Roll 'Em

March

"...Oliver Stone executive-produced this film about a rookie cop whose..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Dance With Me

"...story is entirely true. A talented new writer named Oliver Stone revealed Hayes' attitude as another ignorant American, thinking..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Football and Parades

"...know the event from the Zapruder footage, if not Oliver Stone's JFK or the plethora of books on the..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Coach's Corner

"...Oliver Stone's JFK is a well-researched documentary compared to this..."

July 31, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Into the Pink

Interview With Filmmaker and Novelist Gus Van Sant

"...I was thinking specifically of something that I'd heard Oliver Stone say about U-Turn. He was saying the opposite..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

Public Notice

Blow Up the Spot?

"...Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, Julia Childs, Arnold Palmer, and Oliver Stone. Executive Director of the Texas Freedom Network, Cecile..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Shoeless Harry Anderson photograph by Minh FESTIVAL HAPPENINGS

"...least from the outside looking in. Even the notorious Oliver Stone was subdued and talkative, greeting fans and fellow..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Appearing in October

"...5pm, Adventures in Crime & Space Lynda Obst,1pm, Borders Oliver Stone, 1pm, Barnes & Noble Arboretum Laverne Harrell Clark,..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Books Feature

Film at Wit's End

An Interview With Stan Brakhage

"...your MTV, your Jean-Luc Godard, your Nike commercials, your Oliver Stone, and just about everyone of your budding and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

From The Peacemaker to The Rainmaker... and Everything In Between

"...with the cop drama L.A. Confidential and U-Turn by Oliver Stone. Comedy fans look forward to In & Out..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

"...deft blend of horror and macabre comedy that eluded Oliver Stone in Natural Born Killers. Though neither Biafra or..."

July 25, 1997 Music Review

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

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

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Postscripts

"...Marrs is the author of Crossfire (the basis for Oliver Stone's JFK movie); he will come to Book People..."

May 23, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

The New Payola

When Radio Stations Become Concert Promoters

"...trying to find the historically verifiable elements in an Oliver Stone flick. The independent facts of the matter have..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Launching Bottle Rocket

Sparks Over Tinseltown

"...our first choice. We were thinking more Donald Sutherland. Oliver Stone is someone we talked about for a while..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Knnc X-mas/reverend Horton Heat, Meices

"...Monday night looks to be something out of an Oliver Stone movie: madness. FUNLAND Electric Lounge, Thursday 28 Kurt..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

At Close Range

The Men Behind the Texas Militia Myth

"...goes beyond distrust of the government and clear into Oliver Stone-conspiracy territory. Eventually, he takes out a copy of..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...enemies, and they pay the price. This is no Oliver Stone-type conspiracy. There is no steely-eyed, ultra-efficient covert operation..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

It's a Mystery to Me

"...too different -- there's Parker's other series protagonist, Jesse Stone, sheriff of the sleepy little town of Paradise, Mass.,..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Bigas Luna; with Romane Bohringer, Oliver Martinez, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Didier Bezace, Aldo Maccione...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...the county's Precinct 3 road crew, put in a stone walkway to the front door and began clearing cedar..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Oliver!

Despite some fine performances, consistently lush and well-executed chorus numbers, and stunning sets and costumes, the Austin Musical Theatre production of Oliver! leaves one wanting more.

"...Oliver!: More, Please..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...new crop of directors to its board. They include Oliver Bell, CEO of Global Labor & Employment Strategies Inc.,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election

From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations

"...Roy. Vote for Wendy. U.S. Rep. District 25: Julie Oliver..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature

House of Cardin

Biodoc of the fashion innovator is only sew-sew

"...celebrity devotees like Alice Cooper, Dionne Warwick, and Sharon Stone also offer their recollections of the man, the last..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...hybrids of costume, design, and puppeteering. It is a stone-cold pop culture masterpiece...."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wolfman

This monster reboot disappoints terribly, making up in blood and entrails what it lacks in heart and soul.

"...under a curse like Lon Chaney Jr. in Universal's stone-classic 1941 original (nor suffering from the contraction of the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Milk

Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.

"...a case of curious timing. In the instance of Oliver’s Stone’s rush job, W. – made too soon to..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Shawshank Redemption

Frank Darabont's debut feature based on the Stephen King novella receives a 10th anniversary reissue. The prison drama features standout performances by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.

"...Maine stands the Shawshank maximum security prison, a brooding stone obscenity rising out of the deeply forested acres that..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Charles Dickens Masterworks Collection

Muck and maggots and food slopping down chins, or: The World According to the Original Chuck D

"...provide kindness and sometimes fortune – Great Expectations' escaped convict, Oliver Twist's Nancy, Bleak House's avuncular John Jarndyce – and..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

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