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A Bicycle Built for Tunes
Steve Parker creates a music-making bike with Lo Fi Cycle
"...Bicycles aren't just for personal transportation anymore. You can also..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bicycle Riders Should Have Better Manners
"...from South First, heading west. Two guys were on bicycles in front of us, riding side by side, blocking..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Postmarks

The Common Law
Can my bicycle be towed?
"...I saw police officers cutting several bicycle locks and taking the bikes away. What gives police..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

City, Bike Shops Team Up to Help Bike Commuters
COA staffers and shop employees set up "commute stations" Thursday
"...on alternate Thursdays through December to help and encourage bicycle commuters. Press release from the city after the jump:..."

Sept. 30, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Struggling to Get by in Rome
The pure perfection and modern resonance of Bicycle Thieves lives on
"...Robbins) hits up a screening of Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle Thieves in order to suss out a potential stalker..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Everyone Here Cycles!
Learning from Copenhagen, Post #6
"...people in a wealthy nation can happily use the bicycle as their primary way to get around. “The never-ending..."

Oct. 7, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Final Bike Boulevard Open House Wednesday
Opposition group forms
"...The final city-sponsored open house on the proposed Nueces Bicycle Boulevard will be held Wednesday, 6pm, at Pease Elementary...."

Feb. 23, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Bike Stuff
The traveling 2008 Bicycle Film Festival rolls into Austin
"...seen an explosion of film events celebrating all things bicycle. Bike-in movie nights sponsored by Yellow Bike Project, Waterloo..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Rob D'Amico

Austin Bike Shops Face Uphill Climb
With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up
"...skies, breezy temperate warmth, and a steady stream of bicycle traffic navigating our streets and bike lanes...."

July 10, 2020 Sports Feature by David Sotelo

Premium Rush
Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides like the wind, and Michael Shannon plays his usual nut job, but Bullitt on a bike this film is not.
"...sport for the fainthearted. Weaving through traffic as a bicycle messenger on a single-gear bike with no brakes is..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wadjda
In this first Saudi Arabian film ever directed by a woman, much is revealed about the reality of life for women there via its story of a 10-year-old girl who wants a bicycle.
"...than anything, Wadjda wishes to ride and own a bicycle, a desire brought about by a racing challenge she..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wendy and Lucy
From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.
"...Robinson and Larry Fessenden. Is Wendy and Lucy the Bicycle Thieves of the New Recession Cinema? Like De Sica’s..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bike Mobility Task Force Wheels Out Initial Recommendations
Street Smarts Task Force makes bike infrastructure and safety recommendations to city
"...Each time the question “Why don’t more Austinites bicycle for transportation?” is asked, the resounding response from people..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Scanlines
The Bicycle Thief
"...witty cutline repartee this week. This frame from The Bicycle Thief beautifully illustrates its moving cinematography. Antonio Ricci is..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature

Maborosi
"...husband works in a nearby factory, and when his bicycle is stolen, he cheerfully steals another from the wealthy..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Christmas
This is a movie inspired by a Wham! song, and you know what? It works.
"...too-good-to-be-true guy who rides around the city on a bicycle and volunteers at homeless shelters, which is a subplot..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Panel Recap: Pedaler’s Palate
Four cyclists discuss better ways to fuel the body
"...responding to Kate Powlison, road brand manager at Chicago-based bicycle components company Sram, who moderated Tuesday's panel "Pedaler’s Palate:..."

March 14, 2018 Food Post by Adrienne White

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films
Five Oscar nominees, plus some extra treats.
"...Norwegian girl and her sisters eagerly awaiting their first bicycle, and “A Single Life” from the Netherlands, in which..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

‘Martinez for Austin’ Kicks Off Campaign
Council member opens all-city tour at Barton Springs
"...Arriving by bicycle to join a crowd of supporters on the hillside..."

April 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Your Sister's Sister
Director Lynn Shelton and her spry and compelling ensemble of three explore a curious tangle of sexual secrets and honesty.
"...girlfriend of his deceased brother, suggests Jack ride his bicycle out to her father’s remote and empty house on..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Kid With a Bike
This latest film from Belgium's Dardenne brothers is a towering achievement, perhaps all the more so because of its deceptive simplicity.
"...which he’s been placed in order to find his bicycle and his father, who has apparently abandoned him. He’s..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

21 Jump Street
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go back to high school in this new take on the old TV series.
"...for each other as Schmidt and Jenko, the inept bicycle cops who are demoted to the Jump Street undercover..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Chinese women's relationships in the past and the present are told in parallel stories in this film based on Lisa See's bestselling novel.
"...career intrusions. Sophia falls into a coma following a bicycle accident at the beginning of the film, which allows..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bill Cunningham New York
The film provides an intimate portrait of Cunningham, whose two weekly New York Times photo columns document the city's fashion trends.
"...an ever-smiling eightysomething who tools around town on a bicycle, snapping shots of the natives in a kind of..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Opportunities Approaching for Cyclists to Voice Their Opinions
"...kicking off the first major update to the city’s Bicycle Master Plan in 10 years and wants your input..."

March 14, 2008 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Note to Motorists: Stay out of Bike Lanes
"...one of three city of Austin Public Works Department Bicycle and Pedestrian Program staffers, who’ve recently been deputized as..."

Jan. 10, 2008 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Trade
This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.
"...Thirteen-year-old Adriana (Gaitan) gets grabbed off her new pink bicycle by thugs and enters “the tunnel,” a network of..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wicker Man
Notorious director Neil LaBute's well-intentioned but inadvertently silly film starring Nicolas Cage replaces the vague, sinister paganism of the original with a creepy infusion of earth-mother estrogen gone haywire.
"...him ride around on – haw! – a girl's bicycle (there are no cars, phones, or male tongues, apparently,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underclassman
Nick Cannon from Drumline plays a smart-aleck LAPD bicycle cop in this movie awash in clichés.
"...sitting in afterschool detention. Cannon plays a smart-aleck LAPD bicycle cop, a rookie on the force. You will not..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

House of D
Here’s an interesting surprise: Dour, dry David Duchovny’s directorial debut is more weepy than creepy, a conventional coming-of-age story that flashes back to 1970s New York City.
"..."retard" – their word – who delivers meat by bicycle and cracks wise at the level of a 13-year-old..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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