Natural Born Killers

Stone grabs our collective viscera and never lets go for the next two hours.

"...Lee Jones and Tom Sizemore. Berserk from the outset, Natural Born Killers lunges for our collective viscera in its..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Natural Selection

This locally shot black comedy examines the bizarre feedback loop that exists among celebrity psychopaths, the increasingly tabloidized mainstream news media, and, not least, our own bad selves.

"...to skewer our pop culture's wearisome infatuation with serial killers, beers are on me when I meet Natural Selection..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love & a .45

Early Renée in a heap of bloody Texas trouble.

"...the midst of a spate of similarly themed films (Natural Born Killers and Kalifornia spring readily to mind) and..."

Nov. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Any Given Sunday

Stone's tale of a professional football team is full of excess, machismo, and a ripped-out eyeball.

"...everything he's learned since the cinematic mental crack-up of Natural Born Killers, turns it all up to 11, and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

S.F.W.

"...too close on the heels of movies such as Natural Born Killers and Pulp Fiction which explore the media..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Psychopaths

More murder and mayhem from Mickey Keating

"...to an unseen but interventionist narrator (Phillips), all the killers and ghouls of the world come out to play...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Stone Soul Booksigning

Interview With Filmmaker and Author Oliver Stone

"...is the co-writer/writer and director of Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, and Natural Born..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Edward Lagrossa

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...wilder than anything a storyteller might have imagined. The Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...wilder than anything a storyteller might have imagined. The Russian-born Theremin was an electronics genius who invented the strange..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Savages

Oliver Stone’s movie is volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and nearly irrestible – at least when the young 'uns aren't onscreen.

"...of the filmmaker we haven’t seen much of since Natural Born Killers and U-Turn. The film is based on..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow Falling on Cedars

"...small measure to the magnificent camerawork of Robert Richardson (Natural Born Killers, Casino, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control)...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U-Turn

"...But signs emerged in the reckless satiric tone of Natural Born Killers and ambivalent moral judgment of Nixon that..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

To Die For

"...suspect that To Die For is the movie that Natural Born Killers really wanted to be, at least in..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Higher Learning

"...looking foolish, Ice Cube proves that he is a born movie star, taking command of the screen with a..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Scanlines

"...Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson star in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. You'd think that if some kid wanted..."

April 17, 1998 Screens Feature

The Soloist

Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.

"...fourth time in his career as a journalist: Zodiac; Natural Born Killers; and Good Night, and Good Luck) first..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alexander

Oliver Stone has achieved the impossible: He's made the life of Alexander the Great seem boring.

"...lacking the director’s mordant, stick-in-the-eye humor (so apparent in Natural Born Killers and Salvador), his love of Rubik’s Cube-esque..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vanilla Sky

"...that Oliver Stone parlayed Trent Reznor's musical free-for-all in Natural Born Killers. The whole film, in fact, has been..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Permanent Midnight

Jerry Stahl's junkie confession is the author's fictionalized account of how to maintain a successful Hollywood career as well as a $6,000-a-week heroin habit.

"...David Veloz (who was one of the screenwriters of Natural Born Killers) adapted Stahl's book for the screen and..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Plump Fiction

"...lampreys in it. Bits from Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers and others find their ways into the..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

"...You decide whether he deserves it. -- Clay Smith Natural Born Killers: The Director's Cut D: Oliver Stone; with..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature

Film Sense and Sensibilities

1995 in Review

"...Stone. You know, that Oliver Stone of JFK and Natural Born Killers?..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Screens Feature

Love Affair

"...when released alongside films such as Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers, it may be just the panacea for..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

NRA: Don't Blame Guns, Blame Kung Lao

Gun boosters break Sandy Hook silence and attack movies

"...Kombat, and Splatterhouse. And here's one: it's called Kindergarten Killers. It's been online for 10 years. How come my..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Presenters for the ceremony include Austin-born character actor Dabney Coleman (Tootsie, Nine to Five); Oscar-nominated..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Destruction as Beauty

Profile of local alternative band Trail of Dead; explication of their new album Madonna

"...tabloid-style fascination with horrific evildoings. Keely uses Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers as a springboard to build the sardonic..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...often been revisited by Malick's admirers, including Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers) and Dominic Sena (Kalifornia). Unlike those films,..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Martin McDonagh on Directing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The film, starring Frances McDormand, could hardly be more timely or controversial

"...End – a fitting transition for McDonagh, who was born in England to Irish parents. That one play launched..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Record Reviews

"...chill of Edith Frost's Calling Over Time seems as natural as seasons passing, as stark as the white beauty..."

July 25, 1997 Music Review

Now Streaming in Austin: What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Standing in Johnny Depp's footprints ... literally!

"...Allen in Husbands and Wives, and Oliver Stone for Natural Born Killers, plus going toe-to-toe with Brad Pitt in..."

April 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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