Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...Miramax. Given to quirky outfits and raised by a self-styled “witch” mother, Stanley was and remains equal parts outsider..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Wes Anderson Just Out-Wes Anderson'd Himself

Here's what you missed from the capacity event at the Paramount

"...man of the hour, "singular cinematic artist" Wes Anderson himself...."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

The Head

This intensely personal look at depression and personal demons provides a showcase for Trouble Puppet's builders and puppeteers

"...mechanisms like Why The Fuck Not? and the Overthinker sabotage the Man's daily life – urging him to the..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Point Austin: Reasons To Vote

Take the time to take responsibility for your own community

"...of tea-partying anti-taxers, conspiracy-crank libertarians, and small groups of self-defined "progs" who make no distinction between political "activism" and..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Secret Club

South by Southwest 2011 Keynote speaker Bob Geldof played the Armadillo World Headquarters with the Boomtown Rats. Afterward ....

"...Em ... I've never thought of myself as being a romantic, but maybe I am...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

It's a Landslide ... Tie!

AFS Documentary Tour: Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

"...Not unsurprisingly, the interviews that Rafferty collected during his self-financed cross-country trek –staying in cheap hotels and racking up..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...with a hero complex, bent on inflating his own self-importance in the comfortable guise of moral superiority. Finding Common..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Page Two: Workingman's Blues

The real history of labor and union organizing is ignored and largely unknown

"...militantly anti-management, with some members engaging in acts of sabotage as a tactic. Labor also was involved in bombings,..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The capricious, political use of recall and referendum perverts and endangers the idea of our constitutional republic

"...greed; bred corruption; and survived through abuse, malfunctions, and sabotage. Still, it's always persevered...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

The White House resorted to scare tactics, terror alerts, and slander following the Democratic Convention in order to avert the public's attention from newly released statistics documenting the country's economic downturn

"...That's human enough, and who hasn't succumbed to such self-deception at one time or another? That is precisely the..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Jetscreamer

Texas Platter

"...ways, but they subscribe to the same methods of sabotage that Ed Hall displayed at last month's sweaty Room..."

July 18, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Capitol Records 1942-2002

Box Set

"...1942-2002(Capitol) What's the proper way to evaluate this ambitious, self-congratulatory 6-CD vanity project? If it's signature artists -- Nat..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing With Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield

Sheet Music

"...it all, her accomplishments were bitterly underscored by crippling self-doubt, drug-and-alcohol addiction, and multiple suicide attempts. Written by pioneering..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds

"...they headed for the German redoubt. Through deception and sabotage, the French resistance managed to stop the train from..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

October Previews

"...air of L.A. Filled with equal parts hysteria and self-analysis, the film engages in a detailed dissection of the..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Book Reviews

By the Shore: A Novel

"...between her mother and Rufus, May engages in subtle sabotage of their relationship. By the time her father comes..."

April 30, 1999 Books Review by the Shore

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...works and adaptations of literary material generated by InterAct itself. The company's first artistic director, Alice Wilson, was also..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...reforms in many of his campaign ads, pointing to self-sufficiency and accountability as integral elements to the success of..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Coach's Corner

"...sure, a 2-8 record isn't too hot for the self-esteem, but the Yankees are kicking the shit out of..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Primary Colors

Shades of the Travis County Elections

"...carry on Stacy's message of individual responsibility and community self-determination, but in this runoff we still face an uphill..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...primarily as the hotel where Sam Houston Johnson drank himself to death. In the early Eighties, the lounge was..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Postmarks

Illbient for Spooky

"...double-bassed sound. I don't happen to like them much myself, but I might have been interested to read more..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Column

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