JFK

Oliver Stone gives the "lone gunman" assassination theory a run for its money.

"...always seem to have bottom lines. So, too, with JFK. Here the bottom line is the demolition of the..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: JFK and That Hard Rain

When boomers and their offspring die out, Kennedy's assassination will have the approximate historical echo of William McKinley's

"...In retrospect, I admire at least this about JFK: On 9/11, George W. Bush went into hiding and..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Remembering JFK

Archives offer insights gleaned 50 years since JFK's assassination

"...Texas Investigates: the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy..."

Nov. 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

JFK Facts?

"...Regarding Eric Beck's letter about fact checkers and JFK ["Postmarks," Nov. 14]: In his second paragraph he states..."

Nov. 13, 2003 Postmarks

Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom

UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

"...Austin waits no longer. Through local composer Dan Welcher's JFK: The Voice of Peace, being performed by the Austin..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Robert Faires

The November Men

"...too many viewings of the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination. You can go mad with conspiracy fever and,..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Always at the Carlyle

Behind-the-scenes at NYC's legendary hotel is just PR fluff.

"...discreet. Lots of famous people have stayed there, from JFK to David Bowie, Princess Diana to George Clooney, and..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Bubba Ho-Tep

Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.

"...here (he’s afflicted with a penile growth). So is JFK (Davis), who’s been alive and kicking since 1963, only..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...and an attack on democracy, and the anniversary of JFK's assassination is a time for reflection on that brutality...."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Robert Jensen

A Journey to 'Parkland'

Writer/director Peter Landesman on the untold stories of JFK's death

"...journalist-turned-filmmaker Peter Landesman started writing the script for his JFK assassination film Parkland, he knew there was still drama..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LBJ

Harrelson dons prosthetics for this complicated biopic

"...a series of flashbacks depicting LBJ’s frustrated tenure as JFK’s VP until an assassin’s bullet promotes him to president,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jackie

A portrait of the First Lady in the aftermath of JFK's assassination

"...her husband’s historical legacy, most pointedly by demanding that JFK’s coffin would rest upon a horse-drawn caisson funeral procession..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

Ron Howard tackles the Beatles

"...is seen through the fulcrum of such events as JFK’s assassination and the escalating war in Vietnam. With the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kennedy, Cruz, and Reagan Tourettes

GOP Senator can't even praise JFK without slavering over the Gipper

"...Sen. Ted Cruz: He can't even get through a JFK tribute without that reflex...."

Nov. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Reporting an Assassination

"Parkland" director Peter Landesman on JFK research

"...If you've got a conspiracy theory about the JFK assassination, Peter Landesman doesn't want to know. The director..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...I have a very clear memory of JFK's assassination, but it's not mine. It's my mother's. I..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...then a student at the University of Houston, saw JFK the day before he went to Dallas...."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

W.

Oliver Stone’s Bush portrait is a tale of two movies: one a humanizing portrait of a failure as a young man, the other a damning but unsurprising look inside an administration gone loopy on ideological zealotry.

"...a new masterpiece from the man who brought us JFK and Nixon. Instead, as W. settles into the White..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...To students of the JFK assassination, the strange life of Ruth Paine is yet..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Thirteen Days

"...events surrounding him. It's Greenwood, though, as the beleaguered JFK, who steals the picture with a nuanced, subtle performance...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book of Life

"...by British indie-rock fave P.J. Harvey) at New York's JFK airport, Hartley washes the images with odd camerawork, primary..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Thousand Seen by - (Part One)

"...a dapper Jesus (Hartley regular Martin Donovan) arrives at JFK airport with his comely assistant Magdalene (P.J. Harvey). While..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Part Two)

"...a dapper Jesus (Hartley regular Martin Donovan) arrives at JFK airport with his comely assistant Magdalene (P.J. Harvey). While..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House of Yes

"...when both their literal father and their mythic father (JFK) were erased from the map, but not from their..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nostradamus

"...prognositicator Nostradamus. His adherents claim his predictions included the JFK assassination, both world wars, AIDS, moon landings, and more...."

Dec. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shelf Life

"...typical nuclear family is watching TV and, upon seeing JFK's assassination, become convinced that the commies have taken over..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heaven & Earth

"...his other “issue” films like Wall Street, Talk Radio, JFK and the rest of his “trilogy.” He hits the..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In the Line of Fire

"...confusion(?) regarding his role in the 1963 assassination of JFK, is a classic creation. The script gets inside the..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ruby

"...to cash in on the success of Oliver Stone's JFK. They get the period details right and the cheesy..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

November Road

Lou Berney's latest, set around JFK's assassination, is a tightly written crime tale worthy of Raymond Chandler or James M. Cain

"...begins in November 1963, just a few days before JFK's fateful trip to Dallas. We're in New Orleans with..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

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