Battlefield America

It's You Got Served for a younger dance generation.

"...Okay, so maybe it's not quite that dispiriting, but Battlefield America can't hold a candle to Breakin' 2: Electric..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Is a Battlefield

In 'The Holy Land,' indie auteur Eitan Gorlin Feels at home as an interloper in a world of religion, romance, and war.

"...Eitan Gorlin: I'm American-born, and I lived in Israel for six years, but..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

25th Hour

"...microcosm of New York to explore the macrocosm of America. (This, even though one of the film's crucial sequences..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...over the guilt of being the general leaving the battlefield," she said, "and getting somebody competent to take over,..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Audrey Diwan Recounts a History of Abortion in Happening

The French director explains why these stories are important

"...the threat of the reproductive rights being gutted in America on every front page, the release of French abortion..."

May 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Emancipation

Will Smith's stunning Civil War drama is a B-movie in award-bait clothes

"...landscapes. We are treated to the desolation of the American South as ominous chords thrum in the background. There..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...– Fantasy Flight Games Captain Sonar – Asmodee North America Inis – Asmodee North America Mechs vs Minions –..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Day Trips & Beyond: Pecos National Historic Site

Travel tips for the Land of Enchantment

"...community enjoyed trade with other tribes from around North America, but the location also made them vulnerable to raids..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Beautiful Boy

Steve Carell soars above this overly-earnest addiction biography

"...As America continues to fail to tackle not just the opioid..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...Maddow interviewed Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, who said of the speech: "When..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...It reads that in a recent tally of students, African-American students made up 34% of the student body; if..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column

Beanpole

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

"...One of the defining traits of post-World War II America is the idea of the honorable war. Moreover, it's..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Morris from America Director/Screenwriter: Chad Hartigan Morris From America is an endearing,..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Not a Coward But Still an Addict, Hypocrite, Liar, Moral Incompetent!

"...commenced by the dark forces of Islamist fascism against America and the free world on September 11, 2001, requires..."

Feb. 13, 2006 Postmarks

Letters @ 3AM

Financially and militarily, we're not a superpower anymore – though no presidential candidate can admit that

"...Economist (Feb. 14, p.18): "Typically in the past, when America's economy has weakened, the rest of the world soon..."

June 22, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...six entries in the behemoth franchise (all three Captain America films, Thor: The Dark World, plus Avengers: Infinity War..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Emotion Pictures

Toward a Fuller Understanding of Sam

"...That's American movie director Samuel Fuller talking. Appropriately, this famous Fuller..."

June 28, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed

George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.

"...of chemicals to have a significant effect on the battlefield. We don't suspect [Saddam] has the stockpile."..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for dictators in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Latin America have created enemies of America. I suspect many readers..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"...Each chapter takes a look at how cities across America have turned to police departments as a means of..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...military brass turned defense contractors, in dark suits with American-flag lapel pins, pivoting around the three- and four-star admirals..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...coast hatch a plan to lure a batch of American woman into their clutches for matrimony in this bittersweet..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control

While the rest of the nation was rallying around the flag, screenwriter and director Sturges was spitting out a series of rapid-fire Hollywood comedies that showed untruth, injustice, inequality, corruption, chicanery, and illicit sex running rampant across this land from sea to shining sea.

"...As the name implies, the club combines those twin American passions, liquor and firearms. Once its half-dozen members (and..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Civil War Landscapes and Legacies When Johnny Came Marching Home

"...the Civil War surpassed the actual dead on the battlefield well before the war was over. And when the..."

July 21, 1995 Arts Feature

Letters at 3AM: About 18 a Day

About 18 U.S. veterans commit suicide on an average day

"...he took office in January 2009, there were 34,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan. By December that year, Obama..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Pagan Pride Day

Zilker Park, Sunday, September 19, 2010

"...puppies might stir up as much outrage as the Americans who want to build a mosque near Ground Zero..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...May 1985, before the drug went Schedule I, before "America's War on Drugs," before many of the current crop..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...Minnelli/Gene Kelly pairing. Yes, I prefer this to An American in Paris. Why? Well, I think it's the whole..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...his writing to Apple computer's downward spiral, and from America Online's continuing flat-rate brouhaha to Kevin Mitnick: super jerk...."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...machine was placed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C...."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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