American Job

"...Everyone knows this is nowhere, this world of minimum-wage jobs, stultifying labor, and dead ends. Another day, another meal,..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bank Job

When a gang of thieves break into some London safe-deposit boxes, they enter a world of police corruption, financial malfeasance, sexual degeneracy, political conspiracy, murder, torture, and upper-class salaciousness.

"...as they dug their tunnel. The so-called “walkie-talkie bank job” became a cause célèbre. And then – just like..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Inside Job

This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.

"...documentary analysis, which is narrated by Matt Damon. Inside Job uncovers little that hasn’t already been reported elsewhere in..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The animated gang return to save their park from an evil mayor

"...you chose, scan this sequel to 2014’s The Nut Job as a genuinely subversive attack on capitalism that also..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nut Job

Everyone's a rat, more or less, in this animated film.

"...The Nut Job is a head-scratcher. Kudos, I guess, go to the..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Italian Job

"...new model of the modern caper film. The Italian Job is a zippy, energetic, automotive free-for-all, a caper extravaganza..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin ISD Considers Teacher Job Security

Trustees vote tonight on returning to three year contracts

"...has made tenure in education – or any teacher job security – a dirty term. So it took extraordinary..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Acevedo Up for Job in Dallas

APD chief one of six finalists to take over as Dallas top cop

"...wanted to "make clear" that he applied for the job because it was an "opportunity that was presented to..."

March 9, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...none of the musicians there were at a day job. Since I don't have one, most of my income..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Job Training on a Shoe String

"...from 10am-1pm, the Arthur B. DeWitty Center, the city's job training and multi-use facility, allowed citizens to sign up..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Job Training: Boon or Bust?

"...visitor through the Capital of Texas Workforce Center, where job-seekers have free access to employment listings, computers for printing..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature

It's a Dirty Job ...

New arts tsar Vincent Kitch rolls up his sleeves to give Austin arts funding a clean start

"...had the strength of a demigod to get the job done...."

April 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Forklift Danceworks Goes "On the Job" With Essential Workers

The company's new audio series gives voice to city employees and what they're doing during the pandemic

"...hear from in the new audio series "On the Job" were in Forklift productions such as The Trash Project..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Randall Stephens: 'I Can Handle the Job'

"...I moved to Dallas and found a lot greater job satisfaction working in a flight-line environment. We had the..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Get a (Second) Job

"...people who are "paying your dues": Get a second job. I do not say that lightly, because I know..."

June 10, 2009 Postmarks

Whether He or She Probably Wants Job With Dignity

"...sweaty from his run, incensed at all the "city job" prestige and fortune he could benefit from were it..."

Aug. 28, 2003 Postmarks

The Right Man for the Job

APD welcomes its first openly trans officer

"...he eventually decided to come out, he left his job at a police department in a small town near..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Quit Your Day Job: Ray Wylie Hubbard

Singer-songwriter on his days burning down Burger King

"...My last real day job was probably back in my 40s, and I had..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beside the Point: Your Job or Your Life

It's time for workers to have better choices

"...where I live now, I was working two part-time jobs, making $12 per hour each. My only concern was..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

After Backlash, Art Acevedo Refuses Job

Council was not happy about decision to hire the former APD chief

"...to City Hall to take on a new executive job created for him by Interim City Manager Jesús Garza,..."

Jan. 23, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Quit Your Day Job

Stark singer-songwriter David Ramirez used to box up 15,000 pies a day

"...they'd come out on my side wrapped up. My job was to load them all into crates, and they..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Timeline: How Spencer Cronk Lost His Job

Hindsight's 20/20

"...Aug. 2020 City Council reviews Cronk's job performance over concerns about him stalling changes to APD..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

As Austin Recovers From Winter Storm Mara, City Manager's Job Is (Again) on the Line

Walking on thin ice

"...manager is and how the city manager does the job."..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Shift Meal's Job Fair, the Quesoff's Triumphant Return, Jester King's Pet-Adoption Rescheduling, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...so that no one goes hungry, is hosting a Job Fair at Yard Bar on Tuesday, June 1 –..."

May 26, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Quit Your Day Job: Jess Williamson

Heart-on-sleeve song siren paid her dues, all right – right down to the staples

"...In my early 20s, I had a job for a day and a half at an art..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Cool Job

Twenty-five years into a comedy career, Todd Barry doesn't take laughs for granted

"...and [I] remind myself that I have a cool job. But, you know, like any job, there's a downside,..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Take This Awesome Job and Show It

Tim and Eric, tackling big screens and small

"...already much-loved for Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, a live-action sketch show that aired on Cartoon Network's..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Take This Job and Shove It

Hugging it out with the cast of Party Down

"...whether to take that second (or third or fourth) job. When to give up/in/out. How the rat race will..."

July 1, 2011 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done

Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'

"...spirit of everybody. And when you do a great job in fifth grade and your class is on fire,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bush's 'Snow' Job

"...30]. Bill Clinton was impeached due to his "blow" job, and now it's (over)time George W. Bush is impeached..."

June 3, 2007 Postmarks

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