The Weather Man

In this heartfelt comic drama, a wonderfully controlled Nicolas Cage plays a man who, despite the appearance of success, is despondent over his superficiality.

"...is diagnosed with lymphoma and his wife announces her intention to remarry. When The Weather Man functions in this..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headbutting Over AMD Development Continues

Were traffic study's numbers dishonest?

"...been five months since Advanced Micro Devices announced its intention to slaughter, skin, and barbecue one of Austin's most..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome

"...down," Corte declared, adding that the Senate had no intention of accepting the House amendments. "So basically they're gutting..."

July 22, 2005 News Column

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...front, the Save Our Springs Alliance has announced its intention to sue the Texas Department of Transportation and other..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"...its future. In April, Advanced Micro Devices announced its intention to move to a site about a mile northeast..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

In My Country

Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche star in this John Boorman political drama about the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

"...seems cartoonish, a grave misstep in a work whose intention is to prove the banality of evil. Boorman moves..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Guess Who

Bernie Mac gets punk'd by Ashton Kutcher.

"...boyfriend of their daughter Theresa (Saldana), who has every intention of promoting Simon to the job of son-in-law. Guess..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor last week announced his intention to resign his post when his term ends on..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...a week (or $30 a day) – with the intention of transforming the vintage 1936 Spanish Colonial-style tourist court..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

"...of slacker guys marry two elderly sisters, with the intention of landing an impressive inheritance. Little do they know..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Down by Law

More than two decades later, 'Wild Style' still stands as a hip-hop high point

"...AC: Was it your intention for Wild Style to take on the characteristics of..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Robert Gabriel

Montana Blues

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

"...friends were asked if she had ever mentioned any intention to take her own life. The only intention she..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

I'll Sing for You

A documentary about Mali blues giant Boubacar Traoré.

"...this documentary about Mali blues giant Boubacar Traoré that unintentionally recalls the scene from Lost in Translation in which..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dred Scott, Revisited

The federal court decision on re-redistricting opens an old wound in Texas politics

"...in those cases where the perpetrators publicly announce their intention to break the law. To put it another way:..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...College box be reinstated. "To say that we were intentionally trying to suppress minority voter turnout is simply untrue."..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege

The Lege week in court, in correspondence, and in West Texas

"...in ongoing NCSL work, and that he has no intention of stepping down. On Sept. 11, Coleman wrote to..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Visitor Q

"...anywhere in Japan or elsewhere, and that's likely Miike's intention) who, as the film opens, meets his young daughter..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Other Side of Heaven

"...inspired into them might be closer to the filmmakers' intention.) Still, you can't really fault a filmmaker for trying..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...on, with Moore's "Triple In Love" on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack that's already moved 1.7 million units, and "Someone..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Serendipity

"...of Love in the Time of Cholera with the intention of selling it the next day at a used..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Publish and Perish

"...strong, much too threatening," and they never had any intention to sue Felten to keep him from presenting his..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

Robbie Jacks is dead, but Auditorium Shores is not. Check back later about the Empanada Parlour.

"...that the city is claiming there was never any intention of closing the beloved area to musical events and..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Baise-Moi

"...and ruin your weekend. Granted, this could be their intention. From the rape on forward the pair go on..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

3000 Miles to Graceland

"...a show-stoppingly brutal role, but doubtless that was the intention. The role immediately calls to mind Henry Fonda's equally..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...a sentiment echoed throughout the service industries. Without any intention of vilifying Mom, for she can be the one..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

His Films, His Way

Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It

"...interested in the rules and the concept, or the intention of it, than the results that I've seen such..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantasia

"...Much is made of the idea that Disney's original intention for Fantasia was for it to be an ongoing..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gone in Sixty Seconds

"...genre, although it's painfully clear that this was nobody's intention from the get-go. Cage is in full-action whacko mode,..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...with "Bob Schneider Stole My Man!" explaining that its "intention was to lighten the air." That is incorrect, says..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Pitch Black

"...it even more mysterious, which I suspect was Twohy's intention to begin with. Is it a fun time killer?..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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