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Summer Hours
The French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Demonlover) has upped his game with this new work of uncommonly lyrical humanism.
"...we tend to regard the things we accumulate as representative of lives well- or ill-spent. Be they possessions of..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Believing the Children
In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution
"...Asked recently about this history, a cemetery representative told the Chronicle that the police had indeed been..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Critic vs. Blogger Myth
Or: Why Critics Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Web
"...can accommodate by focusing on only one element as representative of the whole format...."

March 25, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools
Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature
"...Statement From Representative Garnet F. Coleman on Governor Perry's Emergency Declaration Regarding..."

Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Trouble at Station 15
Austin firefighter sues city after officials stonewall unequal treatment
"...abrupt reversal once her complaint was filed, a department representative told a KTBC-TV reporter that the EEOC had "not..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

WilCo
Close calls suggest WilCo is turning, well, purple anyway
"...Diana Maldonado's victory over Bryan Daniel in the state representative District 52 race as confirmation they can and will..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...the lovebirds were immediately rebuffed. As Tomlin recalls: "The representative said, 'I don't mean to offend anyone, but we..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
It seems rather churlish to complain about entertainment aimed at little girls, who almost never get big-budget movies made just for them, nevertheless … this movie substitutes pluck and spunk for drama and sparkle.
"...a child. American Girl supplies, alongside each of its era-representative dolls, detailed historical backstories, and should that allow still..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Burning Questions
And we wonder why nobody votes
"...Hoo, boy. It's not a great moment for representative government...."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Obamarama This Saturday
Rally at Eastwoods Park this weekend
"...April 16, 2008 -- US Congressman Lloyd Doggett, State Representative Mark Strama, Austin Councilman Mike Martinez, and Glen Maxey..."

April 18, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Meeker and Former Treasurer
Former lobbyist and Leffingwell supporter alleges ad violated Texas election law
"...due at the Chronicle. As treasurer he is a representative of Meeker’s campaign, so unless he thought this up,..."

April 16, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Circle C Democrats Inaugural Meeting Saturday
Dems assert themselves in Republican stronghold
"...C AREA DEMOCRATS Congressman Lloyd Doggett and State House Representative Valinda Bolton to Speak As the Heated Primary Race..."

Feb. 27, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Ventura Needs to Expand His Focus so He Can Realize How Corrupt the Democratic Party Is
"...structural mission: acting as the working class' sole political representative, frustrating the working class' needs and desires, and ensuring..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Postmarks

Dem Endorsement Roundup
Dukes shut out in big endorsement meeting of Democratic clubs.
"...sweep 427th Jim Coronado: clean sweep Karyl Krug: State Representative, District 46 Brian Thompson: TED, CAPD, SWAD, SAD, CAAAD..."

Jan. 17, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City
"...• U.S. representative and presidential hopeful Ron Paul may be the Republican..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

Page Two: Ego and Conscience
As citizens with the right to vote, we are responsible for what our government does
"...take is that this is still very much a representative country and that, despite the ample destruction and enormous..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Holly
Ron Livingston plays a lost soul in Cambodia who rescues a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, who has been sold as a prostitute by her parents.
"...of good that’ll do him in Phnom Penh. (A representative of the Coalition Against Victims of Human Trafficking will..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: Citizens Needed
The city is considering charter revision, but the citizens are still yawning
"...can draw a map that would ensure an African-American representative. And I don't think the voters will accept that..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Capturing the Dragon
Two Dem Challengers contend for CD 10
"...it doesn't have a legitimate say in who the representative is going to be. The representative is picked by..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

More on CD 10
The Democratic candidates discuss the issues
"...is national government health care without an insurance company representative in between and it's been winning awards for its..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Pearce Gets a New Principal
High test scores at what cost?
"...a list of 50 complaints submitted to a union representative. Texas Education Agency statistics show Deady's operating expenditures dropped..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Melanie Sobel's Letter
Former Williamson Co. animal shelter director Melanie Sobel's open letter defending her record and recounting her experiences with Williamson Co. government
"...first meeting of the committee comprised of participating cities’ representatives (later to become Board members) in August of 2006,..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Evan Almighty
Steve Carell's new film is a mild laffer instead of a divine comedy.
"...the role of God, who commands a freshman congressional representative (who has just moved with his family from Buffalo..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SOS Files for Bankruptcy
The stalwart defenders of Barton Springs reorganize in face of court loss.
"...of hyper-sprawl and are undermining our basic concepts of representative democracy. Most of the public and media are unaware..."

April 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits
Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?
"...A Mueller representative said that the initial "Pioneer Program" has involved a..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

We Were the Urban Pioneers
Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown
"...we change the identity of every condo-marketing and sales representative we came in contact with on the high lonesome..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Miss Potter
This Renée Zelweger movie about the life of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter lacks dramatic tension and a sense of purpose.
"...seems to trouble no one in her life.) Her representative at Warne & Co., Norman Warne (a wide-eyed, thickly..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beside the Point
City Council wants to grant workers collective bargaining rights, needs Lege approval
"...enacted, we'd petition eligible workers to be their sole representative." Once approved, the group would "start the wheels" to..."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

One Down, 30-Something to Go
Gibson "art guitar" advertisement, uhh, public art swiped from downtown.
"...all torn up. "I'm really disappointed. This is not representative of the Austin that I know. Not only are..."

Feb. 20, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Champion of the World Cinema
Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam
"...finding great films and finding films that are most representative of their cultures and that best educate new viewers..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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