Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...TV Affect Everything) David Hillis (Armadillos to Ziziphus: A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country) Bill Ong Hing (Humanizing..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

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

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Sat. 17, Carver Museum, Boyd Vance Theater, 11:45pm Born and raised in Austin, Stacey Smith has been recognized..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

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

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

My Favorite My Favorite Murder

When comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstack talk homicide, people listen

"...myself among the ranks of murderinos felt like the natural culmination of my abiding affection for Nancy Drew, my..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Shove

Fun Fun Fun Fest headliners L7 come roaring back on the lips of Donita Sparks

"...Heavy, and the latter was included on 1994's popular Natural Born Killers soundtrack...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...Danielle Zelisko: First thing’s first. When were you born?..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

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

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

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"...go on to woo the Weinsteins or sucker punch Natural Born Killers producer Don Murphy in a West Hollywood..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

UT Department of Theatre & Dance: Gotta sing! Gotta dance!

The new Musical Theatre Pilot Project aims to prepare UT undergrads for belting for Broadway

"...Thus was born the two-year Musical Theatre Pilot Project. "There are a..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Killers / The Hold Steady

"...The Killers..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Lauren Bacall making her screen debut: The rest came naturally, on screen and off. "You know how to whistle,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Capote

While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.

"...gets the same idea twice, it’s reserved for dueling natural-disaster pics – volcanos, errant asteroids, gruesome stuff the market..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...example of the man he has become. "It's quite natural that when people get out of a certain environment,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TCB

Conrad Keely and Juliette Lewis? Getting it on with the Trail of Dead, Frenchie, Cheap Trick, the Austin Music Commission, and our own Todd V. Wolfson.

"...reported Monday that frontman Conrad Keely is engaged to Natural Born Killers star Juliette Lewis (who is also now..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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

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

Se7en

David Fincher's stunning directorial debut about a psychopath who uses the seven deadly sins as a model for his grotesque murders

"...kill. Many have faltered because of deeply flawed storylines (Natural Born Killers) or just pointless displays of violence (Man..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

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

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

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

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

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

"...deeper the desire, the greater the story. Hemingway's "The Killers," which felt new at one time, now seems emotionally..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

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

"...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

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