Celluloid Icons

The larger-than-life John Milius and the enigmatic, introverted Harry Dean Stanton come into focus

"...you've got Charlie Sheen calling your subject insane and Oliver Stone saying he's not grounded in reality, you know..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Cold Creek Manor

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone are home alone in a haunted house in this film that was not screened before press time.

"...Directed by: Mike Figgis. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Christopher Plummer and..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

"...of the most brilliant and provocative of contemporary filmmakers, Oliver Stone and Dennis Hopper. (Count me as one of..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Column by Louis Black

The Pearl King

Formed through irritation, time, and friction, yet gorgeous, imperfect, and universally valued: Oliver Rajamani

"...rather me sing in a Johnny Cash band," declares Oliver Rajamani...."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

A League of Their Own

"...didn't work out, nor did the aborted attempt by Oliver Stone to direct Wright's screenplay with Al Pacino playing..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...NIXOND: Oliver Stone; with Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Out of Darkness

Stone Age survival horror echoes through history

"...the whole world was once so. Andrew Cumming's remarkable stone age survival horror Out of Darkness dwells in such..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Say Hello Again to His Little Friend

Scarface blasts its way back to the big screen

"...watchable. It was then-fledgling director (The Hand) and writer Oliver Stone's seething, subtext-bloated screenplay that put the words in..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Universal has pushed up the opening date of The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas from May 12 to May..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

"...Clay Smith Natural Born Killers: The Director's Cut D: Oliver Stone; with Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.,..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature

The Inspection

Powerful and challenging boot camp drama ponders the need to be accepted

"...in Platoon. But then, that film was based on Oliver Stone's own experiences, and maybe these are just the..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The East

Colonial ambitions implode in this brutal recounting of Dutch folly

"...sweat, and crazy and Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now or Oliver Stone’s Platoon. All three highlight the jagged racism inherent..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Val

A voice lost, a voice remains in this biography of the Tombstone star

"...a new side to the star of Heat and Tombstone: pack rat. It's arguably why seasoned editors Ting Poo..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Adrift

True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley

"...ace lensman, whose award-winning contributions to many films by Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese attest to his..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Psychopaths

More murder and mayhem from Mickey Keating

"...the razor-opened vein of Rob Zombie, Natural Born Killers-era Oliver Stone, or David Lynch circa Lost Highway. He paints..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

W, meet Laura. Laura, meet W.

W. kicks off AFF at the Paramount

"...back two days later for the call back (with Oliver Stone). The casting director later told her that as..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Page Two

Prelude to a column on cinematographer Haskell Wexler – by way of defending the ideological, political, and philosophical passions of John Sayles and Maggie Renzi against the intellectual bankruptcy of most current film criticism

"...Michael Bay, Brian De Palma, Roland Emmerich, Michael Mann, Oliver Stone, George Lucas (except for American Graffiti), or John..."

June 3, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Jim Brown: All-American

"...100 Rifles), James Toback, Melvin Van Peebles, Donald Bogle, Oliver Stone, and many more. Proceeds from the screening will..."

Oct. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Four Feathers

"...the cinematography of Robert Richardson (a longtime associate of Oliver Stone), whose panoramic shots of the burnished African desert..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vanilla Sky

"...soundtrack than a soundwash, almost to the degree that Oliver Stone parlayed Trent Reznor's musical free-for-all in Natural Born..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remember the Titans

"...sport of Beefy Guys, the dubious honor goes to Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, which turns the harsh light..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Any Given Sunday bites, but no worse than the Coach's prognostications last week. Old wisdom: The Colts are the best in the league. New wisdom: Titans may be for real.

"...movie about the National Football League -- directed by Oliver Stone, starring Al Pacino, with plenty of Cameron Diaz..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Funny Games

Austrian moralist Haneke fashions a tense drama from the sadistic games people play.

"...off-screen, the horrific aftershocks are as unnerving as anything Oliver Stone or Wes Craven have shown us. As Peter..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Boy Blue

"...Savage (best remembered as the doomed combat photographer in Oliver Stone's Salvador). Savage, in fact, is so creepy here..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping Up Appearances

Community Relations Coordinator... or Juggler?

"...her already liberal use of superlatives when talking about Oliver Stone ("He was so wonderful. He was so kind..."

March 6, 1998 Books Feature by Jay Hardwig

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

"...movies as well as the stupendous camerawork of longtime Oliver Stone cinematographer Robert Richardson, whose combination of film stocks..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1997 Austin Film Festival Schedule

"...9:30pm Q&A with Oliver Stone..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

1997 Austin Film Festival Schedule

"...9:30pm Q&A with Oliver Stone..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Screens Feature

A Very Brady Sequel

"...seen). Hideously directed with all the comic subtlety of Oliver Stone on speed, A Very Brady Sequel misses almost..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Higher Learning

"...what it wants to say. But while NBK's director Oliver Stone wholeheartedly admits his confusion about his “grand statements,”..."

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

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