You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle

"...A night drinking with Charles Bukowski, the late poet and alcoholic, brings with it..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bukowski: Born Into This

Every young writer goes through a Bukowski phase, but only the skid row author himself was "born into it."

"...Angelean to his surprisingly soft center, poet and novelist Bukowski became the patron saint of skid row poetry in..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Factotum

Charles Bukowski's Henry Chinaski is back, played by Matt Dillon in a low-key, gorgeously beery performance; it's 100-proof Bukowski, but with a decent barkeep at the helm and Lili Taylor's Jan on his arm. Factotum, for all its grim grind, is funny-serious and smart-stupid.

"...of Barfly, Barbet Schroeder's 1987 adaptation of alchoho-lit icon Charles Bukowski's work, arrived with Henry Chinaski's (Mickey Rourke) self-sodden..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Being Flynn

Robert De Niro and Paul Dano play the troubled Flynn father and son.

"...as he is, Jonathan gives off more of a Charles Bukowski vibe, and as a parent, he has been..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski

Watching 'Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski,' a theatrical version of four Charles Bukowski stories, it's obvious that adaptor/director James Cotton loves his subject matter

"...Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain contains a collection set aside by Charles Bukowski to be published, yet there are no grand revelations into the life and times of the author to be discovered within

"...The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poemsby Charles Bukowski..."

April 2, 2004 Books Review by Mark Fagan

Jeremy Reed's Top Ten Short Reads:Spoken, Sung, and Scribed

"...* Shakespeare Never Did Do This by Charles Bukowski, with photos by Michael Montfort. A photobook chronicling..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Books Feature

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...banning books and bigoted Christians – these kids quote Charles Bukowski, for Chrissakes. Yes, Beautiful Creatures proves that dense..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

O'Horten

This strange little Danish gem tells the story of the aptly named Odd Horten, a man cut from his moorings when he's forced to take retirement at age 67.

"...comedy from Norwegian director Hamer (he helmed the fine Charles Bukowski film adaptation of Factotum), feels like a cross..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Tiny Tornadoes

SXSW time allows us to go soaring off fearlessly into our imaginations

"...that break the spirit. There is a poem by Charles Bukowski about how what truly finally drives a person..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Bad Santa

Billy Bob Thornton plays a thieving, degenerate Santa.

"...guy whose modus operandi owes a major debt to Charles Bukowski. Bad Santa is a curious choice for director..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...visionary of rock writing -- its Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, and Jack Kerouac all rolled into one. Over..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Suite Sixteen

"...-- Love Is a Dog from Hell based on Charles Bukowski stories, and Wait Until Spring Bandini starring Faye..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Lido Pimienta, and More Austin Psych Fest Reviews

Dispatches from three days at the Far Out Lounge

"...them about the Phair comparisons. – Rachel Rascoe Dehd’s Bukowski-Fueled Fugue State..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

2017 Revel Solstice Festival

Two recent concerts in the summerlong fest played up the informality and intimacy of Revel's approach to classical music

"...between the movements, poet Nathan Brown read poetry by Charles Bukowski and works by Brown and collaborators that were..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...bartender barks out last call. Infamous skid row poet/bard Charles Bukowski acknowledges as much in the autobiographical screenplay that..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

After a Fashion

Stephen learned of the Beauty of Life – and what's hot for autumn – at this fashion forward event.

"...Artistic Director James Cotton is presenting Bars, Bedrooms … Bukowski about writer Charles Bukowski, through Sun., Oct. 8, with..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Black Sheep Boys

Okkervil River navigates the headwaters of its career

"...not long after he made an interesting comment about Charles Bukowski, or, more specifically, his readers...."

April 1, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...with Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, DeAundre Bonds, Ossie Davis, Charles Dutton...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gross In

Is any writer in Austin as revolting and entertaining as Andrew Hilbert?

"...an inspiration from the beginning. She hung out with Charles Bukowski and introduced Hilbert to the writing of the..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by François Pointeau

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 13-19

"...18): "Stop insisting on clearing your head," advised author Charles Bukowski. "Clear your f---ing heart instead." That will be..."

May 13, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Musicians Help Salvage Bauhaus Set

Curse Mackey and Sine aid emergency collaboration in FLA

"...for inspiration. Then we talked about William Burroughs and Charles Bukowski, and all our favorite literary heroes.”..."

April 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Brewer's Table

East Austin’s truly wonderful dining experience with a complicated history

"...Hunter, and head brewer Drew Durish. A quote from Charles Bukowski's Love Is a Dog From Hell overlooks the..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Our picks from the usual onslaught of live music options

"...that Death will tremble to take us.” So wrote Charles Bukowski, and Austin doom merchants DWT make it so..."

July 6, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Holiday Viewing: Bad Santa

Foul-mouthed fun for the holidays

"...guy whose modus operandi owes a major debt to Charles Bukowski...."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

Punk rock as L.A. lit no less than Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler

"...dark literary gravitas emerging from the same demimonde driving Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler. Some of the best bands..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

DVDanger: Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cats

Two Italian retellings of the American horror classic

"...with William Hogarth's famous 1751 etching, Gin Lane, and Charles Bukowski's Factotum. But it's the final image, a walled-up..."

Oct. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Doe on SXSW Hit-and-Run

“Very strange feeling to be that close, but not be aware”

"...by writers from Los Angeles, people like Nathaniel West, Charles Bukowski, Dashiell Hammett – people like that. As far..."

April 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

California Split Is the Raging Bull of Poker Movies

AFS double bill pairs Altman film with Ron Mann's biographical doc

"...Angeles that served as both setting and muse for Charles Bukowski's peak novels. Bill starts to delve further and..."

Jan. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

French Wine: An Illustrated Miscellany

Cookbooks and cultural conversation starters top our summer reading list

"...and wine. Instead, it answers questions like, "What did Charles Bukowski think of French wine?" Or, "Why is Champagne..."

May 23, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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