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July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov
Temptress Moon
"...Yemang and Ren Lei. Set against the blustering, turn-of-the-century opium trade in China, Chen's newest film resonates on enough..."
July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
King of the Sea
"...pirates following the murder of his parents by vicious opium smugglers, Chi becomes a seafaring vagabond bent on destroying..."
Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
From Hell
"...II Society, American Pimp), the film, which places Depp's opium-addled Scotland Yard Inspector Abberline in the midst of the..."
Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Fightin' Words
Gloves off: Writers duke it out at the Literary Death Match
"...that's to be admired. And the night's sponsored by Opium? Juicier and juicier......"
April 21, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Fallen Angels
Shot as a companion piece to Chungking Express, this film captures Wong Kar-Wai's fascination with young urban pilgrims and their nocturnal wanderings and cinematographer Christopher Doyle's narcotizing wizardry with light and color.
"...by director of photography Christopher Doyle -- a fathomless opium reverie of pooling reds and umbers, streaming white motion..."
April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Desperate Remedies
"...her drapery business, while another former bedmate, the craven opium dealer Fraser (Curtis, in a powerfully squirmy role that..."
July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Coffeetable Books
Dream On
"...Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demonby Barbara Hodgson..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Books Feature by Lindsey Simon
One-Two Punch
Gene Luen Yang's 'Boxers' and 'Saints' duo takes on the Boxer Rebellion
"...It was later revealed that he was actually an opium addict, as well. That's based on a Catholic saint..."
Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon
The Hightower Report
Commander Bush Wins One; and Gifts for a Happier New Year
"...there have had to rely on an illegal crop: opium poppies. Indeed, Afghan farmers account for 93% of the..."
Dec. 28, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
Tandy Quits Drugs
After four years at the helm, Drug Enforcement Administration head Karen Tandy announced Oct. 22 that she is leaving the agency
"...narco agents. Under Tandy, the agency began its international opium and heroin trafficking crackdown, sending agents to Afghanistan to..."
Oct. 28, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith
The Hightower Report
Poppies Up, Bush Down; and Biotech Mutation of Creeping Bentgrass
"...Unfortunately, we're not talking about American corn, but the opium crop in Afghanistan. You remember Afghanistan, don't you? That's..."
Sept. 29, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower
Holy Spider
True crime drama is an indictment of theocracy and misogyny
"...After all, someone is cleansing the streets of sinful, opium-addicted women. Although the vigilante justice meted out is horrific,..."
Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...into fantasies of delirium, nightmare, and death due to opium. It is believed that during this period, Berlioz was..."
July 21, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Victor Frankenstein
This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective
"...Jack Pierce’s iconic, Karloffian monster design of 1931, Victorian opium consumption, and even Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein pop out..."
Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Love
Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey
"...lines such as "Did you ever try sex on opium? It's chill," or "I wanna make movies out of..."
Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Chicken With Plums
From the makers of the animated Persepolis comes this modern-day, live-action Arabian tale.
"...Angel of Death (Baer). Omar Khyayyam poetry is quoted, opium is smoked, and Isabella Rossellini wafts through as a..."
Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Hightower Report
Pop Goes Our Anti-Poppy Policy; and Name Those Nuts!
"...Yes, opium poppies. Afghanistan is by far the world's No. 1..."
Oct. 22, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar yearns for ... patchouli?!
"...got the feeling of having walked into a Chinese opium den. Not that there was opium or any other..."
March 19, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Politics Gift Guide
Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year
"...history of the pot pulp from turn-of-the-20th-century noir about opium addicts (with catchy titles like 1906's Chinatown Charlie the..."
Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Saving the Marx Brothers' childhood home, energy-draining migraines, and more
"...addiction was the 1821 book Confessions of an English Opium Eater, by Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859). De Quincey expressed..."
Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar deems it OK to go without the NYC scarves for the summer, and it's hard not to remember a guy whose art is all over you
"...that I bought in 1982. They were from YSL's Opium collection, and the sheets matched the packaging of the..."
Aug. 8, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Marie Antoinette
Don’t fear the film’s early reviews from Cannes, which too often slighted it for being fluffy (it isn’t, though its heroine is) or ahistorical (it isn’t, though it is contemporary).
"...champagne, masked balls (cue Siouxsie & the Banshees), gambling, opium, gossip, pastries, opera, and her bucolic chateau. Her indulgences..."
Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother
Branwell is a novel describing not so much the arc of Branwell's character as his steady decline
"...his steady decline. Branwell is an alcoholic and an opium addict, and the novel approximates his intoxication brilliantly; his..."
March 24, 2006 Books Review by Jess Sauer
The Madam
In this, her third novel, Julianna Baggott joins her poetic voice with her consummate sense of story to craft a jazzy, soaring tale of the lives of women in West Virginia, circa 1924.
"...employers divulge their weaknesses through lusty urges for sex, opium, and camaraderie. By choosing to set herself apart from..."
Dec. 26, 2003 Books Review by Kate Cantrill
The Madam
In this, her third novel, Julianna Baggott joins her poetic voice with her consummate sense of story to craft a jazzy, soaring tale of the lives of women in West Virginia, circa 1924.
"...employers divulge their weaknesses through lusty urges for sex, opium, and camaraderie. By choosing to set herself apart from..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Books Review by Kate Cantrill
The Quiet American
"...girlfriend Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen), who fills his opium pipe and doesn’t pressure him too much about marriage..."
Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Letter at 3AM
While remembering September 11, we owe it to ourselves to remember what its horrors have been shamelessly manipulated to obscure.
"...to the Taliban for their supposed help in cutting opium production, trusting the Taliban to use the money for..."
Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Apocalypse Now Redux
"...comes to a full stop, while Willard samples some opium with a Frenchman's daughter and much is made of..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Navigator
"...Ennyday, a coke-snorting detective who is tracking down an opium ring. Made before Hollywood adopted any morality codes, this..."
Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The White Horse
