Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

"...expansive documentary on the multi-tiered life of Russian émigré-cum-novelist-cum-philosopher Rand is nothing if not ambitious. At 147minutes, it may..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Many Readings of Ayn Rand

"...Department of Philosophy to study objectivism, your reporter said "[Ayn Rand], who died in 1982, has become a leading..."

April 15, 2008 Postmarks

Neoconservatives Not Fans of Rand

"...Dear Editor, I was disappointed with the comment that Ayn Rand influenced neoconservatives [“Naked City,” News, April 4]. Many..."

April 17, 2008 Postmarks

Rand Quote Distorted

"...Dear Editor, The Austin Chronicle's article about Ayn Rand took one quote from a lengthy Playboy interview..."

April 7, 2008 Postmarks

Cheap Shot at Rand

"...felt compelled to lob in a cheap shot at Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged from the farthest reaches of left..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Postmarks

'Anthem'

Austin Shakespeare takes its stage adaptaion of Ayn Rand's novella to off-Broadway

"...headed for New York City with its staging of Ayn Rand's novella Anthem, which is slated for a fall..."

July 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?

Audiences shrug back.

"...third and final offering in the film trilogy of Ayn Rand's sprawling, sometimes shockingly prescient (though just as often..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

The first third of Ayn Rand's creative diss of collectivism and groupthink gets a film workout.

"...O'Keefe and Matthew Marsden. Not reviewed at press time. Ayn Rand's repudiation of collectivism and groupthink gets a new..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

"...given UT-Austin $2 million to espouse the work of Ayn Rand. BB&T Corp., which has branches in 11 states..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature

Page Two: Quotation Nation

Taking issue with citations

"...my late teens, I began reading the works of Ayn Rand and was swept up and carried forward by..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Atlas isn't the only one to shrug off this tiresome load of Ayn Rand – but with poor production values.

"...second installment of the planned three-part film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s signature tome is a rickety construction. Plagued with..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Incredibles 2

Pixar's superhero family returns with familiar but still welcome action

"...to stifle extraordinary people falls right in line with Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy, but I have a hard time..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

What Would John Galt Do ... About Global Warming? Deny It.

Is John Mackey's 'John Galt' complex putting Whole Foods' bottom line on the line?

"...Patterson said, "Mr. Mackey attempted to capitalize on the brand reputation of Whole Foods to champion his personal political..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation

A dog in Eden, Maggie Simpson in an Ayn Rand daycare center, and creative guacamole making are some of the ideas conjured in this collection.

"...battle with a unibrowed demon baby in the so-called “Ayn Rand School for Tots.” (The short previously screened in..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sports and Social Justice With David Zirin

On the Olympics, Mark Cuban’s fondness of Ayn Rand, and Howard Zinn’s love of the Boston Red Sox

"...The Score about the Olympics, Mark Cuban’s fondness of Ayn Rand, and remembers Zinn’s love of the Boston Red..."

March 5, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Fall Film Previews

September

"...AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Wayne Wang; with Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Ruben Blades, Maggie..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Point Austin: The Age of Trump

As D.C. moves backward, cities must lead forward

"...and "voucher" alternatives, in his vision of a feckless Ayn Randian utopia. How much of this vandalism can be..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Ted Versus Technology

Cruz visits Capital Factory and plays prop comic

"...on Twitter against net neutrality, comparing it to some Ayn Rand nightmare (and not, as is more the norm,..."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Mad Men' Hits the Books

Half Price Books compiles 21 books from the AMC hit

"...by Ayn Rand (1957)..."

April 4, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

You the Living

You the Living charts an unrelated series of tiny dooms, culminating in one big bang of one; not since Dr. Strangelove has a film so perfectly married gallows humor to horror

"...Swedish film from cinematic sketch artist Roy Andersson recalls Ayn Rand's debut novel, We the Living, about post-revolution Russian..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Love, Grace, and Tears

Borne aloft by Jefferson Airplane

"...a Great Notion, Kesey's second novel – the greatest Ayn Rand novel after The Fountainhead and yet not written..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Luv Doc: Being Circumspect

A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person

"...She steadfastly despises President Trump, although she doesn't think..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...Cathy Haynie Savage, printmaker: He's an ass. He's like a schoolyard..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mixed Metaphors

These craft cocktails are for the books

"...Book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand..."

June 17, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Hightower Report

Ryan bitten on the butt by his own mad dogs

"...of clown-herding; and 2) even though he is an Ayn Rand-worshipping, Koch-hugging, laissez-fairyland ideologue dedicated to killing everything from..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

In the Unlikely Event

Judy Blume at BookPeople Saturday

"...course I didn't understand everything. I certainly didn't understand Ayn Rand, you know, and today she wouldn’t even be..."

June 13, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...her increasingly insane performance as a dead yet talking Ayn Rand. This is powerful moviemaking!..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Civics 101

"...Dr. James Galbraith of UT's Inequality Project debates the Ayn Rand Institute's Dr. Yaron Brook. 7pm. UT Burdine Hall..."

April 18, 2014 News Column

News Ticker: October 4

All the news that's fit to blog

"...W. Smith, talking about all the sexy parts of Ayn Rand novels...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

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