Rent

Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.

"...Menzel, Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms. Playwright Jonathan Larson’s Rent opened on Broadway just shy of 10 years ago..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Threadgill’s Upstairs Store for Rent

Owners seek contributors to “cultural petri dish”

"...also known as Old No. 1. “Now you can rent ol’ ‘What’s that place back there?’”..."

Feb. 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...old Warehouse District properties, and both are built around different themes -- tapas, and martinis. There's one thing that..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tenants of Affordable Complex Face Mold, Pests, and Raising Rent

Rainey Management raises rent despite unsafe conditions

"...conditions have remained poor, even as they've experienced unpredictable rent increases...."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Maya Wright

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...the ultimate Friday afternoon news dump, coming via email late afternoon on Valentine’s Day from City Manager T.C. Broadnax,..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Zombie Taco Promises Munchies for the Late Night Crowd

New Moxy Hotel brings 24-hour Mexican to Guadalupe

"...the list of accommodations for young professionals and Longhorn parents looking to stay in the heart of Austin...."

April 2, 2021 Food Feature by Carys Anderson

In a Previously Unpublished Interview Late Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Health Care

“I’m having nightmares about what [COVID] is going to do to the status quo”

"...the U.S. would handle COVID-19 read prescient five months later. Like any great artist, he felt the global events..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Common Law

'Late Rent' Penalties and Cash Rental Payments

"...Are "late rent" penalties enforceable?..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...the souring of a long-term relationship, while Manhattan’s ruinous rent hikes fueled the conflict in Love Is Strange (2014)...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Common Law

Security deposit – can they charge me for that?

"...the tenant to avoid responsibility for damages to the rental property if the damage can be considered "normal or..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Specific terms in the lease

"...Are "late rent" penalties enforceable?..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

The Silent Enemy

"...lousy prints, faded and jerky. Silent films by the late 'teens were frequently gorgeous, drenched in rich blacks and..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Stay Gold Landlord Threatens Club With Half-Million-Dollar Lawsuit

With evictions over rent expected once moratoriums lift, the music venue's landlord wants the remainder of the lease term paid in full now

"...strained negotiations, arrived after the tenants were five days late on August rent...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Never Goin' Back

Augustine Frizell ingeniously revamps the stoner buddy comedy

"...beach vacation in Galveston while also covering their upcoming rent. Their odyssey includes a brief lockup in juvie, showing..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Council to Vote on "Anti-Eviction Ordinance"

Ordinance allows 60-day grace period for rent payment during pandemic

"...26, that will effectively give people struggling to pay rent an additional two months to do so before landlords..."

March 23, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Common Law

My tenant is two months late on rent – can I change the locks?

"...My tenant hasn't paid rent in over two months. She stopped returning my calls..."

June 7, 2013 Column by Luke Ellis

Candy

Despite sporting Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish as a pair of Australian junkies increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent, Candy is a washout.

"...underers increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent. It seems far easier to pen a reasonably engrossing..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heading South

North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.

"...Directed by: Laurent Cantet. Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Ménothy Cesar, Louise..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollywoodland

Although Hollywoodland stokes the dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result should be more provocative and scandalous.

"...by Paul Bernbaum, loses its focus by turning Brody's low-rent private eye, Louis Simo, into the central character of..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roll Bounce

Hot-wiring a penchant for sports film truisms to some seriously spot-on Seventies nostalgia, this Bow Wow vehicle is an easygoing portrayal of teenage camaraderie and its attendant difficulties.

"...for Xavier), who, along with his trusty band of low-rent buddies, spends the summer of ’78 mourning the recent..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Honey

Jennifer Alba's hoodrat find her inner Flashdance.

"...hot bodies on display as in its two most apparent antecedents, Showgirls and Flashdance. While those concerned about the..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...medium who raps tables and reads palms for a low-rent living with the assistance of her teen daughter Lina..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X

"...splendor of that film. Rintaro, the man behind the late Eighties atomo-fest Neo-Tokyo (and before that the beloved Astro..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Six Ways to Sunday

"...belong more than anywhere else to the realm of late Eighties Woody Allen. In short, Bernstein seems to be..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dog & Duck Pub Closes

Update: Longtime employees send heartfelt thanks to the community

"...doors locked, with a posted letter citing nonpayment of rent. The letter alleges the business owners owe more than..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Common Law

My lease says what? – Issues to consider when signing a new lease

"...want the flexibility to end the lease after only renting the property for a short period of time. Alternatively,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...her hand and her breasts cupped in golden armor plate. Her scaly abdomen and tail fin protruded from a..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Sound & Color: Four Visual Depictions of Austin's Musical Identity

A whole palette of music-related art happenings of late, from a new Daniel Johnston mural to Bob Dylan's depiction of the Hole in the Wall

"...world of moral iconography. A new mural honoring the late Austin artist Daniel Johnston adorns the side of the..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"...afford to buy a house here rather than perpetually rent in California...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...and Chris are trapped in an unending cycle of late rent, mounting debt, and day-old pizza. Across from their..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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