speeches, a leader called out, "Whose streets?" The crowd screamed back, "Our streets!" and the..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...hip-hop star trying to make it on the mean streets of New Jersey, welcome to this week's extremely eclectic..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Devil in a Blue Dress

"...Maury Chaykin, Terry Kinney and Lisa Nicole Carson. Mean streets. They are what you expect to see in a..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...to give its okay to projects to make downtown streets more urban and ped-friendly -- even if it means..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Three Days of Rain

A drama by debut filmmaker Michael Meredith is a Chekhov-inspired collection of semi-intertwined vignettes about a half-dozen or so depressed people living in Cleveland, and features an impressive cast.

"...uses Altman regular Lyle Lovett as the radio deejay whose voice and jazz music unites the disparate characters. The..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...it seemed time to bring that conversation to the streets. Watson, as usual, was a great sport about the..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Marius and Jeannette

"...not your average movie twosome. They are 40ish lovers whose faces are appealing though not gorgeous, whose bodies have..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Day Takes You

"...Where the Day Takes You literally takes to the streets in depicting the lives of homeless teenagers in Hollywood...."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Purge: Anarchy

Back after last year's Purge struck such a unlikely chord, this story about an annual eruption of violence returns in stronger form.

"...its focus to several sets of characters on the streets of Los Angeles: There’s Shane (Gilford) and Liz (Sanchez),..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...violent album in some regards," admits the 23-year-old frontman, whose calming voice and detailed lyrics slide over sparse synthwave..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Begin Again

Agreeably phony movie focuses on a pair of unlikely partners drawn together by the promise of making music.

"...increase in star power and a move from the streets of Dublin to New York City, there has come..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Arms on Brazos

As it nears completion of an extended 'Great Streets' rehab project, has Austin learned any lessons?

"...Brazos becomes the latest beneficiary of the city's Great Streets Program, designed to make the urban core more livable,..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chapter 27

Jared Leto gains weight and lets it all hang out as John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in this fictionalized account of what occurred at the Dakota.

"...the man’s delusional paranoia and jaded disappointment. Wandering the streets of New York with a head full of voices..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Street Kings

This new crime drama starring Keanu Reeves is directed by the screenwriter of Training Day and based on a story by crackerjack crime novelist James Ellroy.

"...Harris. Dirty cops are the kings of the L.A. streets, and no one knows that better than James Ellroy,..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunday

"...Sweet waking dreams. Traffic lights presiding silently over empty streets, and a day's respite from the oppressive gravity of..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either an enforcer for his slumlord father or a virtuoso pianist, is underserved by its prosaic realism and adds little to the original.

"...Keitel. The essential story is faithfully transposed from post-Mean Streets-era New York to contemporary Paris. It’s a character study..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deuces Wild

"...with his hot-headed brother (Renfro) wants to keep the streets free of the drugs that killed his brother Alley..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Our Lady of the Assassins

"...recent psychological thrillers. Filmed on the quick in the streets of Medellín, home to the infamous drug cartels, Our..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Notorious

In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, assumes the shape of the standard biopic formula.

"...Brooklyn by his single mom, the lure of the streets and the fast cash of the drug trade, the..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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