A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...Marlon Brando as the "unsound" Col. Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...beloved children's book Goodnight Moon.) With his Opus opus now complete, he's concentrating on his illustrated kids' books, and..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...well, that's probably going to change pretty soon. Right now though, chances are you've at least seen something that..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sound and Vision

Vic Chesnutt's supergroup

"...made. And I’m not the most confident dude, ya know. This band is the most powerful band any singer-songwriter..."

Dec. 2, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...performed by its co-author, the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" shook Bass Concert Hall on Easter Sunday, April 12...."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

City Hall Hustle: Summer Not-so-Blockbusters

During Council hiatus, the work goes on

"..."Now it's up to a ragtag band of volunteers to..."

July 17, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...fan of smart, funny, groundbreaking, dead-before-its-time TV, then you know the name: Hurwitz created Arrested Development. Remember Arrested Development?..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ashes of Time

Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese Falcon

"...(I count watching Francis Ford Coppola's gargantuan, Marlboro-saturated, 202-minute Apocalypse Now Redux in the theatre as one of the..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

City Counseling: If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old

Stop, hey, what's that sound?

"...Just what the MP3 bloggerati and DayGlo apocalypse dudes are lining up around the block for at..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Up, Up, and Away

Do Obama's sky-high approval ratings and unprecedented support indicate unrealistic expectations?

"..."America I've given you all and now I'm nothing...."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Rhythm Devils

"...musical score to Francis Ford Coppolla's 1979 Vietnam epic, Apocalypse Now. The pair, along with talking drummer Sikiru Adepoju,..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Art of Schlock

A conversation with Shock Festival art director Tim Bradstreet

"...fucked-up feel to it. And I told him, you know, I work from life, and this kind of cover..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...to Michigan – Flow is the kind of terrifying, impending-apocalypse documentary none of us wants to watch but all..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Luv Doc Recommends: Apocalypse Wow!

The Compound, Saturday, October 11, 2008

"...weight Marlon Brando was when he played Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. No need to throw stones, but perhaps the..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Out of the Mouths of Children

The return of the Butthole Surfers – don't call it a reunion!

"...rock show," the frontman barks from NYC, where he now resides. "Reunions are for high schools that you don't..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest Rolling Roadshow Screening of 'The Road Warrior'

Republic Square, Friday, September 19, 2008

"...There are a variety of ways the apocalypse could go down: We could be smashed … by..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...an easy hip-hop poetic that swings from passion to apocalypse to comedy and back:..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Tropic Thunder

Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.

"...tropes and images from movies such as Platoon and Apocalypse Now, Stiller’s subject is war movies and overblown action..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shearwater

"...of collaboration with Okkervil River's Will Sheff. Rook, the now-trio's proper debut on the seminal New York indie, further..."

June 6, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Point Austin: Picking Up the Pieces

Campaigns end with a thunderclap and voters' whimpers

"...It was probably not an omen of the apocalypse that Saturday night's city election returns arrived accompanied by..."

May 16, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Black Angels Reviewed

"...the Gates of Dawn, opening like the helicopters of Apocalypse Now and clanging shut atop the ventilator blues of..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Speed the Plow

It's surprising how much of the sharp edge in Mamet's Hollywood satire is polished off by Austin Playhouse's production

"...toiling 20 years, looking for a big break. And now he has it...."

May 9, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Letters @ 3AM

Snippets of conversations about movies from the Filmcraft collection

"...part, probably the superior of any screen actor's we know. But to be a screen actor, you have to..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...a Memorial Composition Scholarship from North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas. He moved to Austin..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Showcases

"...music scene is frighteningly prolific and highly contagious right now. Thank goodness the underground musicologists at Columbus Discount were..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...universe – tacky horror repurposed as documentary of the apocalypse when zombies attack. That the director himself turns up..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...Virgen de Guadalupe smiles sly and radiant; she alone knows the name of el hombre sin nombre...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008

Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.

"...of Spike and Mike or lousy, 10th-generation VHS dubs. Now, too, edgy animation sites like SuperDeluxe.com give budding Ralph..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...So now's the time to work out what to see and..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beside the Point

If it's August, it must be budget-making time at City Hall

"...a milder, but no less unmistakable, sign of the apocalypse: agreeing with Rich Oppel. In trumpeting some good ideas,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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