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Titus
Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.
"...from cars with bullet-proof glass. It's a world of political posturing and might-makes-right that we recognize all too well,..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Return With Honor
"...airmen's experiences as P.O.W.s in North Vietnam. There's no political agenda here, no pandering to Ramboesque fantasies of unliberated..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Windhorse
"...urgent, outrage-steeped tale because you're already up on the political issues at hand, then give due credit to people..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Elizabeth
Blanchett is indelible as Queen Elizabeth I, the 16th century monarch who took the British throne during divisive times.
"...who had to contend not only with her own political naïveté but also the stigma of being both Protestant..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Big One
"...corporate CEOs (namely GM's Roger Smith) and the quick-reflexed political satirist cum performance artist. In The Big One (which..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bitter Sugar
"...remaining on the island is Gustavo. There's an inescapable political agenda underlying Bitter Sugar that rules the film's dramatic..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Politics Top 10
Top Ten Political Stories
"...Something reeks at RECA. Using corporate money to benefit political candidates is supposed to be illegal, but during the..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature

Land and Freedom
"...fighting is a democratic group of dreamers like himself, political infighting and the treachery of Stalin's Russian troops --..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Strikes Out
Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995
"...Following is a list of our Top Ten political stories and moments from 1995 -- our reporters also..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Madness of King George
"...symptoms of insanity. Whatever the cause, the effect was political turmoil, a fight to replace the seemingly mad king..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Three Musketeers
"...neo-romantic heroic revisionism to Lester's more profound historical and political revisionism and Herek's The Three Musketeers is the lowball..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival
First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books
"...in her role as a thriller novelist, not a political activist and defender of civil rights...."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Kid Candidate
How one young prankster upended Amarillo politics
"...time, Pedigo had no intention of launching an actual political career; the video was meant to be a Harmony..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left
Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel
"...of right-wing ideology and clownery, could see a major political shift this election cycle, with four Republicans departing and..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Jokes Aside, Trevor Noah Actually Wants To Inform You
The Daily Show host on the 5:30pm curse and comedy in the Trump era
"...the way first – no one can truly “replace” political satirist godfather Jon Stewart. His acerbic wit and genuine..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

CEO Chuck Smith Leaves Equality Texas
Samantha Smoot tapped for interim executive director position
"...Equality Texas, a statewide political advocacy organization for LGBTQ rights, announced earlier today that..."

Dec. 17, 2018 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Point Austin: Inside the Whirlwind
From D.C. to Austin, a relentless political storm
"...The amount of blood – political and literal – Patrick and Abbott are willing to..."

July 14, 2017 News Column by Michael King

"Jim Roche: Some Americans Feel Like This" at Bale Creek Allen Gallery
The show's hand-stenciled, colorful re-creations of political signs are a timely vessel for America's honesty
"...at all. Roche's focus here is the religious and political missive, text first gathered from various church marquees and..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Point Austin: Vote Your Brain
In a crazy political year, the choices for sane voters should be obvious
"...national embarrassment. It's hard to comprehend that a major political party should have nominated a candidate so intellectually, emotionally,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Sweetening the Pill
Seeking Arrangement and the Wendy Davis kerfuffle
"...its molehill building. It's more evidence of the rampant political sexism than an indictment of character. For proof, one..."

Jan. 27, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Jack Blanton and Harold Simmons Dead
Two philanthropic and political power players pass over the weekend
"...Philanthropic, political and policy life in Texas may have changed significantly..."

Dec. 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready, Aim ...
Geoff Marslett's Loves Her Gun inadvertently finds itself in the crosshairs of a political discourse
"...2011, he hadn't known that he was making a political film. In 2011, a movie about a young woman..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Everything Went Black: Let's Talk About Pron
Why cineastes should give a fuck about anti-porn rhetoric
"...If you've been paying close attention to the political marketing machine since practically forever the dawn of the..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Ted Cruz: The New Schwarzenegger
And we don't mean that in a good way
"...something in the contemporary GOP's DNA that loves making political ingenues into the next big thing. Now it's US..."

Aug. 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: Longing for the Future
For better or worse, SOS was a political game-changer
"...was treated to a historical exhibition of every Austin-based political campaign that's taken place from 1992 to the present...."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: A Hill of Beans
Tom DeLay's story is a profile in political corruption
"...name of the DeLay-founded Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Com­mittee. In the simplest and long-statutory terms, Texas..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Honoring Allies: The Home Edition
A very personal memory of two important allies
"...and politics at large, I want to take the political and make it personal. It's that personal perspective that..."

Oct. 27, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Harnessing social media's potential for political change
"...hardly silent and very much a part of the political process. "I was surprised by what then came across..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

In the Loop
In the Loop is a scabrous and funny study of how an offhand remark by a career politician can metastasize into an international conflict and, ultimately, war.
"...Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, Mimi Kennedy and David Rasche. Political vitriol, when dispensed with razored, rapier aplomb, is a..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Out of the Press Room
Long-time Perry consigliere Robert Black stands down as communications director
"...Black is going off into private political communications consultancy (cha-ching!) come September. No word on his..."

July 14, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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