The Best of Enemies

Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama

"...Not to be confused with the 2015 documentary Best of Enemies on William F. Buckley..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Best of Enemies

The 1968 debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal are legend

"...In 1968, there were only three television networks, and gavel-to-gavel coverage of..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Best of Enemies

Hugely fun doc about Buckley and Vidal's infamous debates

"...As Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville's documentary, Best of Enemies, would have it, it was in 1968..."

March 20, 2015 SXSW Post by Anne S. Lewis

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...Now let’s say that when he dies penniless at the age of 81, you’re tasked with cleaning out his..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: The Politics of Distraction

In the face of failure at home and abroad, the right turns on immigrants

"...sleep. Now, months later, RVW awakens and turns on the television news to see what he's missed. The current,..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Resurrection of Mark Weaver

Pastor Mark Weaver spent Thanksgiving at Shoal Creek Hospital

"...According to the website of the New Hope Church, Mark Weaver remains..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Fight of the Century

Best of Enemies climbs back in the ring with Buckley and Vidal for their 1968 face-off

"...The biggest heavyweight bout onscreen in 2015 won't be on..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Kid Stays in the Picture

"...this film is based, was a tell-all, read-all maelstrom of back-stabbing, drug-taking, filmmaking debauchery. Thankfully, this film version is..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Lynn..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Mighty

"...two movies, Hear My Song and Funny Bones, two of the best and most offbeat films of the Nineties...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Quick and the Dead

"...Leonardo DiCaprio, Lance Henricksen, Woody Strode and Pat Hingle. There is, regrettably, precious little that is quick about Sam..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Posted after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

City of God

City of God, like the Rio de Janeiro housing project for which it’s named, is often grim and dire, but the film is also imbued with hope and transcendence.

"...Directed by: Fernando Meirelles. Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen,..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Type So Hard You Bruise the Screen'

Owen Egerton has 30 things to say to struggling writers

"...In the late 1950s, Jack Kerouac typed out a list of..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Post by Owen Egerton

From the Vaults: Nominees on Rewind

The Texas Film Hall of Fame film series in focus

"...Every year, the Texas Film Hall of Fame honors legends in the..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

George H. W. 'The Dude' Bush

Do the foreign policy debacles of Bush 43 rehabilitate the career of Bush 41?

"..."Sometimes there's a man, I won't say a hero, because what's..."

April 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing

The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation

"..."In my hour of darkness, in my time of need," as Gram Parsons..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Aleshire the Agitator

Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Limelight

"...tearful farewells when Travis County Judge Bill Aleshire leaves office on New Year's Eve. Instead, it would be more..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...1) Mad Max: Fury Road The alpha male riding shotgun to a woman in a..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Josh Kupecki's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...1) The Tribe A distillation of pure cinema (no dialogue, no..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Film rights for Arthur Golden's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...There is a new prayer to God above, howling up..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s Not Running Again and You Can Thank the Lord

Curtains down for the notoriously belligerent legislator, aka Sticky

"...right-wing legislator Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, ranting obnoxiously on the House floor anytime soon, and you’ve apparently got the..."

June 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Game is Afoot!

The Women's World Cup gets underway in Paris

"...The French women opened the 2019 Women’s World Cup in..."

June 7, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Dear Glutton: Best Place for a Birthday Dinner?

How to celebrate a birthday without all the hassle

"...What's the best place in town for a birthday dinner? Here's..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

This Week's Waste of Time

Play entries to the Independent Games Festival. They're free.

"...on to your hats, it's time to dive into the Independent Games Festival again. I'll be going through 100..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Last time the Chronicle profiled Mike Wiebe, 14 years ago, the reporter..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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