Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kurt Vonnegut, Loud and Clear

Austinite rescues archival interviews

"...of Vonnegut's career: In 1973 Miller and Vonnegut discuss Slaughterhouse-Five; in 1981, Palm Sunday; and this year, the two..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Books Feature by Sofia Resnick

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program B

The collected films in Program B examine suffering from different angles

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Q&A Hole: What Got You Hooked On the Weird Stuff?

Waiting for the manlike creature with the glowing eyes

"...Howard's Conan of Cimmeria, as an 11-year-old; Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, as a 14-year-old; and J.G. Ballard's Crash and Doris..."

July 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time? (Part 2)

With Tim Doyle, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Kareem Badr, and more

"...My favorite book of all time by far is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I read it when I was..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

LBJ Swings Like the Pendulum Do

For a fun Sixties flashback – sans acid – see the LBJ Library's 'Signs of the Times: Life in the Swingin' Sixties'

"..."The Girl From Ipanema," the Dave Clark Five and Slaughterhouse-Five. The LBJ Library and Museum is providing the flashback..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Why Valentine’s Day Sucks

At least, the actual date of it – historically speaking

"...but maybe you also need to go and read Slaughterhouse-Five again...."

Feb. 5, 2018 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Why we write: the creative processes of the author as a human being

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...He’s an inveterate reader, partial to banned books like Slaughterhouse-Five and Tropic of Cancer, which makes him distinct from..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics Series

May 24-Sept. 9

"...The Thing From Another World, 9:15pmAug. 1Fahrenheit 451, 7pm; Slaughterhouse-Five, 9:15pmAug. 3Slaughterhouse-Five, 7:15pm; Fahrenheit 451, 9:25pmAug. 4E.T. – The..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature

Varsity Blues

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Stand-Up Guy

Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh

"...of essays The Braindead Megaphone, relates that after reading Slaughterhouse-Five, he realized that its author, Kurt Vonnegut, was funny:..."

April 23, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...(boxed set of Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse-Five, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Welcome to the Monkey..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

A Half-Life at the Movies

In the Dark No More

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

The Deer

"...Beautiful and Nothing Hurt" tributes Kurt Vonnegut's anti-war standard Slaughterhouse-Five. In a spacier second half, the image of peace..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival 2015:
The Train to Crystal City

Jan Jarboe Russell's saga of World War II internment in Texas reviewed

"...soon begin to resemble absurdist notes for Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five – most give up attempting to understand or explain..."

Oct. 15, 2015 Arts Post by Michael King

Nick Broomfield Tells Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Filmmaker talks about his new HBO doc, LA, race, and death

April 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood

Lorelei's girlhood in dad's Boyhood

"...or my older sister left a school copy of Slaughterhouse-Five lying around. I was a shameless reader of other..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Gruesome Playground Injuries

Two wounded friends walk a line between nostalgia and regret in Street Corner Arts' staging of Rajiv Joseph's play

"...is fixed, and like Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, our only option is to bounce around it...."

May 31, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

The Dudleys!: A Family Game

This ambitious new play imagines a family crisis as an 8-bit video game

May 20, 2011 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Austin-Lensed 'Temple Grandin' Scores at Emmys

Temple Grandin is an Emmy Darling

Aug. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wonder Stories: Artists in Space and Unstuck in Time

Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most

"..."Slaughterhouse-Five – such a deceptively brilliant and pervasive book. Vonnegut's..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature

NFL Analysis 101: Messiahs, Little Women, and Birth Control

April 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Scanlines

July 4, 1997 Screens Feature

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Gut Girls

The title characters in Sarah Daniels' play Gut Girls are brash, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling cockneys, carving their lots from life at the slaughterhouse, and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production's colorful design work, solid direction, and vivid performances put us inside their greasy, tough world.

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Jigsaw

The Saw character returns

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

Urban Farm Debate Intensifies

UPDATED: Council postpones vote on revised ordinance

Oct. 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

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