AFS Cinema
Volume 21, Number 21
news
Who Will Rule Mueller?
Can the city keep the Mueller redevelopment project on course?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Can Edison Pass the AISD Test?
AISD considers hiring Edison Schools Inc. for East Austin.
BY JORDAN SMITH
How Many Villas = MF-6?
NUNA residents feel betrayed, but Villas supporters say the proposed apartment complex is better than the alternative.
BY LAURI APPLE
What's In a Name?
Would the real Austin Film Commission please stand up?
BY MICHAEL KING
The Devilish Details
Council holds a hearing on the new Brackenridge lease plan.
BY LAURI APPLE
Not Empowered Yet
East Austin gets passed over for a HUD empowerment zone.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
KUT and Paste
KUT does major reconstructive surgery on its schedule, risking the wrath of change-phobic listeners.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Here Comes the Naderhood
Preview of Ralph Nader and Democracy Rising's visit to Austin
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
BY LAURI APPLE
Enron's Lengthening Shadow
Suddenly, Enron finds itself devalued in every sense, including politically.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The roots of the Seton and CSC conundrums
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Lowdown
Enron's true crimes are the legal things it did; Boeing patriotically rips off us taxpayers; and Bob Barr acts like a crack smoker.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Restaurants on the Road
Where to dine on I-35
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
The story behind the sale of the third long-time Austin hospitality business
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: More Roadside Cafes
music
Collegia Musikum
How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today
BY ROBI POLGAR
Dancing About Architecture
KUT gets a facelift; the Flatlanders resurrect.
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
Okkervil River
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Li'l Cap'n Travis
Lonesome and Losin'
Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark
Together at the Bluebird Cafe
Ten Speed
Big Mono
Astroblast
This Will Help You On Your Way
Primordial Undermind
Beings of Game P-U
Grupo Fantasma
Grupo Fantasma
Johnny Bush
Green Snakes
screens
Hi Mom, I'm Home
On the heels of threatened industry strikes and life-changing world events, this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah featured more deals, more attendees, and more stars.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Mutant Genius
Greg Falcon makes very funny "fanimutation" -- animation in the style of "Web celeb" Neil Cicierega, some kid from the 'burbs who also happens to be very funny.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
The New iMac: Futurism Is So Passé
The new iMac may not be the fastest desktop machine on the block, but it's a real good dancer.
BY MICHAEL CONNOR
Short Cuts
The Alamo Drafthouse is feelin' alright, while the rest of Austin isn't feeling too good itself.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Life ain't the only thing that's like a box of chocolates -- talk shows are, too!
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Charlotte Gray
The Count of Monte Cristo
I Am Sam
Lantana
Lantana is an unconventional suspense film that succeeds on a smaller, more intimate scale. The avoidance of deus-ex-machina plot twists and the reliance upon tension generated by interpersonal situations drives the film. – Marrit Ingman
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Shoot Or Be Shot
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2002
A Walk to Remember
arts & culture
The Dark Goddess Phenom
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Dinosaur Within
In The Dinosaur Within, playwright John Walch links people of vastly different worlds, each of whom has suffered some traumatic loss, to show us the necessity of letting go, and the State Theater Company production communicates that message with compassion, humor, and grace.
Ambiguous Ambassador: SlutForArt
In Ambiguous Ambassador: SlutforArt, choreographer-performer Muna Tseng, working with multimedia artist Ping Chong, has created an elegant elegy to memorialize the art and life of her brother, photographer Tseng Kwon Chi.
A Streetcar Named Desire
In Austin Lyric Opera's production of the opera A Streetcar Named Desire, director Brad Dalton and his design team translate the unsettled mental state of Blanche Dubois into literal elements of the setting, creating a distorted, exaggerated, haunted work.
columns
Page Two
Ralph Nader and the Green Party are willfully naive about the consequences of their recent electoral actions, but events such as their upcoming People Have the Power Tour are the birthplaces of broader, more effective coalitions, the setting for new alliances.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Letters at 3AM
Dictates
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Mr. Smarty Pants
Facts, facts, and more facts
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Windmills play a powerful role both in Texas' past and present.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Whose weekend was more chic: Austin's or Hollywood's? Find out as our Style Avatar ponders the Jingle Ball and the Golden Globes.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
Where else can a teetotaler get the benefits of red wine?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Diabetes can be a problem for HIV-positive people taking drug cocktails.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
In a Vail sports bar, Coach once again meets up with his old pal Cedrick Trout, and the mad-dog Raiders fan isn't in a good mood.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
