The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Documentary about Lennon's political activism and time spent in New York basks in the legend's presence but offers little new on the subject.

"...Directed by: David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. Keeping company with the memory of John Lennon..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Lennon’s 75th Birthday

Local Beatles maniac Jody Denberg blows out some candles

"...John Lennon would’ve been 75 today. Austin’s Stephen Doster thus..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project

John Lennon is reborn as a cyberbot.

"...John Lennon is alive and well and living in the..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"

The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship

"...early Seventies, when Nixon is sweating through Watergate and John Waters is shaking up Charm City with Pink Flamingos...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

John Denver

"...John Denver, who went to high school in Fort Worth,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...John Pierson: Unprecedented. One of the things that had to..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

The Hours and Times

"...a few months before full-scale Beatlemania seized the world, John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein went together to..."

Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lennon on Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon

Lennon on Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon

"...This intriguing compendium of interviews conducted 1964-1980 plucks key Lennon insights from reams of temporal ephemera. The late Beatles/early..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Greg Beets

Nowhere Boy

This movie about John Lennon's young-adult years showcases the importance of the importance of both his mother and aunt in his life.

"...Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood. Starring: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Threlfall, Josh Bolt,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Danny Collins

Al Pacino is an aging rock & roller who makes an entertaining play for redemption

"...The gift is a framed letter to Danny from John Lennon, written in 1971 when Danny was just starting..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 27

Jared Leto gains weight and lets it all hang out as John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in this fictionalized account of what occurred at the Dakota.

"...Chapman, the obsessive Beatles fan who shot and killed John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building in New York..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

An Unreasonable Man

This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Ralph Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.

"...The Mike Douglas Show, flanked by no less than John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Nader, the greatest and most..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Broken English

"...Serbedzija and Julian Arahanga. With all due respect to John Lennon and Benetton, the human race seems still woefully..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Newsgeist: 12/8/10

The spirit of the news

"...on holiday package shipping, the craigslist murder, and remembering John Lennon. Full scoop is after the jump...."

Dec. 8, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Listen to What the Man Said

Paul McCartney’s first-night Erwin Center sell-out astounds

"...songs in the modern vernacular than Paul McCartney. Dylan, Lennon, Marley, Springsteen? How many of their tunes does your..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Defense of Paul McCartney

Milquetoast Balladeer or Songwriting Stud?

"..."After all, the Beatles were John's group. He was the band leader and the one..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, Micahel Ventura revisits the column he wrote at the time of Lennon's murder when the pain was fresh

"...and hit Random. The first song to play was John Lennon's oh-so-Beatles-esque tune from Plastic Ono Band: "Look at..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Not-So-Primal Therapy

"...Julian Lennon spoke so frankly about his life, music, and family..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Move On Fast

Yoko Ono walked on thin ice and lived to tell

"...last August to discuss the CD releases coinciding with John Lennon's 70th birthday. Imagine my amazement when she emerged..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Ono -- Oh Yes!

Reissuing Yoko

"...The first three installments are collaborations with John Lennon, long sought on compact disc by Beatles' completists...."

June 27, 1997 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Dancing About Architecture

Austin's live music scene turns up missing.

"...John, I'm Only Dancing..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Gotta Get Up

Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared

"...of the tortured genius seems almost silly today, yet John Scheinfeld's documentary on the titular songwriter, Who Is Harry..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Beatles

"...in the magic middle spot between your speakers, while John, Paul, George, and Ringo's high "wu" harmonies tickle your..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Backbeat

"...a band, play their instruments, and work an audience. John Lennon (Hart, who also played Lennon in The Hours..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Lennon

Signature Box

"...John LennonSignature Box (Capitol)..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Princess of Hearts

TV Eye

"...any other icon whose presence shone in my life: John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, my friend Stevie Ray Vaughan......."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Page Three: Counting Backward

Life is what happens to you

"...Three weeks earlier, on Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon had been shot and killed in New York..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

TCB

Darin Murphy heads for Broadway, Daniel Johnston heads for the silver screen, DJ Pandora heads home

"...taste. Murphy recently signed on as an understudy for Lennon, the new musical from writer/director Don Scardino that premieres..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bauhaus

"...Looked most like Hank Williams: Roger Wallace photograph by John Carrico It was the song the seething, sold-out coven..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...Dallas' Old 97's may look to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash for inspiration (and who wouldn't?), but when they..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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