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Trouble With the Curve

Despite its love of baseball lore, this film, starring Clint Easstwood and Amy Adams, is really a melodrama about the reconciliation of a father and daughter.

"...last year’s metrics-based baseball picture Moneyball. Trouble With the Curve, this autumn’s boys-of-summer movie, is a testament to the..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Ahead of the Curve with aGLIFF
Groundbreaking queer magazine Curve changes with the times
"...were in the process of filming Ahead of the Curve, a docu-portrait of Curve magazine founder Frances “Franco” Stevens,..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Energy Sets the Curve
Stakeholders weigh in on top choice to lead utility
"...manager, there's been a lot of talk about "learning curves," as in: Given the unique culture of Texas –..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Learning Curve
Bill Hader on his schooling in comedy at SNL
"...that experience, or was there more of a learning curve?..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Ahead of the Curve with aGLIFF
Groundbreaking queer magazine Curve changes with the times

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Learning Curve
Lessons from the Long Center's first six months
"...that over these past six months. While the learning curve for a new facility like the Long Center is..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Developing Stories: The Rail Learning Curve
Spillar outlines city plan to avoid Cap Metro's missteps

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Prodigy
Childhood possession horror leaves us in two minds
"...quickly proves to be far ahead of the developmental curve, inspiring his parents to place their quick learner in..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Graduation
A man goes to great lengths to secure a better life for his daughter
"...Mungiu’s other films, but it definitely sits above the curve...."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pioneers or Settlers?
Balancing renewables and affordability at AE
"...and utilities falling behind the solar + storage adoption curve and long-term risks from a comprehensive re-imagining of the..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

From the Vaults: John Goodman's Very Good Year
John Goodman adds zest to Flight, Argo, and Trouble With the Curve
"...last quarter – Flight, Argo, and Trouble With the Curve – Goodman has turned supporting character roles into memorable..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. 3000
This Bernie Mac baseball flick is standard genre fare.
"...and no-nonsense moral center, Mr. 3000 throws the occasional curve ball. You’ll have to wade through endless montages (of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Lotto Land
"...keep hope alive as they realize that the pleasure curve in their lives is rapidly flattening. That lottery ticket..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Patrick Taggart

Rookie of the Year
"...I went after Rookie of the Year... fast ball, curve ball and sinker. Henry Rowengartner (Nicholas) is a likeable..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Verde Report: Relax, Austin FC’s First Month Isn’t as Bad as It Looks
“It’s not like we’re behind the curve. We’re right there.”
"...really good opposition. It’s not like we’re behind the curve. We’re right there...."

March 22, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Austin at Large: The Big Engine That Must
Proposition A is wobbling around the final curve. We can’t let it derail.
"...is Prop A wobbling as it rounds this final curve? Because it's a lot of money, and it is..."

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

Austin at Large: How to Wear a Mask
Constructive thoughts from the near side of the curve
"...get us sooner to the far side of the curve and may be necessary to keep us there. “If..."

April 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

From the Vaults: Amy Adams Rules Local Screens
This week's 'It Girl' Amy Adams first enchanted us in 'Junebug'
"...Austin screens today: The Master and Trouble With the Curve. It's a coincidence of timing that both films bow..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City
Two committees of the state House of Representatives express disappointment in the state of Texas' progress on improving its public high school students' access to higher education.

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Qmmunity: Queer History Is Shared History
Plus, Queer Film Theory 101 goes to aGLIFF and more
"...Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow about Ahead of the Curve, their new documentary on Curve magazine founder Frances "Franco"..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes
LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020
"...Tell in Surviving the Silence; and Ahead of the Curve, about Curve Magazine founder Frances “Franco” Stevens and her..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Insert Coin
How Midway Games dominated the arcade business
"...fail, but two of the real killers are learning curve and level design. You can say much the same..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: What Lies on the Queer Horizon
Plus, a voguing masterclass, digital drag, and more
"...virtual lineup, including closing night film Ahead of the Curve, Jen Rainin's doc on the evolution of the lez..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Seaholm: The railroad conundrum
Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.
"...site, that north-end crosshatched line and the eastern Seaholm curve would be subsumed by the full-scale redevelopment that is..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Peglegasus
Texas Platters
"...PeglegasusLearning Curve..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Luv Doc: Cat Corpses in Your Rearview
Keep your head on a swivel
"...not everybody is in the meat of the bell curve, or it wouldn't be a curve. It sounds like..."

March 30, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Page Two: New Jersey Reverie
Autumn rain, returning memories
"...(not always ably), one would come down around a curve to see the Hudson River ahead. The road followed..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Showcases
All the SXSW showcases that fit
"...down the street this year. – Audra Schroeder Learning Curve Records..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

The Art of Schlock
A conversation with Shock Festival art director Tim Bradstreet
"...TB: I did Black Man's Curve, starring Leon Curve. We were doing the blaxploitation films,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Piece of Work
Erika Kjorlie takes auto worship to the next level with a series of photo transfers showing parts of custom cars in antique-looking colors and deckled edges.
"...Dead Man's CurvePhoto transfer on paper, by Erika Kjorlie..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

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