Of Family Heirlooms and Industrial Films

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image preserves the state's cinematic roads less traveled

"...chronicles of Austin teen culture, featuring shots of long-haired stoners playing in the grass and bands like the Talking..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

sxswf: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Senna

The Formula One documentary comes to the new Formula One city

"...the crew managed what Michael Mann, Antonio Banderas and Oliver Stone had all failed to achieve: Bring the story..."

March 13, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Honors Robert Rodriguez

Austin's favorite troublemaker to receive award

"...footsteps of previous honorees Ron Howard, Danny Boyle, and Oliver Stone, to name a few. Rodriguez will accept the..."

Sept. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...with his partner Brian Grazer, was honored with the Milestone Award by the Producers Guild of America (PGA)...."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (Shrek), Bryan Singer (X-Men), Oliver Stone (Platoon), and Chris & Paul Weitz (About a..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Boys Will Be Boys'

Jeff Pearlman's new book exposes the excesses and successes of the Nineties Dallas Cowboys

"...rebuilt with the kind of characters usually sequestered for Oliver Stone films. The antics of Irvin are just the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

A Sunny, Funny Fest

Previewing the 2008 Austin Film Festival

"...as possible sleeper hit Bart Got a Room and Oliver Stone's long-awaited biopic W., which by definition is surely..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Porno Presented at the Paramount

Kevin Smith at opening night of Fantastic Fest

"...(who is soon to appear as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's W...."

Sept. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wynn, Leffingwell Moved to Undiscosed Location

Mayor, council member meet with Bush, Cheney. The horror, the horror …

"...of all time, the war criminals and stars of Oliver Stone's upcoming W., George W. Bush and Dick Cheney...."

Sept. 18, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'My First Movie: Take Two' and 'Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love'

Take Two is the sequel to My First Movie, a collection of interviews with now-successful directors discussing their first feature films. Sexy subject aside, Cinema of Obsession barely even manages to simmer.

"...That book featured conversations with Hollywood luminaries such as Oliver Stone, independent giants like the Coen brothers, and foreign-language..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

Moonlighting and the future of the medium

"...shared with fellow honorees John Milius (Distinguished Screenwriter) and Oliver Stone (Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking)...."

Oct. 19, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

You're Joking, Right?

"...it that the Deer Hunter-obsessed heckler at the John Milius/Oliver Stone discussion on war movies actually didn’t create the..."

Oct. 15, 2007 Screens Post by Spencer Parsons

Cinematexas Heads for That Big Screening in the Sky...

But festival season soldiers on

"...fests for both established and first-time screenwriters. Hollywood OG-cum-provocateur Oliver Stone will be this year's recipient of the Extraordinary..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Baffled Intrigue

"...Caron will be honored along with John Milius and Oliver Stone at an awards luncheon on Oct. 13. For..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...really top-notch filmmakers, so whether it's Ron Howard or Oliver Stone or Denzel Washington or whoever, that always makes..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCB

Hair metal sneaks into ACL 2005, under a blanket of dust

"...Another effect of the heat, seen in most Oliver Stone movies, is that when combined with music it..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...epic life. He wasn't just an observer at the milestones of rock history – Monterey Pop, Altamont, the Last..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in 1965, Felix Greene's Inside North Vietnam in 1967, Oliver Stone's short "Last Year In Vietnam," and John Ford's..."

July 16, 2004 Column

Doesn't Recall Protests Against Vietnam [Read the Last Sentence: the Dumbest Comparison I've Ever Seen]

July 8, 2004 Postmarks

Sid & Nancy

This film rendering of the sordid junkie degradation and deaths of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious and girlfriend Nancy Spungen bleeds through with a tad too much MTV, but few music biopics can top Gary Oldman in Sid & Nancy.

"...Salton Val Kilmer and his Lizard Kingly turn in Oliver Stone's operatic Doors, however, few if any music biopics..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Review

Book 'Em

Recent Picks From the Summer Crop

"...1960s of Poetry magazine of Chicago), Gerard Malanga, and Oliver Stone. But he also takes up the Columbine High..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Books Feature by Dave Oliphant

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...AC: What do you think of Oliver Stone's JFK? Where he has LBJ saying to the..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Conan the Barbarian

"...belongs there), but the principal story (by Millius and Oliver Stone) is very good, and the final product is..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Coach's Corner

To hell with the critics! Remember the Titans is a great sports movie -- the best since Rocky.

"...the worst of us. Unlike the cinematic pud-pounding of Oliver Stone, Titans' football scenes are graphic but realistic. The..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Starbucks vs. the Chronicle: Who's zoomin' who?

"...the volume down because of noise restrictions? Somebody give Oliver Stone a call. I smell a cover-up...."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...Foxx found some success with a dramatic turn in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, and likewise, this film doesn't..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...big league suits up to join the game. Already, Oliver Stone and Jerry Bruckheimer have signed on to create..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, Battleground

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

"...to Cook's boss (Connolly, whose character's name is, oddly, Oliver Stone). Hecht's script has a lot to say about..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Light rail, affordable housing, and reverse racism.

"...did not enjoy the movie or does not like Oliver Stone films; however, I am very surprised at the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Don't Blame the Movies

"...is as bad as the couple in Louisiana suing Oliver Stone for the death of their family member (and..."

May 28, 1999 Column

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