The Mauritanian

Gitmo torture drama can't decide on head or heart

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Trip to Greece

Coogan and Brydon's latest culinary comedy is a dish too far

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American War by Omar El Akkad

This dystopian novel of a late 21st century America split by civil war shows how vengeance survives down the generations

"...spent time in the trenches covering events in Afghanistan, Guantánamo, and Ferguson...."

April 21, 2017 Arts Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The U.S. presence at Guantánamo dates back to 1902, when Cuba was granted independence...."

March 24, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

I Like to Watch

The destructive glory of Orange Is the New Black

June 21, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...in 1903, the U.S. paid rent to Cuba for Guantánamo Bay, but since the Sixties, Cuba has refused to..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Drawing Around Obstacles

Molly Crabapple uses her skill as an illustrator to enhance her journalism

"...visit to report on conditions at Camp X-Ray in Guantánamo Bay ("It Don't Gitmo Better Than This," Vice, July..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"..."Hellooooo," she says, extending her o's to Guantánamo Bay...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...refugees, and also with these, quote-unquote, non-enemy combatants in Guantánamo Bay. The through-line is none of these people have..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Labyrinth of Lies

German postwar drama looks at national psyche scarred by the Nazi era

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Unpacking Serial

Co-creator / reporter Sarah Koenig on how the groundbreaking podcast came to be

"...such as "Habeas Schmabeas," the Peabody Award-winning episode about Guantánamo Bay. More than 10 years later, she has her..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

'The Next Thing You Know, You're Robbing Banks'

Lane Garrison lives a life of prime for 'Bonnie & Clyde'

"...year he stars opposite Kristen Stewart in Peter Sattler's Guantánamo Bay drama Camp X-Ray. Yet, like Buck contending with..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Few Good Men

The Georgetown Palace production isn't always effective, but it gets at the continued relevance of Aaron Sorkin's script

"...of power American soldiers committed in our name at Guantánamo Bay; now, as Americans debate whether they're comfortable rising..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Letters at 3AM: Just Since April

Secret surveillance efforts fly in the face of our Constitution

"...May 23: In a speech about drone warfare and Guantánamo Bay detentions, President Obama promised he'd work "to align..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 4

With the consent of the governed, the United States government has gone rogue and violated international law

"...law." Everyone means everyone, and everywhere means everywhere, including Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...."

June 14, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...to maintain unconstitutional abuse of legal rights (as in Guantánamo). But his administration has kept its commitments to bring..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Fun House

The Stooges break on through

"...On paper, it reads like a Guantánamo Bay interrogation technique. Rhino Handmade's 1970: The Complete Fun..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Decoder

Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda

"...of the film took place in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantánamo, in addition to the United States. But in a..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Two Brothers, Two Paths

AFS Documentary Tour: The Oath

"...Oath, Poitras originally had in mind a film about Guantánamo, possibly following the homecoming of a released prisoner. That..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...guilt about the arrest, trials, and long detainment at Guantánamo of his brother-in-law Salim Hamdan, whom Jandal had introduced..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: What's in a Word?

Joseph Stack's terrorism calls attention to rampant political hypocrisy

"...Keep Terrorists at Bay Act, which would forbid moving Guantánamo Bay prisoners to the U.S. for trial. That is,..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 22-29

"...KRISTINE HUSKEY discusses her book Justice at Guantánamo. 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar...."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 15-22

"...KRISTINE HUSKEY discusses her book Justice at Guantánamo. 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar...."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

"...Navy remains blocked by arguments over where to send Guantánamo detainees. No one is proposing death panels...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature

Point Austin: Work in Progress

Susan Herman of the ACLU on the long fight for liberty and justice

"...Herman, New York lawyers who had long been defending Guantánamo inmates hosted a party in response to Obama's promise..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

This Michener Center grad wins a second major prize and more national notice for her drama

"...new play circuit. The drama, in which a former Guantánamo detainee dying of liver disease confronts the woman who..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

Too Big to Punish?; and Begging for Regulation

"...refusing to release photos and full transcripts of the Guantánamo torture sessions done in our name. Meanwhile, those who..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Torture and History

Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first step

"...Armed Services Committee on the treatment of detainees at Guantánamo, which I haven't yet read in full. (Favorite tidbit..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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