In a Lonely Place
Film noir is a cinema of failure
Letters at 3AM
91-120 of 490 entries
Michael Ventura, June 2, 2011
The Bad and the Beautiful
Film noir cuts through the cant of America's idealism
Michael Ventura, May 19, 2011
Miss Beaufort
'If you're to be a writer, you must write every day,' said Miss Beaufort
Michael Ventura, May 5, 2011
Stirling at Road's End
Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out
Michael Ventura, April 21, 2011
Obama, Nukes, and Us
President Barack Obama fudges the truth of his nuclear policies
Michael Ventura, April 7, 2011
The Inevitability of the Unexpected
The unexpected always happens
Michael Ventura, March 24, 2011
SXSW: Let Me Guess
Rio eyed Shreveport. Shreveport eyed Rio.
Michael Ventura, March 10, 2011
Some Kind of a Man
After a certain age, there's no avoiding how death is a permanent part of life
Michael Ventura, Feb. 24, 2011
A Prayer at the End of My Rope
The crucial element of prayer is "no alibis"
Michael Ventura, Feb. 10, 2011
A Sweetness of Brick
Old New York is gone; only the replicas remain
Michael Ventura, Jan. 27, 2011
Life as We Don't Know It
Our planet casts a shadow
Michael Ventura, Jan. 13, 2011
Improvising the Coming World
A planetary culture is crystallizing
Michael Ventura, Dec. 31, 2010
Shindig on Effie Street
The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art
Michael Ventura, Dec. 17, 2010
Of Mayhem and Delight
The Keystone films, especially those of Charles Chaplin, reflected the present and heralded the future
Michael Ventura, Dec. 3, 2010
The Palin-Obama Convergence
Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are actually the same person
Michael Ventura, Nov. 19, 2010
Who's That Girl?
Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius
Michael Ventura, Nov. 5, 2010
Where We Actually Live: Part II
The country the tea partiers want back no longer exists
Michael Ventura, Oct. 22, 2010
Where We Actually Live
A nation that lets its infrastructure crumble will wake one fine day to find itself crippled
Michael Ventura, Oct. 8, 2010
Beginnings
How I learned that writing for publication wasn't just about me
Michael Ventura, Sept. 24, 2010
The 'Austin Sun' Gets Hung
Old Austin Sun writers may have expected to hang, but not in a museum
Michael Ventura, Sept. 10, 2010
The Thing About Words
Words are the property of all
Michael Ventura, Aug. 27, 2010
Jesus Walking the Panhandle
The Christian cross is a question mark
Michael Ventura, Aug. 13, 2010
For All Reasons
Terry Allen's music reflects the Lubbock mindset
Michael Ventura, July 30, 2010
A Fallen Catholic in a Fallen Church
I can't hide from my sins and, now, neither can the church
Michael Ventura, July 16, 2010
Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July
A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire
Michael Ventura, July 2, 2010
A Night in Barcelona
The collision between human truths and political truths results in no truth
Michael Ventura, June 18, 2010
In the Margins of Oligarchy
Society is created by a mass of individual choices
Michael Ventura, June 4, 2010
A Paradox of Oligarchy
'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government
Michael Ventura, May 21, 2010
Of Tiers and Tears
The isolation of the Professional Tier is the single most destructive element in American society today
Michael Ventura, May 7, 2010
'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)
The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers
