Barton Springs 'Facts' in Letter Are Wrong
"...water quality of Barton Springs is still well within swimming criteria. However, it is likely that uncontrolled urbanization in..."
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Syriana
One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.
"...of their young sons is accidentally electrocuted in the swimming pool of a powerful Gulf emir, and who is..."
Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
'Secuestro Express'
Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'
"...circumstances with the prices of oil, we would be swimming in money right now. When he got Venezuela, the..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King
5x2
Ozon's film begins at the end and leads backward over the slow death of a couple's marital bliss, but even while we’re flipping through the snapshots of two people’s disenchantment with each other, it never feels tawdry or excessive or, for that matter, very interesting.
"...afield from his most recent film, 2003’s Hichcockian homage Swimming Pool, and while there’s no Ludivine Sagnier – or..."
Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.
"...aside, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is pure magic, swimming as it is in a black-treacle riptide of astonishing..."
July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
TCB
Austin rallies to help Jon Dee Graham's son save his legs
"...by forcing the femur out of its socket), and swimming...."
June 24, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Luv Doc Recommends: Hunter Darby Presents SXSW Showcase
Emo's, Sunday, March 20, 2005
"...night thinking that the turd is in the SXSW swimming pool, think again. This soiree’s just getting started. Wird..."
March 18, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc
Day Trips
Abilene State Park is an oasis in the parched, red-dirt prairie
"...over every year," she says. "Everybody remembers the cold swimming pool."..."
Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
If Athens, Texas, hosted the Olympic Games instead of its Grecian namesake, we would see an entirely different lineup of sports
"...television cameras won't be crowding the view at the synchronized-swimming event. But you'll have to bring your own swimmers..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Clearing
Despite the contributions of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.
"...blissfully placid as the surface of the couple’s gorgeous swimming pool, until one evening Wayne fails to return from..."
July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Westward Ho!
In-progress or proposed developments for near-western Hill Country rise overnight like so many toxic mushrooms
"...you can – before the creeks turn muddy, the swimming holes run dry, and the tree-covered hills give way..."
May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Peter Pan
There's a definite sexual tension between Peter and Wendy in this live-action Pan that's heavy on the special effects.
"...sidekick Tinker Bell (Sagnier, last seen oozing sex in Swimming Pool) and promptly fly off with him to Neverland,..."
Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...new wastewater treatment plant, Wimberley officials announced Wednesday. The swimming hole is routinely named as among the top swimming..."
Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Pieces of April
A Thanksgiving from hell with the family and all the neighbors upstairs.
"...tone, which can veer from zany to mean-spirited to swimming in bathos in a few short scenes. One scene..."
Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Cold Creek Manor
Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone are home alone in a haunted house in this film that was not screened before press time.
"...a crumbling Southern manse complete with rusting playscapes, deadly swimming pools, and a mysterious tenant in the attic. Add..."
Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Luv Doc Recommends: Summer 2003 H2Ho Show
Elks Lodge, Friday, September 19, 2003
"...and check out Austin’s best and only renegade feminist synchronized-swimming team, the H2HOs. After all of the dust and..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc
Grind
"...Tony Alva catching righteous air above some nameless SoCal swimming pool, with the pristine azure of the California sky..."
Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Naked City
Daily Cops to Spring Sins
"...suggests Barton Springs and Barton Creek are unsafe for swimming. That would have included the headline of the original..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: The Toxic Agenda
The Statesman's sensational report on Barton Springs is much less than meets the eye.
"...easily manipulated dot-com survey was "Do you feel safe swimming in Barton Creek?" The choices were "I haven't felt..."
Jan. 24, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Punch-Drunk Love
Sandler plays a socially inept, outwardly calm warehouse worker who harbors a maelstrom of rage.
"...nothing has more than its share of scary monsters swimming just below the surface. Punch-Drunk Love ratchets up the..."
Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips
"...I-35 don't be fooled by the entrance. The natural swimming pool below the main road is just a diversionary..."
Aug. 16, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Naked City
Happenings
"...by local politicians, entertainment by the Austin Angelfish synchronized swimming team and Fire by Jenny and Adam fire spinners,..."
Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature
The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology
"...course, there's Barton Springs Pool, the magnificent 68-degree spring-fed swimming hole that's the centerpiece of Zilker Park on the..."
Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature
The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King
The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"...The difficulty was that when they stopped swimming and began to thrash around -- because, for example,..."
Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
Naked City
"...Austin's first Adult Swimming Championships also will be held July 6 at Walnut..."
July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
H2 Hos
"...Video clips from this feminist synchronized swimming group's underwater ballet performed last year will screen in..."
June 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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Our readers talk back.
"...fond memories of growing up in Central Texas and swimming at Barton Springs, or now find a moment of..."
May 10, 2002 Column
The Beauty of the Beast
Austin's IMAX theatre opts not to screen the newly remastered Disney film.
"...transplants a classic kid fantasy to the gargantuan screen: swimming with dolphins. Dolphins is luminous and enchanting, educational eye..."
Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
La Ciénaga
Martel's debut film is a family portrait of people falling down the class ladder.
"...broken glass strewn about the house's phenomenally murky, never-cleaned swimming pool. With Mecha's freckled, saggy cleavage sutured and patched,..."
Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
A Sense of Place
The focus on regional studies at Southwest Texas State University pays off with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"...that at our peril. It's as though we are swimming in a deep sea, and not paying attention to..."
