The Luv Doc’s Holiday Gift Guide

What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night

"...style and substance, obviously. Shit people can use. 1) Morphine..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...and longstanding drug trafficking operations of the last century: morphine shipped from Turkey to Marseille, where it was manufactured..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

La Vie en Rose

How do you tell the true story of the nearly mythical popular performer Edith Piaf? In epic proportions, of course.

"...sickly from years of nonstop drinking and an obsessive morphine habit, the weak Piaf convalesces, wondering if she’ll ever..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Country Bears

"...or having to do it without benefit of a morphine drip. Granted, The Country Bears tends to act as..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Slingshot

"...sciatica causes his stately father to limp and take morphine for the pain. In the little shop owned by..."

Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mark Sandman

Gift guide

"...remember Mark Sandman from his days with low-rock band Morphine, although he was also a major part of Eighties..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Luv Doc: Crap Taste

The sweet deliverance of blissful apathy

"...by then, but rather that when you're on a morphine drip in hospice, you probably won't care. To paraphrase..."

July 5, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

For Your Consideration

What to see at the 21st annual Austin Film Festival

"...Morphine: Journey of Dreams. Former Electric Lounge owner Mark Shuman..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Go Greek: AFS Essential Cinema

AFS Essential Cinema: From the Shadows: Greek Independent Cinema

"...and seriously underground black-and-white cult hit Still Looking for Morphine...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

One More Win Before Regionals

TXRG gets tested but not bested by Bay Area Derby road team

"...First Oakland Outlaw Jane Hammer blew past Morphine, and while Texas struggled to get her through the..."

Sept. 9, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Morphine (dir. Aleksey Balabanov, 2008, Russia) A vastly inexperienced rural..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Stronger

The story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman

"...point, it’s a bit out of focus, like a morphine drip. Bauman questions what it even means to be..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...to run into battle with nothing but bandages and morphine injections...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Review: Martin Short

The evening with Short was long on classic comedy

"...“The only difference between you people and pure, pharmaceutical-grade morphine is that morphine doesn’t judge,” Short joked. Of course..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

I Saw the Light

The sad but mercurial life of Hank Williams is put to screen

"...its amazing conjuring act. Williams’ difficulties with alcohol, amphetamines, morphine, and other painkillers (originally prescribed for his congenital back..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Teenage

Beguiling and maddening in its approach, this odd doc looks at the relatively recent invention of the teenager.

"...dramatizes the stories of four emblematic teenagers, including the morphine-addled deb Brenda Dean Paul and Hitler Youth member Melita..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...finest work of his career, careening from cocaine- and morphine-fueled highs to the film’s most memorable sequence as he..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Fruit'

Short Story Contest: Second place

"...The nurse finds you. Start her on morphine, you tell her. We need a scalpel, a basin..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Lydia Melby

Night of the Rookies

Texas Rollergirls kick off 2010 season with new lineups and a special whistle blower

"...the right pack, she'll be deadly, a mix of Morphine and Bloody Mary...."

March 1, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Like a Boss

Texas Rollergirls take the Governor's Cup to kick of 2010 season

"...grand slams and 15 points: A feat duplicated by Morphine to give the Texies an unanswered 30-0 lead by..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texies Twice as Nice

Texecutioners take first slot in WFTDA championship bout

"...and a 41-16 lead, but then DeRanged actually had Morphine skating back into the pack. Normally, it's the jammer..."

Nov. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces Lineup

Here's looking at you, Uwe Boll

"...got J-horror aplenty; Cargo 200 director Aleksey Balabanov's follow-up Morphine; the sequel to French freak-out District 13, District 13..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Year of Sparkle and Desi Cration

Results and pictures from last night's Texas Rollergirls' Whammy Awards

"...Plenty Best Rookie: Yellow Dye No. 5 Most Improved: Morphine Most Feared: Desi Cration Best Coach: Punk Rock Phil..."

Jan. 19, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fall

Astonishing and hyperstylized images mark Tarsem's stunning but mournful movie, which is also layered with fairy-tale subtext and thickets of moral and motivational ambiguity.

"...but to manipulate the doe-eyed innocent into procuring enough morphine tablets to ensure a quick and permanent end to..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Montana Blues

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

"...had fewer treatment options. She chose an overdose of morphine.A Cold Business The inquest took place in Helena, capital..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Signs

"...parcels out information like a triage medic doling out morphine; every tiny bit is carefully considered and then rationed..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Glass House

"...notice his indiscretions because she's too busy shooting up morphine. Despite their impeccable Architectural Digest surroundings, the couple has..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Reviews

That this Western succeeds as well as it does on its very low budget is a testament to the passion of these filmmakers.

"...to follow a religious path, the other takes up morphine and other antisocial misdeeds. Writer-director James Crowley has a..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Final fareweall to the Texas Tornado; Frank Kozik Sells Out?; Sixteen Deluxe and Meat Purveyors shake up, but don't break up.

"...not long before that, Mark Sandman of the band Morphine succumbed to an unexpected heart attack, yet the word..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dr. Akagi

"...to take her on as his assistant, and the morphine-addicted surgeon Toriumi, who also assists the doctor in his..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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