The Commitments

"...be improved upon. The Commitments are a group of working class kids in Dublin who come together in a..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Slacker

Slacker's perception of our city's subcultures shows them not to be so marginal after all.

"...city's version of life on the margins of the working world as its whole subject, and it is one..."

July 5, 1991 Movie Review by Chris Walters

Jungle Fever

"...That characteristic makes him perhaps the most interesting filmmaker working in America today. It also plays hell with Jungle..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Right to be Offensive

Joseph Kahn on his new battle rap social satire Bodied

"...When America started amending the Constitution, the number one priority was..."

Nov. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Bank on It

The folks at Dragon's Lair learn an expensive lesson from Bank of America

"...store made nearly $32,000 in deposits to Bank of America that were never credited to Dragon's Lair's account. Bank..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

‘Martinez for Austin’ Kicks Off Campaign

Council member opens all-city tour at Barton Springs

"...for Austin” mayoral campaign this morning by emphasizing his working-class roots and his family inspiration, saying he would “fight..."

April 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

How Did a Weeks-Old Justice Advocacy Group Catch the Ear of Police?

Longtime criminal justice advocates wonder why Austin police are so keen to work with the nascent JUST America

"...When members of a group calling itself JUST America were brought onstage for a June 11 press conference..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Jimmy's Hall

Ken Loach film is based on an episode in the life of Jimmy Gralton

"...statesman of cinema and its evergreen champion of the working class...."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...along with the hammer-wielding Thor (Hemsworth), anachronistic super-soldier Captain America (Evans), ever-nimble assassin Black Widow (Johansson), rage-prone Hulk (Ruffalo),..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Life Itself

The life of Roger Ebert is celebrated in this documentary by the director of Hoop Dreams.

"...he would be upstairs cooking while Ebert was downstairs working on the screenplay for Beyond the Valley of the..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Out of the Furnace

The writer/director of Crazy Heart returns with an all-star cast for his sophomore effort, which takes place amid the rusted-out lives of America's steel belt.

"...belched smoke into the skies of the towns throughout America’s Rust Belt, leaving a permanent fog of gray soot..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Campaign

A wan political comedy guaranteed to offend no one.

"...than at the present moment in history. If ever America needed Hollywood to crank out a comedic antidote to..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bully

The documentary Bully is devastatingly effective when it comes to putting faces on harassed children and giving them a voice.

"...Filmed in pockets of Middle America – Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia – during the 2009-10 school..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hercules on Two Wheels

Could bicycling be bigger than baseball again?

"...Why isn't the Tour de France in America? I mean, besides the obvious fact that the French..."

Nov. 12, 2011 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Al Franken: God Spoke

The film follows around comedian and politico Franken without managing to either inflame or inspire the viewer or add much new information to Franken's already well-documented history.

"...birth and subsequent woes of Lefty radio semistaple Air America – as well as the 2004 presidential election and..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dick

"...in this comic tale of the final days of America's least-loved president. In many ways this is a more..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Harder They Come

"...Come is the movie that popularized reggae music in America, and the film's score – with classics such as..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beverly Hills Cop III

"...previously worked together on Trading Places and Coming to America. But nothing fresh is going on here although lots..."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin at Large: Right Back Where We Started

Texas will do little. Austin will do more. America will validate us. What happens next?

"...from the snakebit 2020 census: the topline division of America into 435 pieces within the 50 states, needed to..."

April 30, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Adam Schiff Headed to SXSW

Conversations About America’s Future gathers movers & shakers

"...digital media outlet Texas Tribune collaborated on Conversations About America’s Future, a two-day mini-fest within the fest notable for..."

March 2, 2020 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Una

A woman confronts an older ex-lover with devastating results

"...rampant misogyny and the patriarchal house of cards enveloping America of late. Aussie director Andrews, who made his name..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looking From the Outside
With Selim Özdogan

Turkish-German author talks politics in the U.S. and Turkey

"...author, Selim Özdogan recently made the temporary move to America, working in residence at the University of Michigan. While..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...With the help of an attorney working pro bono, M was able to have a positive..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Review: John Oliver

'Senior British correspondent' explains why America rules

"...What makes America “America”? Is it how we use the word itself..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.

"...six-part serial The Hour (which aired stateside on BBC America), and now The Iron Lady, an impressionistic biopic of..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking might have been a terrific character study of damaged adult siblings, but instead becomes a muddled road trip toward redemption.

"...are always in his pockets) who spends his days working on a construction crew and his nights staring at..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

License to Shrill, Uncensored

A conversation with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

"...for Democrats to push back against what he calls America's "new Gilded Age." In the midst of his 20-city..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Gone Baby Gone

Ben Affleck's feature directing debut is strong on atmospherics and moral quandaries.

"...seems to gurgle up from the streets of the working-class Boston neighborhood in which much of it is set...."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks.

"...take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks peculiar to American cinemas, Behind the Mask is a faux documentary centered..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rosenstrasse

Von Trotta puts a human face on 1943's Rosenstrasse uprising, one of the few public, and moreover, successful citizen protests against the power of the Nazi regime.

"...as an unheralded example of the power of women working together. Yet, not only does von Trotta fail to..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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