Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Match Point

Unoriginal but pleasantly prosaic, Woody Allen's latest is a diverting story of crime, love, and luck that conducts itself with a refreshing absence of moral judgment and omniscience.

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Island

If you like Maxim, you'll love this latest from adrenaline fiend Michael Bay.

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Rize

Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle casts his lens toward the newest L.A. dance craze.

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Tarnation' Sensation

Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

First Daughter

This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Tickets to Paradise

Who tickets what in Austin

"...to be shipped. Today, Emo's uses an independent local start-up called Red River Tickets, which doesn't really service any..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Facing Windows

Overburdened domestic drama from Italy still features some great performances.

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Shrek 2

Shrek reloaded: DreamWorks discovers that it's easy being green.

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mickey

Mega-author John Grisham wrote and financed the making of this Little League baseball film starring Harry Connick Jr.

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In America

The masterful storyteller Jim Sheridan, along with a wonderful cast, tell the story of a family whom you'll never forget.

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jeepers Creepers 2

This horror sequel is more snooze than nightmare.

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...and the former Masonic temple, family-unfriendly bars near Chicon, start-up storefront churches (and the Nation of Islam), and a..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Buffalo Soldiers

On an American military outpost in Europe during the Eighties, the black market economy runs the show.

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gatekeeper

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do Aibos Dream of Electric Corner Kicks?

Gearing up for RoboCup VII

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Two Weeks Notice

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Thang Between Two Wise Guys

Leon and Andy Stayed Up All Night to Make You Laugh

July 13, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

South Austin's Neon Transformers Light Up Life South of the River

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Doubting Thomas

Newly elected Council Member Danny Thomas is in a position to end the fighting over the Place 6 council seat.

"...those established Austin institutions, Eph'phatha might be called a start-up. And the three dozen congregants who followed Pastors Nathanial..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

Media Clips

KUT's new general manager describes his vision for the future of the public radio station.

"...resources to find some of the assessment and initial start-up. On an ongoing basis, those activities should add to..."

July 28, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Pop & Me

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

"...San Antonio's, make subscribers pay for advertising and capital start-up costs by building those expenses into the rates. "You..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Time of Recognition

An excerpt from John Cale's new autobiography, What's Welsh for Zen?

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Victor Bockris

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...a $600,000 low-interest loan to help cover the club's start-up costs. The new and improved Liberty Lunch will open..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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