Milk

Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.

"...there is also the obvious correlation between the recent Proposition 8 vote in California and a similar struggle, as..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meaner Streets?

Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies

"...This election's Proposition B represents the culmination of that backlash; the ordinance,..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: The Big Engine That Must

Proposition A is wobbling around the final curve. We can’t let it derail.

"...40-degree weather Wednesday morning at Carver Library to celebrate. Proposition A, the Project Connect transit plan, is in real..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Where the Money Goes

Uber & Lyft spending freely on Prop. 1 campaign

"...his role as chair of the campaign to pass Proposition 1 on May 7. He’s hardly the only one:..."

April 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Let's Go Phone Poll Supports Prop 1

Initial mid-September survey yields 52% support

"...– the umbrella political action committee created to support Proposition 1, the Austin rail and road bond - released..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Vote Pot!

"...in on a series of marijuana-related ballot questions, from propositions that seek to make pot-law policing the lowest of..."

Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...price tag looking almost modest beside those other six propositions, with their stickers stretching from $55 million to $145..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opinion: The Case to Keep Leander Connected

A yes vote on Proposition A means continued transportation solutions

"...A yes vote on Proposition A means continued transportation solutions for Leander with no..."

May 6, 2022 Column by James Larsen

Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Voters Resurrect Camping Ban

May 1: Austin voters approve Proposition B, a citizen initiative from Save Austin Now to restore some criminal penalties for camping in public and panhandling

"...1 election. The most significant of the APR measures, Proposition F's proposed conversion of City Hall from a council-manager..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

As Clock Ticks, Council Bites the Campsite Bullet

Post-Proposition B work to find places for unhoused Austinites continues

"...and that Save Austin Now, the backers of the Proposition B "camping ban" approved by voters on May 1,..."

May 28, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Red River Cultural District, the image urged voting against Proposition B in the Nov. 5 election. The ensuing defeat..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Prop B Campaigns Exchange Charges of Being "Republican"

As election day nears both sides of the debate trade barbs

"...The Proposition B campaign – pro and con – has gotten..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Whose Money Is Behind the Convention Center Election Battle?

Local PACs raise and spend for and against Prop. B

"...the Hotel Occupancy Tax and Convention Center expansion question (Proposition B) has gathered some predictable and some surprising funders...."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Serenity

Matthew McConaughey's beach thriller drowns in red herrings

"...knockoff Veronica Lake and posing a very film noir proposition to Baker: Take her shitty, abusive husband out to..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Henry, whom he had previously contacted with a business proposition. He wants the parson to marry him and his..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Actor Martinez

A meta-movie about a struggling actor

"...an attempt to knock them down. It’s an intriguing proposition, yet Actor Martinez is not nearly as witty and..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adler to Vote "Against" Prop. 1

Mayor announces opposition to TNC proposition on Monday

"...to proclaim his official opposition to the tenets of Proposition 1. “I believe such a vote puts Austin and..."

April 25, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Gambler

Mark Wahlberg has one of his juiciest roles ever as a creative-writing professor by day and a compulsive gambler by night.

"...believably doomstruck. To Bennett, life itself is a losing proposition...."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...a high body count. Ultimately, that’s not a fulfilling proposition for anyone, no matter how you, uh, slice it...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Then There's This: Housing Chill

Defeat of Proposition 15 poses new challenges for city's affordability goals

"...it was the only one of seven city bond propositions to fail – was a stunning reversal of the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Propositioning the City

Vote! Then go climb a tree

"...I'm not 18 so I can't vote, but Proposition 9 brings up some issues for me. I live..."

Nov. 6, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Lawless

Abundantly violent yet decidedly listless, there’s very little kick to this moonshining picture from director John Hillcoat and musician/screenwriter Nick Cave.

"...Cave to make the dark, brooding Australian Western, The Proposition, their pairing in Lawless results in a film that..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sanctum

When spelunkers rappel into a remote cave and get trapped by storm runoff, the plot and dialogue become as soggy as the characters.

"...CGI, which is still a difficult, dangerous, and time-comsuming proposition 22 years after Cameron revolutionized water-soaked drama with The..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

That's No Spelled Y-E-S

Statesman editorial rewrites Stop Domain Subsidy history: Leffingwell's staff furious

"...with local employers. They claim: Leffingwell strongly supported a proposition last fall that would have forced the city to..."

March 6, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Storm

German film is a trite tale of youthful angst and closeted sexual confusion about what really happens at those wild and crazy rowing camps that keep all of Bavaria abuzz.

"...everyone else, though, this is strictly a been-there, done-him proposition. Tobi (Stadlober) lusts for pal Achim (Ullmann), who is..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: When Does 'Open' Mean 'Closed'?

The open-government charter amendment is a special-interest wolf in populist sheep's clothing

"...any kind of economic-development proposal. The so-called "Open Government" proposition is not, as some have claimed, a well-intentioned but..."

April 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

"...any other kind). It must have seemed a can’t-miss proposition: Brad Pitt as the voice of the world’s most..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...inevitable -- has seemed from the start a risky proposition. The original had no real story to speak of,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playing by Heart

"...spectrum of years, love can be a most challenging proposition...."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Snake Eyes

"...Kevin Dunn. Snake Eyes is a gamble, a chancy proposition. Confined to a single setting --a sprawling Atlantic City..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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