The Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, Battleground

William Wellman's larger-than-life legacy: Reviews of Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, and Battleground.

"...providing videos, laser discs, and DVDs.)The Public EnemyD: William Wellman (1931); with James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Edward..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

Cemetery Man

"...a little upset. He emerges from the coffin and bites her before Gnaghi can come with a shovel to..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...a Hard Body 7. The Apostle 8. Wag the Dog 9. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 MARC SAVLOV 1. Happiness..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Very Bad Things

"...(Orser); and scheming real-estate weasel Robert Boyd (Slater), a man so devoid of scruples he makes Michael Milken look..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Funny Games

Austrian moralist Haneke fashions a tense drama from the sadistic games people play.

"...Ulrich Mühe, Frank Giering, Arno Frisch, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann and Cristoph Bantzer. “Fiction is real,” offers one of..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The DARE Debate

Austin Police Kick Drug Prevention Program

"...of resource problems, or its own ineffectiveness. From a manpower perspective, growing numbers of vacancies in the Austin Police..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

SXSW Record Reviews

"...strings, horns, and various soft-sounding percussion instruments. And while many of the songs like "Showstop Hip Hop" are no..."

March 6, 1998 Music Review

Scanlines

Valley of the Dolls

"...we are virtually inseparable. It has provided me (and many other discriminating queens) with an arsenal of possible responses..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Screens Feature

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...the circumstances, it was hard not to see a man looking towards his own final memorial...."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Food Top Tens 1996: A Year of Good Tastes

Top Ten Bites of 1996

"...time I made it. This recipe should be a permanent part of any ice cream repertoire...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...his daughter to an irritatingly successful and singularly unobjectionable man, lives in a white, picket-fence dream house, truly loves..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...tearing up the ones they'd received. Well, Pearl Jam's management says that everything is hunky-dory and that "People have..."

June 23, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...ex-FBI men and a former L.A. cop attempt to manage a maze of Teamster thugs, psychotic Cubans, voyeuristic billionaires,..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Star Time

"...of a barbed-wire catheter. Even the recent Belgian import Man Bites Dog handled the subject with more finesse than..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man Bites Dog

"...Is it a comedy? A documentary? An underground gore-fest? Man Bites Dog, the first feature film from Belgian director..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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