The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas and Cesar Montano. War may indeed be hell, but for those on the..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Conqueror's Concubine

"...whopping two hours and forty-five minutes, is one of the more eagerly awaited Hong Kong pictures of the year...."

Dec. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Current War - Director's Cut

The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists

"...Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Holland and Stanley Townsend...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Scales Down Tolstoy’s Masterwork

War and Peace goes pop in new Zach Theatre production

"...Musicals like Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 are the reason people fear..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...On Wednesday, Dec. 3, press day at the Chronicle, news of Ian McLagan's hospitalization began circulating early...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War

America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts

"...In how many countries is the United States "engaged in hostilities" (as the saying goes)?..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

One of the Great Ones

"...The tall pine bookcases take up the entire west wall..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Savlov Got It Wrong on 'The Great Raid'

"...Editor, After reading Marc Savlov's Aug. 12 review of The Great Raid [Film Listings] I was curious to see..."

Aug. 22, 2005 Postmarks

Ending the Water War

What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?

"...Stacked neatly at the Austin Water Utility are boxes and boxes of brochures..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Enemy at the GatesD: Jean-Jacques Annaud; with Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Ed..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...TrafficD: Steven Soderbergh; with Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, James Brolin, Benicio del Toro...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...He literally throws himself into his canvas. And in the end, Jackson Pollock became one of the most famous..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Power Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro star in the latest from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...Maybe it's the fixation on burlap. but American environmentalism has long been..."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Pyramid

Bill Callahan can see clearly now

"..."I find the landscape really openhearted, like any creature could step out..."

April 20, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Reefer Madness: The Great Capitol Hemp Heist

See what happens when you try to separate a hemp lobbyist from his inner woody hurd fibers?

"...Ben Droz, a legislative assistant for the hemp products industry advocacy group Vote Hemp, was walking..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Aahhh, Sweet Utopia! Just Forget Institutionalized Segregation, the Cold War, Religious Prejudice, Blacklisting, Labor Unrest, Inequality of Women, and Polio

"...Dear Editor, The truth about how things have changed in this country..."

Jan. 9, 2006 Postmarks

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

"...Directed by: Hiroyuki Okiura. These days, with the eye-popping Final Fantasy blurring the line..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Bagger Vance

"...by: Robert Redford. Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce Mcgill, Joel Gretsch, J. Michael Moncrief, Peter Gerety,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avengers: Infinity War

Earth's mightiest heroes face their greatest, most nuanced threat

"...When we last visited the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the outlook was bleak. The Avengers..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...In two years, Robert Schenkkan's LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; moved to..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hart's War

"...by: Gregory Hoblit. Starring: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Marcel Iures, Cole Hauser, Vicellous Shannon, Rory Cochrane and..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic

"...Falling prey to the great-man biopic syndrome, The Man Who Knew Infinity takes..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Post

Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers

"...Greenwood, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys and Bradley Whitford...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: World War I Memorials

Communities around Texas remember their fallen sons from the Great War

"...World War I memorials began sprouting on Texas courthouse lawns and..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Theatres of War

World War I film series complements Ransom Center exhibit

"...2014 marks the centenary of the beginning of the "war to end..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The General

The General is one of Keaton's best films. In this Civil War comedy, Keaton does battle with the General – only thing is the General is a stolen train, not a soldier. There's a girl and some Union spies ­ but, mostly it's Keaton, the Great Stone Face, all the way.

"...Buster Keaton and Marion Mack. Many Keaton aficionados consider The General to be Keaton's absolute masterpiece. Although it's too..."

Feb. 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Look: Rooster Teeth's Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy

Trailer for Austin studio's version of the robots in disguise

"...Wondering where the Transformers, the robots in disguise of toy, TV, and..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Aftermath

Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård are stuck inside of Hamburg with the Casablanca blues

"...A love triangle emerges amid the ruins of 1945 Hamburg, Germany, in this well-appointed but..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Samurai

Tom Cruise turns Japanese.

"...Directed by: Edward Zwick. Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Hiroyuki..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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