Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...cachet. Saving a goose that lays golden eggs is good city policy...."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Queer Comic Clara Blackstone Is Creating Good Pollution

New Fallout Theater comedy show elevates weird comedy for trash people

"...in her new Wednesday night Fallout Theatre show – Good Pollution...."

July 22, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good

Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords

"...can process AI models in real time. AI for Good..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Sparkling Examples

It's that time of year again ...

"...Champagnes are sparkling wines. Not all sparkling wines are good. Yet Champagnes are almost uniformly delicious. When was the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

More Political Parties Would Be Good, but the Ones We Have Are Different

"...The Democrats are known as doing things for the good of the public domestically. They just proved that, too...."

March 23, 2010 Postmarks

SXSW Film Review: Oculus VR for Good Creators Lab

Cultivating empathy through immersive film shorts

"...to advocate and educate as well. Oculus VR for Good Creators Lab showcases three unique examples of how VR..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Beth Sullivan

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits – Anna's Blue Dress

Isabelle Adjani is a devil in a you-know-what

"...could or should have a family. All of Wood's examples were male...."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Hurts So Good

Aggies ATX billboard vandalized

"...certain edge in the taunts from Texas. Two fine examples occurred around the Aggies' season opener, as Texas A&M..."

Sept. 17, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

The Good Eye

Austin airport couture

"...I was relieved to stumble across more casual examples of stylish airport wear farther down the hall. A..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Column by Amy Gentry

Good Will Hunting

Transmission Entertainment presents a Fun Fun Fun Fest scavenger hunt

"...(team portraits will be taken inside of Red 7). Examples: Gangs from The Warriors, fave band (ie Turbonegro, Run..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Rookie

The film recounts the baseball career of Texan Jim Morris, who, in 1999, became the oldest rookie major-league pitcher to take the field in 40 years.

"...formulaic homilies about believing in your dreams and setting good examples in a plotline so earnest and “storybook” that..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

The great composer, somewhat explained

"...in how documentarians capture artistry on film will find good examples in Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda. It helps to come..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2005

Spike & Mike has always been a hit-or-miss program, and this year is no different, with a few genuinely brilliant pieces surrounded by examples of puerile fun and juvenile humor.

"...program, with wildly unfunny bits bookended by more interesting examples of what mad, bad, dangerous-to-know animators get up to..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Peace at a Time

Austin-based writer, actor, and filmmaker Turk Pipkin urges us to work for solutions to world problems in this personal documentary.

"...step up and take action. Almost any action is good in the Pipkin playbook; pick one and “just do..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

He's Just Not That Into You

A Baltimore-set romantic comedy roundelay based on a bestselling self-help book.

"...Kwapis. Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Connelly, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper and..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lady Vengeance

The South Korean master of revenge dramas, Park Chan-wook, offers another entertaining puzzle of emotional nuance, riotous color, and bloody hell.

"...him, Park positively revels in the artistic possibilties of good old-fashioned badness. Unlike Woo, however, Park's films eschew the..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Protocols of Zion

Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin investigates the reasons for the recent renaissance of American anti-Semitism; sadly, the end result is scattershot and never really elucidates or poses solutions to the problem.

"...Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin (Slam) tries to "go do good" as the inscription on his grandfather's tombstone says, with..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Arabian Knight

"...his creative work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Other examples of his animation work can be seen in the..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shelf Life

"...talent for identifying great premises. As evidence, I offer examples like the “pound-of-flesh” financing scheme of Eating Raoul, the..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Efficiency Expert

"...modernization, and out of a Never-Never-Land from the slow-paced good old days where ambition, technology, and progress take a..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Castle of Cagliostro

Hayao Miyazaki made his debut as a director of animated films with this story of the greatest gentleman thief of all time: Lupin III.

"...and the hunt begins. Unlike so many other recent examples of Japanese animation, C of C refrains from the..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

"...Johanna Torell. I've just seen one of the purest examples of unmitigated artistic self-indulgence since the Seventies heyday of..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Glimmer Man

"...that comes to mind isn't really “Is it any good?” but rather, “How bad is it?” It might be..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...else is that the council has not done a good job of adequately explaining what they're doing. They haven't..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...be built with available federal dollars. I've shown them examples of such facilities in other cities. All I've gotten:..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Graduation

This high school bank-heist caper flunks out.

"...to do in life, or you don’t." That sounds good but sums up little, and instead of using the..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...success and often with unintended consequences. (To cite two examples often in today's news, the East Austin Overlay and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Plunkett & Macleane

"...and the Sundance Kid on display here, usually to good visual effect (if not much else). Scott, too, has..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulworth

"...of late (see Dick Tracy and Love Affair for examples). Even more challenging, Bulworth treads a delicate line between..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zombieland: Double Tap

Zomcom sequel doesn't have the splattering charm of the original

"...original mix. As sequels go, Double Tap delivers the goods, but exists in a realm that feels more like..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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