Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Alex Gibney's doc penetrates the church's cloak of secrecy
"...Since its inception, the Church of Scientology has obsessively shrouded itself in an impenetrable cloak of..."
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Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
My Scientology Movie
Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow
"...feels like there’s a takedown of the Church of Scientology every other month on one format or another –..."
March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
AFS Grant Winner Over the Rainbow Explores Scientology Beyond the Drama
Finding empathy where there is none
"...for connection. But this isn't really a movie about Scientology. "It's really using Scientology as a lens to look..."
May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes
Disappointed With Dunbar's Coverage on Scientology Protests
"...of the Feb. 10 protests of the Church of Scientology [“Naked City,” News, Feb. 15]. He focused on the..."
Feb. 14, 2008 Postmarks
Alex Gibney Strikes Again
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief premieres
"...Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, the new film by..."
March 29, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright explores the origins and alleged abuses of the Church of Scientology
"...Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Beliefby Lawrence Wright Knopf,..."
Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones
Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book
"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”
"...ADR: Oh shit. That was the Clear Channel/Scientology interview!..."
March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Even in the face of truth ...
"...Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Beliefby Lawrence Wright Vintage,..."
Oct. 25, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland
Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival
First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books
"...• Lawrence Wright (Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief, The Looming Tower..."
July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Author Elizabeth Crook Honored With Texas Writer Award
The Which Way Tree novelist heads to the Texas Book Festival
"...Master of the Senate) and Lawrence Wright (Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief, and journalistic legend..."
July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
AFS Doc Days Gets Cool With Miles Davis
Three day celebration of true tales returns for second year
"...be another AFS grant recipient, Jeffrey Peixoto, with his Scientology doc Over the Rainbow. In a different kind of..."
April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers
Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary
"...Road to 9/11 and the book behind Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief...."
July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Zero Days
Chilling cyber warfare doc explores the Stuxnet virus
"...Dark Side and last year’s cult creep-out Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief makes other socially conscious..."
July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
"Agree to Disagree: 2015 Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition"
The exhibit by UT graduate students is a mix that ranges from impressive to downright disappointing
"...clings to pop nuance with paintings influenced by his Scientology auditing sessions. Neither impactful nor particularly unique, White seems..."
May 15, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood
First Authors Announced for Texas Book Festival
Marquee names run the gamut from Amis to Ziggy
"...shows him turning his incisive and insightful eye from Scientology back to the political realm. His focus this time..."
July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires
Attack of the Cybermen
Activism empowered by the Internet
"...It butted heads with the infamously litigious Church of Scientology before engaging and breaching the servers of the Tunisian..."
March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Boys Life 3
"...famous former abusee Christina Crawford), a frothy camp tone, Scientology satire, and a jejune romantic-comedy storyline. (It's a bit..."
April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Lucky Numbers
"...in Michael) and writer Adam Resnick (Cabin Boy), Travolta's Scientology experiment gone awry seems downright sublime. Mind you, he's..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bowfinger
"...wit and effective satire (mainly skewering easy targets like Scientology, L.A. movie culture, and brain-dead blockbuster films) despite a..."
Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Schizopolis
Soderbergh works both sides of the camera as actor, writer, and director of this most personal – and idiosyncratic – of all his projects.
"...an employee at some sort of vague but pervasive Scientology-like organization called Eventualism, led by elliptical self-help guru T...."
Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Pop Oddity Caroline Rose Explores Ambition's Seedy Underbelly
Her first Austin album follows a character moving to L.A.
"...have revealed a much-loved "seedy underbelly," not to mention Scientology and alien conspiracists in tin foil hats. These lengthy..."
Feb. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year
Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read
"...Think Lawrence Wright and books, and you think nonfiction..."
Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Luv Doc: Fast and Furious
Tornadoes are a dime a dozen in Oklahoma
"...In the words of comedienne Rita Rudner, "I don't..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc
Eastside's Past and Present Revealed in John Mulvany's Latest Exhibit
Secure the Perimeter" at grayDUCK Gallery asks, “What if the outside force is an inside job?”
"...(A quick fact check reveals that they're from a Scientology "personality test" pamphlet.)..."
Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Uncovers a Crime Too Terrible to Stay Buried
An assassination to hide an atrocity
"...and bizarre. It's like a combination of Hezbollah and Scientology."..."
May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright
With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment
"...a subject (be it bin Laden, Texas politics, or Scientology), he picks up on things most people might sense..."
April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki
Point Austin: Welcome to the Future
Texas is just like America, only more so
"...reporting for The New Yorker and his books about Scientology (Going Clear, 2013) and international terrorism (The Looming Tower,..."
March 16, 2018 News Column by Michael King
The Luv Doc: A Long, Painful Russian Belt Tattoo
Love is the wild card of human existence
"...People don't just get tattoos for love, they do..."
June 23, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc
"The First Horizons of Juno" at MASS Gallery
Within this smart and variable group show are three works that are muscular, robust, something to pump your fist to
"...cult comes to mind, or even L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology, a convincing madness that uses a surreal, dependable logic..."
Oct. 14, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos
Austin Film Festival Full Slate
Marquee names include Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Patton Oswalt
"...My Scientology Movie: Directed by John Dower..."
Sept. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Long Center for the Performing Arts
