Polytheism in the Raw

"...Gods sometimes showup without warning. Religions long-dead return in disguise...."

Nov. 13, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Household Saints

"...Directed by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, Michael Rispoli and Victor Argo...."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...Directed by: Alejandro Landes. Starring: Sofia Buenaventura, Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Laura Castrillón, Deiby Rueda,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Defiance

In this true story, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber play two Jewish brothers who escape into the forest to elude capture by the Nazis and wind up birthing a small village of escapees.

"...Directed by: Edward Zwick. Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...Joshua saw the dried blood on his wife. "Oh God," she recalls him saying. "I did that." Peterson doesn't..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...Noland's job is, in fact, to control the path of the items shipped all over the globe by his..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Emancipation

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

"...In the opening shots of Emancipation, the camera soars across unbroken landscapes. We are..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Speaking of fantasy, the editor is so desperate to put a..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column

Letters at 3AM

Thoughts on the war's explosions of bombs, dreams, and preconceptions.

"...the dead and injured ... disgusted at the mendacity of leaders on all sides ... spending hours a day..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...the Chronicle in a new light since the events of September 11. While most of the country has been..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Stargate

"...James Cameron fused the science fiction movie with the war movie in Aliens. In this genre-bending era, it was..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Casa de mi Padre

Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.

"...Bernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez and Adrian Martinez...."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I am writing to request immediate correction of inaccurate references to Accenture in your June 27, 2003,..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Tulia's Freedom Ride

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

"...For James Ray Barrow, the strangers who poured off the buses from Austin into Tulia's tiny Conner Park..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

For a Lost Soldier

"...the novel by Dutch author Rudi van Dantzig) starts off looking like John Boorman's life-during-wartime remembrance Hope and Glory,..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sympathy for the Devil

Nicolas Cage goes old school in this unhinged midnight noir

"...Joel Kinnaman, Cameron Lee Price, Rich Hopkins and Alexis Zollicoffer...."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic

"...The Man Who Knew Infinity takes a reverent stance toward its subject, mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who is played by..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brideshead Revisited

It's a film, not a miniseries, but this rendition's attention to the steep divides of class and religion in prewar England remains as sharply etched as ever.

"...Roman Catholic convert, would have endorsed this accomplished adaptation of his 1945 novel about the pre-World War II chasmic..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Our readers talk back.

"...Area Partners is a neighborhood association representing residential, business, nonprofit and student interests in the University area. The boundaries..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

The Unforgiving Lens: Lucy Lawless Makes Her Documentary Debut With Never Look Away

Actor turns director for life of war photographer Margaret Moth

"...Lucy Lawless is best known as the iconic star of groundbreaking feminist cult fantasy drama Xena: Warrior Princess. It..."

March 13, 2025 Screens Post

Sin

Portrait of the original Renaissance man lets obsession obscure the vision

"...Guerrini, Adriano Chiaramida, Feerico Vanni, Massimo De Francovich, Simone Toffanin and Anita Pittito...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...exception as the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Overton Dies At 112

America's oldest man and World War II veteran, died Dec. 27

"...East Austinite Richard Overton, America's oldest man and World War II veteran, died Thursday, Dec. 27, following hospitalization for..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Q&A Hole: Considering All the Different Gods Available to Humanity, How Do You Choose Which One to Believe In?

With Russell Glasser, Cristine H. Legare, David Wheeler, and more.

"...huge,” as Michael Palin intoned in Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. “Gosh, we’re all really impressed down here, I..."

Oct. 25, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The foundation of FronteraFest is the Short Fringe, five weeks of performances..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Point Austin: Meet the Republicans

The Republicans hold their convention while licking their wounds

"...Whatever you think of their politics, the Repub­licans generally find ways to be..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Butch Hancock Reviewed

"...War and Peace (Two Roads)..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...coalescence, which in itself is not the sole point of origin but does mark a significant shift in momentum...."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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