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This marvelously made agitprop documentary exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania.

"...of the animals performing circus tricks in aquariums, the swimming-with-dolphins industry, or the government recruitment of the sea mammals’..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Matthew McConaughey stars as an oily womanizer who does an about-face in this purported romantic comedy.

"...Robert Evans circa the Seventies: turtleneck and shades and swimming in sex. He's a quaint relic – not nearly..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...looking for him if he didn't return. He started swimming with his phone held in the air, and he..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Bill Would Rotate UIL Events Out of Austin

Father and son lawmakers call for holding high school state competitions in other areas of the state

"...Swimming & Diving: Jamail Texas Swimming Center (UT)..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...temperamental, astrological. What I did at the end of 'Swimming' was rather indulgent: running all the music through the..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

Fort Richardson State Park outside of Jacksboro mixes the story of the Old West with outdoor recreation for the modern family

"...the campground around Lake Jacksboro to a beach with swimming access. The reservoir and the fort's flooded rock quarry..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Last Mistress

The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.

"...and at third unforgettable – is all sullied innocence, swimming, as one character puts it, "in the ocean of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A refreshing, loving look at summer culture from photographer Will van Overbeek and watercolorist Melissa Grimes

"...in water. We are blessed with many options for swimming, from Barton Springs to Galveston...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Playing Through

The air sex competition at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz last week featured something that should be inherent in all sporting events, serious fun

"...champion is crowned. Just like rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming. Only instead of a gold medal, the winner gets..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"...whatever comes out of the Live Music Task Force." Swimming With Cats..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

San Antonio's San Pedro Springs eternal

"...the yells of children playing in the oldest public swimming pool in Texas...."

July 4, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Beside the Point

New council begins – then takes a month off

"...1981, "The first day after the election I went swimming in Barton Springs. ... I now consider it part..."

July 4, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Alain Delon: 5-Film Collection

Former French marine and Sinatra-esque tough guy Alain Delon burned froid et chaud with the best of them

"...more from this five-film set on three DVDs. The Swimming Pool (1969) teams the then-midthirtysomething actor with an equally..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Paranoid Park

Gus Van Sant's new film about young male skateboarders is breathtaking, heartbreaking, tragic, gorgeous, and psychically true all at the same time.

"...Sant's film blows them all out of the empty swimming pool with the quiet clatter of skate wheels on..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Counting Water'

Third-Place Winner

"...arms swoosh through the clearness; my round torso, weightless. Swimming is tranquil and floaty, like I imagine heaven...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Carolyn Lindell

Sharks and Stingrays Exploited by Club

"...of their stimulus-rich environment. The artificial confinement and limited swimming space are so alien and restrictive that their metabolism..."

Nov. 5, 2007 Postmarks

Another Side of Travis Heights

In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change

"...at Travis Park until recently. [The Heights has] a swimming pool with swimming lessons that keeps kids occupied. There's..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

King of California

Michael Douglas plays a wild-eyed dreamer who sways his daughter and friend into digging clandestinely for treasure underneath a California superstore.

"...It’s a life defined by premature adulthood, a 15-year-old swimming hard in a sea of responsibility. And then there’s..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Priming the Springs

Although last Thursday's official City Council pool-cleaning was postponed by weather, the master-plan tour of the facilities at Barton Springs Pool proceeded despite the gentle rain

"..."I like to say I've been swimming in Barton Springs since before I was born," Searcy..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Safe to Swim? Yup!

Is it safe to swim at Hippy Hollow yet, without risking a dose of something nasty? We ask the experts.

"...some bacterial infection), that it was a bit like swimming in a toilet. Unfortunately he was underestimating the situation...."

July 18, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Despite the hardships depicted, Golden Door is a sweet film that plays witness to the immigrant birth pangs of modern America.

"...with his immigrant family's outsized expectations: Characters are seen swimming, literally, in a milky sea, and silver dollars fall..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...• It's generally agreed that fecal matter in swimming areas and exhaust fumes from aging diesel machinery are..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

It’s a soggy true-crime drama – too serious to be trashy, too trashy to be serious.

"...are parties and Zack loses his virginity in a swimming pool, he might not make it back to Claremont..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Add these destinations to your checklist of must-do day trips

"...summer in Texas you need to be near a swimming hole, and the best swimming hole in the state..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Millie Bush Bark Park on the west side of Houston is the best leash-free dog park in Texas

"...majority of the dogs at the park were either swimming out to retrieve a ball or cooling off in..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Our readers talk back.

"...to save the soul of our city, the best swimming pool in North America. Vote for Props 1 and..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Our readers talk back.

"...one of our sources of drinking water, or one swimming hole, even if it is the best urban swimming..."

April 14, 2006 Column

SOS Supports Propositions

"...one of our sources of drinking water, or one swimming hole, even if it is the best urban swimming..."

April 12, 2006 Postmarks

Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story

Tristram Shandy’s inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom’s chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.

"...by Coogan’s real-life tabloid dalliances). Coogan (the character) is swimming in it: fighting off predatory journalists, jockeying for leading-man..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Our readers talk back.

"...water quality of Barton Springs is still well within swimming criteria. However, it is likely that uncontrolled urbanization in..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column

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