Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...recent report, "Texas Revolvers: Public Officials Recast as Hired Guns" ["Spinning Out of Control?" and "Top Guns," Vol.18, No.24]...."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Page Two

"...and 1965 including Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, Forty Guns, Underworld U.S.A., and Pickup on South Street. The early..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column by Louis Black

False Accusations

"...there in the 1860s. There are over one million Romani-Americans...."

March 21, 1997 Column

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...bandsaw guitars, and a pervading slaughterhouse atmosphere, the middle American sludge metal of Chat Pile is defined by a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Beast Beast

Lyrical look at Gen-Z life trips on its own good intentions

"...three central characters. The driven and academically gifted Asian American kid, the rough-and-tumble Hispanic teen with a heart of..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Donut King

The bittersweet tale of the man behind L.A.’s favorite treat

"...came from a business owned and operated by Cambodian American business people. That, as SXSW award winner The Donut..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Boys State

Austin-shot documentary tracks the future, confused leaders of America

"...is a red state just like Texas – the American Legion’s objective is immersion in the process, not the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary

"...English Working Class, and up there with Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel as a point of ingress to..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...can never leave the conflict behind, even when the guns have been silenced and the bloodstains have been scrubbed..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...my God. What this kid meant was, I’m an American citizen, and I’m responsible for what America does.” This..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...scared." So are we all. Many are saying that guns aren't the problem; they blame MTV, Hollywood, and the..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Another Night of Blood

One more episode in the culture of the gun

"...lobby and unmoved by the routine massacres that mark American life – there are few options in the realm..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Michael King

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...arrived, the police converged on the house with their guns drawn. The family dog, Buster, a small terrier similar..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks is at his best in this multidimensional thriller that grabs real life by the throat.

"...the pirates are mere henchmen for powers with bigger guns and greater wealth, and the Navy SEALs perform their..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Restrepo

This documentary, which chronicles the 15-month deployment in Afghanistan of about a dozen U.S. soldiers, is an example of photojournalism at its finest.

"...of one-man guerrilla operations the Taliban has waged against American troops. During the period of time the men were..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...to expand the project into a celebration of traditional American music."..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Tyler Perry's latest feel-good drama about African-American family relationships scores its best casting with Angela Bassett in the lead, but otherwise falls prey to Perry's slipshod filmmaking technique.

"...films, theatre, and television works aimed almost exclusively at African-American audiences, has become a brand unto himself. Just as..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

"...court in an effort to answer the age-old question: Guns or Hoses? That's right – a three-on-three basketball tourney..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...and although Nolan’s Gotham isn’t sporting flivvers and tommy guns – to judge by the art direction, the film..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...who do fun lounge versions of just about everything (Guns n' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" is a favorite)..."

May 21, 2004 Column

Elephant

Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.

"...handsome school shutterbug Elias (McConnell) to the strapping young African-American student Benny (Dixon), the camera pays only sparing attention..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...factory orders had their steepest drop in five months. American manufacturers have reduced employment for 36 consecutive months. The..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...Answer: The Guns N' Roses frontman and bluegrass elder statesman each feature..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Donnie Brasco

"...Based on a true story, Donnie Brasco subverts the guns and gals glory of the New York wiseguy genre..."

May 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3am

We are swiftly losing our civil liberties as a result of the USA-PATRIOT Act, although this administration has shown it is not impervious to citizen complaints.

"...principle of "probable cause," allowing wiretaps and searches on American citizens if the government felt a vague "significant purpose"..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...years. Later, District Attorney Ronnie Earle told the Austin American-Statesman, "We are doing our job, and we altogether seek..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Turn it Up

"...Prakazrel Michel. It's debatable whether the overall state of American film has improved much over the past few years,..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Off the Bookshelf

D.A.: Prosecutors in Their Own Words

"...-- The résumé is the most important of American literary forms...."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review

And Thy Right Hand Shall Teach Thee

"...scared." So are we all. Many are saying that guns aren't the problem; they blame MTV, Hollywood, and the..."

May 28, 1999 Column

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...and episodic television, Murray has stuck to his creative guns, more or less, which has caused his career to..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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