Notturno

Epic documentary chronicles the intimate and epic scale of life in four nations

"...that it was filmed it along the borders of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, this is a loaded statement...."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Is Not a Movie

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk embodies the importance of honest journalism

"...to be treated the same as crooks, bullies, and seatwarmers enrages me, and so I wanted to cheer with..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...of Molly Ivins, giving the Texas hellraising journalist the coverage she so richly deserves. Add to that list Her..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Canine Soldiers

The U.S. Army's bomb sniffer program explained but not explored

"...a handler. That's why these duos are deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan – caught in POV 3-D by the..."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...night slot. The "previously-announced" list includes the creepy pasta-inspired Beware the Slender Man, while today's Festival Favorites announcement includes..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take Note: Under the Hood Cafe at Fort Hood

"...facts are correct in his citations about the Pakistan war, which is being waged in a covert and highly..."

Aug. 16, 2011 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: An Extraordinary Silence

Oddly, American progressives don't protest Obama's war in Pakistan

"...before President Obama announced his escalation of the Afghan war which, as I've documented recently, is also a covert..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

From Watergate to Birtherism

Woodward, Bernstein and Redford ponder the Trump experience

"...Thursday was a busy day for Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and Robert Redford. The trio behind All The President's..."

April 24, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Doggett vs. the Doctor

Will right-wingers oust the liberal congressman? Tea party on, dudes.

"...One of the major arguments for expanding health care coverage is that it would relieve pressure from people coming..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Decoder

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

"...spotlight it would shine on the modern Mormon church, warts and all – might mean not only to the..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...stand determined to stop the Obama administration's mad dash toward socialism, communism, and fascism...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Another War for Sale

NPR covers 'Iran and the Bomb' – from A to B

"...You might think fighting two major wars in the middle of a worldwide economic recession would..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Michael King

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Breaking Upwards Director: Daryl Wein. Writer: Peter Duchan, Daryl Wein, Zoe..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stop the Loss

Austin veterans turn away from Iraq and war

"...contract. Now Porter is eight months into his second Iraq deployment, engaged in a war that he, like many..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...Collectively, they have been on the front line documenting war, famine, refugees, racism, prison, and migrant farmworkers abuse. (Austin..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Netroots Farewell

Convention reminds progressives to look beyond November

"...the Democratic Party's upper ranks. Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean, in his Thursday night opening keynote address, praised..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Happenings

"...ARMY RANGER NATE SELF discusses his memoir, Two Wars, in which he reveals the horrors of war and..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Dispatches From Darfur

Austinites Rio Tenango and Leah Pries take their activism, and their aliases, all the way to Africa

"...Sudan, the home of a roiling series of civil wars between the Sudanese government in Khartoum and 50 rebel..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bloggers and Pamphleteers

Karl Frisch and Lawrence Lessig on netroots politics

"...and John McCain, both in 2000) and Democrats (Gov. Howard Dean in 2004), Karl Frisch is now communications director..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

President Bush a Megalomaniac

"...eyes? The same goes for health care and the war. Are we at war? I forget. Do you realize..."

May 14, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: Poor Rich's Almanac

Three cheers for Oppel's Statesman

"...back, something even seemed to have goosed the paper's coverage of the Capitol – for whatever reason, it got..."

March 28, 2008 News Column by Michael King

What's in a Number?

"...your freedom. 2007 was the deadliest year of the war since the beginning of the war, yet it was..."

March 23, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: Democracy Rocks!

On this day, change happened from the bottom up

"...might still succeed in moving the public conversation back toward the middle by fall, sufficiently to elect a Democrat..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Letters @ 3AM

The archetypes in this Democratic primary are Mama and He Who Can Free the Sword From the Stone

"...into the trap that my long-ago mentor John Ertha warned me against: "Don't mistake your limitations for the limitations..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...been friends before this campaign started; we'll be friends afterwards, unified to bring about changes in this country. You..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

More Austin Politicos Choose Sides on President

The mayor sides with Obama, three state reps choose Clinton

"...ago, state Reps. Valinda Bolton, Eddie Rodriguez, and Donna Howard endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for prez. (see their respective..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

Bush's Hollow Support for Veterans; and Vote for America With Your Consumer Dollars

"...a drastic increase in the number who have no coverage. Indeed, 1.8 million vets – plus another 3.8 million..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Bush's Deepest Health Care Shame; and The All-Natural Flimflam

"...much care that the number of Americans without health coverage has zoomed upward by 7 million since they've been..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Shooting War

Shooting War, writer Anthony Lappé and illustrator Dan Goldman's glossy, all-color graphic novel, is a political satire focused on the business of corrupt journalism, wars on terror, and networks shaking hands with governments

"...Shooting Warby Anthony Lappé and Dan Goldman Grand Central Publishing, 192..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Books Review by Sofia Resnick

The Hightower Report

Save the GOP From Socialism; and $2.4 Trillion and Counting

"...Health Insurance Program bill, which would have extended health coverage to some 6 million uninsured children in our country...."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

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