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Sweat in Your Crack: The Schadentrack
A sweaty, itchy look at this summer's freaky discs.

May 29, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

A Curiosity, Tough to Crack
The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Don Bernier's 'In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian'
"...their sprawling 19th-century mansion, the walls covered with the nut-cracker murals she'd painted. (The admission charge was $3 and..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Will AISD Crack Down on Special Ed?
Advocates decry district's trend from 'disability' to 'discipline'

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Reefer Madness
Feds ease harsh penalties on crack defendants
"...The first step toward eliminating the much-reviled 100-to-1 crack-to-powder-cocaine sentencing scheme took effect Nov. 1, with federal sentencing..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness
Convicted drug felons slated for early release this week under new crack-cocaine guidelines
"...Thanks to long-awaited changes to federal crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, adopted last year by the U.S. Sentencing..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup 12/23/10
News from the frontline of the drug war
"...Additional reform to crack sentencing laws on the horizon? Could it be?..."

Dec. 23, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 12/9/11
Get your fix of drug war news
"...treatment, lawmakers ask for pot rescheduling, and fixing the crack law disparity...."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

There Goes the Neighborhood
Ray Pride's 'Beauty School' Crack Pipes: No day at the ballpark
"...setting is a fine backdrop for talking music with Crack Pipes vocalist Ray Pride (né Colgan). As the stadium..."

July 29, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Last Days Here
The three-decade descent into full-time drug-taking by Bobby Liebling, the theatrical lead singer of the hard-rock group Pentagram, is revealed in this moving documentary.
"...Bobby Liebling looks like Gandalf on crack, which, in a way, he is. Once upon a..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Under the Shadow
A mother and her son are stuck in a war zone in this Iranian horror film
"...levels as mother and child (mostly mom) begin to crack under the strain of Iraqi bombings and the mysterious,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reefer Roundup: 6/3/11
Your dose of drug war news
"...medi-pot bills, Attorney General Eric Holder supports making new crack sentencing law retroactive, and a bunch of international honchos..."

June 3, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Red River Valley
Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues
"...Playdoh Squad, Madcow, Free Range Bastards, Squat Thrust, the Crack Pipes, and -- goodness -- probably three or four..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dark Days
"...feels forced or manhandled into shape. Interviewing Dee, the crack addict (crack is the true scourge here, with most,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaft
Three Shafts are definitely worse than one in this failed revival of the blaxploitation classic
"...come together in this latest incarnation of Shaft to crack jokes and kick butt in a movie seemingly programmed..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Suspiria
Giallo remake uses dark magic to give women their voices
"...Guadagnino’s remake of the essential giallo horror film, bones crack and urine squirts as girls fling and gyrate their..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Great Buster: A Celebration
Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton
"...wealth of archive footage, Bogdanovich never truly puts a crack in the facade of the man known as the..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ben-Hur
We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again
"...(Huston), a Jewish prince, and Roman soldier Messala (Kebbell) crack whips and trade taunts like Fast & Furious pedal-to-the-metalheads...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elvis & Nixon
Now we can do more than wonder about the day these two men met
"...a longtime fancier of guns and badges, had the crackpot notion that he should be appointed to the nonexistent..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wild Tales
Anthology film from Argentina finds the dark humor in six revenge stories
"...Snap! That’s the crack of people teetering on the verge in each of..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sabotage
Ugly and mean-spirited, this Schwarsenegger action film starts off badly, and gets dumber as it progresses.
"...as it progresses. John “Breacher” Wharton (Schwarzenegger) leads a crack DEA team – the best of the best –..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

21 & Over
Some clever moments rescue this fall-down-drunk comedy from its baser instincts.
"...charms, but there are enough inventive sight gags and whip-crack one-liners here to make one wish the filmmakers hadn’t..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Parker
Action star Jason Statham plays the latest screen version of Donald E. Westlake's master thief Parker.
"...is serious stuff, but would it kill him to crack a smile? Or did he have a “no teeth”..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Keep the Lights On
"...has fallen away), Paul takes a hit off a crack pipe as an overture to lovemaking – but not..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11
Your roundup of drug war news
"...books in Texas, and the connection between Facebook and crack...."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Contagion
Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.
"...Trapper John McIntyre (Elliott Gould) work, uh, feverishly to crack the viral code. Social chaos, including looting, burning, and..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Hair
In this thoughtful documentary, Chris Rock touches on – if by no means produces a definitive telling of – many facets of the highly charged topic of African-American hair.
"...never hectors; he makes his point, as befitting a crack comedian, in quick barbs and cutaway looks to the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Scenesters
"...trail of a serial killer, although they try to crack the case on their own without informing the cops...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beeswax
This Austin-shot indie from Andrew Bujalski is a remarkably naturalistic slice of life.
"...or otherwise. There are moments in it that will crack an unexpected and genuine smile across your face, not..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Valkyrie
Tom Cruise seems somewhat out of place as a German officer in this thriller about the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life in July 1944.
"...There's more honest suspense in waiting for him to crack a smile (he doesn't, or at least not the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nicolas Cage is again on the prowl in this sequel to the 2004 smash success.
"...cause; enlists a plucky cast of fellow hunters, code crackers, and danger enthusiasts (including the unsung Bartha, as Gates’..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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