AltWeeklies Wire
Hit Like a Girlnew
Women boxers in a man's world.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
02-14-2013 |
Sports
Texas loses money by ignoring children's needsnew
Advocacy group Texans Care for Children last week released a new year-long study finding that Texas spends $14.3 billion and $20 billion more than the rest of the country every year because it fails to address child well-being.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-13-2013 |
Children & Families
'Beautiful Creatures' embraces "classic stupidity"new
There is exactly one fascinating line of dialog in writer-director Richard LaGravenese's faux gothic Beautiful Creatures.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
Reviews
Michael Haneke's 'Amour' holds a mirror to Death's harrowing facenew
In Michael Haneke's Amour, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are an affectionate elderly French couple enjoying their twilight years in comfort.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
Reviews
'House of Cards': Netflix and the Reinvention of TVnew
A skeleton unearthed beneath a parking lot in Leicester is, according to DNA analysis, the physical remains of Richard III, the Plantagenet king vilified by William Shakespeare.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-13-2013 |
TV
Tags: David Fincher, House of Cards
A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew
In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Lawrence Wright
Roman Polanski doc a winner at Jewish Film Festnew
On September 26, 2009, Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski took a plane to Switzerland, where he was going to receive an award from the Zurich Film Festival.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt Hip-hop hero MURS comes to The Korovanew
Ever wish you could satisfy your lust for hip-hop without overlooking messages that degrade women, glamorize gun and drug culture, and are willfully un-empathetic?
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
02-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Venom or Vino?new
If you find yourself in Albuquerque any time soon, I have two suggestions. Number one is a visit to the American International Rattlesnake Museum in Old Town. Really.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Texas whisky beats Scotland's finest in London blind tastingnew
It seemed like history repeating itself last December when Balcones Single Malt Whisky beat out the competition in a blind tasting in London, England.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Strippers at peril, military befuddled about sex regsnew
Strippers in local clubs can stick to their pasties, for now.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Interview with 'The Invisible War' director Kirby Dicknew
Q: The Invisible War premiered at Sundance last year, shortly after news broke on San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base scandal.
San Antonio Current |
Joy-Marie Scott |
01-30-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipelinenew
The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Environment
'The Invisible War': will a win at the Oscars change anything for raped women in the military?new
Of this year's Oscar-nominated films, none is more relevant to Military City, USA than Kirby Dick's The Invisible War.
San Antonio Current |
Joy-Marie Scott |
01-30-2013 |
Movies
A$AP Rocky: 'Long. Live. A$AP'new
A$AP Rocky’s Long. Live. A$AP is the latest ushering in of rap relevance.
San Antonio Current |
M. R. Brown |
01-30-2013 |
Reviews
