Former Fleet Services Manager Says Scrap Tires Only a Symptom

Fired whistleblower says city has ignored serious problems for years

"...reported that thousands of city vehicle tires had been abandoned on a tract of land leased by Victor Almaguer,..."

Aug. 4, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Steven Feinartz observe as he navigates his life and career in the aftermath of the shocking and unexpected death..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Not that last year's titles have just been abandoned. The festival had already announced the delayed first screening..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mad Max

Before we hit Fury Road, the original revs up

"...What's often forgotten, since those car scenes are the bits people remember, is that much..."

May 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...thematic pairs, screenings are devoted to such things as Cary Grant Week, Nuclear Crises, Lusty Old England, and Thirties..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Keel: The Real Deal

He's No Andy Griffith

"...bragged about the time that two men tried to carjack him on his birthday two years ago. In an..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Judge on Byron Carter Shooting: Take It to a Jury

Judge clears the way for family of victim of fatal police shooting to pursue civil rights suit

"...in connection with the 2011 shooting death of Byron Carter. The ruling clears the way for the Carter family's..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UPDATED: Take It To a Jury: Judge Rules in Carter Shooting

Conclusions similar to those in confidential city memo

"...in connection with the 2011 shooting death of Byron Carter, clearing the way for the Carter family's civil rights..."

May 22, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Selective Enforcement

The Sixth Street Load-In Policy

"...kept moving the barricade back, when he puts his car in my way. He jumps out of his car,..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...locked – and stepped down onto the driveway. Her car, somebody else driving. He dropped his gym bag and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...Indeed, these tires aren't Almaguer's, dumped and abandoned here in the course of his daily business. Instead,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...pool and Eilers Park next to it and took care of the animals at the former Natural Sciences Center...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Like Beer and Chili

Combustible Collaborators Joseph Skibell and David Yeakle

"...producing one of Skibell's plays, Our Own Dear Anton's Abandoned Story Cycle, with Yeakle directing and Austin theatre regulars..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...San Lucas, Cabo San Jose. Then we rented a car and got ripped off by the car agency immediately..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...don't you start in East Austin? Prove that you care about the citizens on both sides of I-35, both..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Civil War

Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists

"...who idolizes Lee and worms her way into their car bound for besieged D.C. She’s confined to the back..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Men

Alex Garland's mix of gender and myth is saved by its villain

"...sitcom most notable in the U.S. for launching the careers of Sherlock star Mark Gatiss and regular Ben Wheatley..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy and Peter Carroll...."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sun Children

Iranian childhood poverty drama has a surprising Goonies twist

"...Maijidi’s latest was Iran’s submission for the most recent Oscars, a film that’s gentle, packed with all the familiar..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...As someone whose car ownership has consisted almost exclusively of Toyota Corollas and..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...worried. "Having worked on death penalty cases my entire career, I have not seen a case with this sort..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Captain

A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance

"...off deserters. His luck changes when he finds a car with a Luftwaffe captain's uniform in it: As soon..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breath

Australian surfer dudes come of age in this literary adaptation.

"...leave town to pursue the Indonesian surf, leaving an abandoned Pikelet to deal with Sando’s emotionally and physically scarred..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Land

Teen skaters get caught up in the drug world

"...and taking to the cracked and dangerous streets, the abandoned buildings, and wherever else they can ride their skateboards,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Lace Crater

Ghostly romance reinvented, plus more DVD and VOD releases

"...on VOD this week with a sudden burst of in-car music, as a road tripping group start discussing what..."

Aug. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miles Ahead

Don Cheadle stars in and directs this unusual Miles Davis biopic

"...you’ll witness all the significant moments in the musician’s career and personal life, from birth to death. Nor is..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grimm Guignol

Ryan Gosling's directorial debut melds fantasy and realism

"...dog-strangling vine has reclaimed shuttered factories and pulled apart abandoned houses. "There are miles and miles of abandoned neighborhoods,"..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...step-daughter Sanny (Swantje Kohlhof), for whom both men have scarcely-suppressed feelings. She becomes their battleground, as the doting but..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Jane Austen Book Club

Though it’s as estrogenic as dong quai, this amiable film about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality of spirit.

"...though they use Seventh Generation products; they’re stubborn, they carry on when they’re mistaken, and they have texture. Dog..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...parkway concept and the viability of that design to carry the traffic projected in CAMPO's 2030 Mobility Plan. The..."

June 16, 2006 Column

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