Day Trips: John Wayne’s Head in Lubbock

Hefty chunk of California sandstone becomes John Wayne’s head in Lubbock library

"...John Wayne's head fills a corner in the back of..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two: Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech

Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed

"...quoting Jean-Luc Godard's rhetorical question: "How can I hate John Wayne upholding Goldwater and yet love him tenderly when..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Starring Joan Crawford as John Wayne

"...trly amazed that you forgot to mention Nicholas Ray's' Johnny Guitar with Joan Crawford essentially as John Wayne ["Letters..."

May 6, 2012 Postmarks

John Wayne vs. Atticus Finch

Dueling D.A.Candidates Differ on Punishment and Prevention

"...County. He considers himself lucky to have mentored under Johnny Holmes, the flamboyant Houston prosecutor who has put more..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

ACL Live Review: Lil Wayne

NOLA rapper brings the uproar

"...gunshots at Atlanta’s A3C Festival brought a recent Lil Wayne appearance to a swift end. ACL Fest could not,..."

Oct. 14, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Music Live: Lil Wayne

Weezy holds court

"...to the side and baring his mischievous smile, Lil Wayne sermoned through a frantic “I’m Goin’ In” as red..."

March 17, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Hi, How Are You Day: Wayne Coyne

Flaming Lips’ singer talks Daniel Johnston ahead of Tuesday megashow

"...halfway to Santa Fe to celebrate his 58th birthday, Wayne Coyne mused about Texan song-savant Daniel Johnston. Flaming Lips,..."

Jan. 21, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Longtime Austin Collaborators Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton Finally Duo Up

At the heart of so many essential acts beats a duo, so it is with the Little Sister / Sister 7 legends

"...At that juncture, the singer and her guitarist counterpart Wayne Sutton counted a promising schedule of dates lined up..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Wayne Kramer Still Kicks Out the Jams

MC5 founder talks politics, prison, and the art of double guitar solos

"...Wayne Kramer, the MC5’s founder, bandleader, and guitarist, now christens..."

Sept. 24, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Elegy for an Invisible Hipster: Kelly Wayne Noel

Man behind anonymous Twitter feed killed by drunken driver

"...“He wanted it to be about the information,” added John Wickham, the owner of Elysium Nightclub on Red River..."

April 28, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

R.I.P., John Mueller; Farewell to Contigo; Garbo’s Lobsters On; Trudy’s Says Howdy to Seafood; the Garrison Brothers Are Convivial Steak Holders

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...By now you probably know that Texas barbecue legend John Mueller (of Austin’s John Mueller BBQ and more recently..."

Dec. 21, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2017

Bold takes on history and art that moved around the city spoke to a growing, changing Austin this year

"...6) "WILLIAM GEISLER + JOHN PERALTA" (Wally Workman Gallery) Because Peralta's precisely deconstructed machines..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...COURSE & OUTCOME OF CERTAIN EVENTS DELIVERED BY DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS ON THIS HIS FINAL EVENING (Capital T Theatre)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Searchers

Regarded by many as Ford's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time, this John Wayne Western is a meditation on survival, the loss of faith, and the death of heroes.

"...Directed by: John Ford. Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

John Wayne Film Festival

"...Should the big guy, John Wayne, be more your cup of bourbon than scary..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

True Grit

Rooster Cogburn rides again in this Coen brothers' remake of the Western classic.

"...the source material for the 1969 movie that earned John Wayne an Oscar for his larger-than-life portrayal of the..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ismael's Ghosts

French drama follows the artist split between two women.

"...that you can’t imagine a (cinematic) world without them. John Ford directing John Wayne, Martin Scorsese writing roles for..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Boy Who Cried Bitch

"...Portrait of a Serial Killer as a Young Child.” “John Wayne Gacy: The Road to Manhood.” “How to Lose..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...greatest amount of sequels. From James Whale's Frankenstein to John Carpenter's Halloween, and from Merian Cooper's King Kong to..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors

"...men's men in the Monty Clift rather than the John Wayne sense. Equally tough coming-of-age problems face winsome, dateless..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Only in America

"...teens, Robert Tilton-esque televangelists, a reputed psycho/hit man named John Wayne, and a Murdering Cheerleader Mom-ish intrigue about a..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece

Sorting the facts from the legend in 'The Searchers'

"...It's the crux of the 1956 Western, The Searchers, John Ford's great American classic which stars John Wayne as..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...Directed by: Wayne Kramer. Starring: Paul Walker, Chazz Palminteri, Cameron Bright, Vera..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Firestorm

"...Hall of Fame standing, but Long (last seen in John Woo's Broken Arrow) exudes a kind of lightweight John..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Money

Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller

"...voters’ mailboxes with cards blasting a sensationalistic reference to John Wayne Gacy, "the Killer Clown,” pedophile rapist, and murderer,..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Assault on Precinct 13

This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.

"...Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, John Leguizamo, Ja Rule, Brian Dennehy and Gabriel Byrne. It’s..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street

"...Next to It's a Wonderful Life (and nearly every John Wayne vehicle), it's one of the most frequently aired..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 23-31

"...August shows up like the spinning red lights of John Law in your rearview. So each week we'll fill..."

July 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Moment Belongs to the Music

John Sayles' 'Honeydripper' takes flight

"...– John Sayles, "Keeping Time," Dillinger in Hollywood..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...their same wavelength, it’s a relationship to be cherished. John Wayne and John Ford. Kurt Russell and John Carpenter...."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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