The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Ted Levine, Simon McBurney, Miguel Ferrer and Dean Stockwell. The movie blasts into its starting place on a shrapnel-storm..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Manchurian Candidate

Decades before U.S. intelligence got hip to the notion of "sleeper agents" in our midst, The Manchurian Candidate successfully tried out the idea in this post-Korean War setting. (Last year it was re-made in a post-gulf war setting.) The result is a chilling story about brainwashing, secret political agendas, power-hungry moms, and psychically ravaged veterans.

"...Henry Silva. Decades before U.S. intelligence got hip to the notion of "sleeper agents" in our midst, The Manchurian..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...that speaks directly to American politics and also to the fear and paranoia that have become common tools in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera to Mount Manchurian Candidate

Kevin Puts' take on political thriller opens 2016-17 season

"...Forgive the cliche, but how better to break the news about..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Each 'Manchurian Candidate' Is of Its Time

"...Dear Editor, Theoretically, every human emotion can be considered a subset of..."

Aug. 25, 2004 Postmarks

The November Men

"...what can happen after one too many viewings of the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination. You can go..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak

Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners

"...The Austin Critics Table marked its 25th year of recognizing..."

June 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Player

"...Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Ward and Peter Gallagher. The Player is an insider's movie about Hollywood, but from..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic

"...As the tributes to Frank Sinatra in his centennial year continue..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

Soak in the 'Blue Sunshine'

Exclusive: New Mondo vinyl and VHS releases for 70s paranoia classic

"...While the big Mondo news recently has been their announcement of..."

Feb. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Second Fiddle Takes a Bow

Scene stealers at the Paramount Summer Film Classic Series

"...cog in British military intelligence organization MI6. Of course, the global supervillians had their henchmen, but most of them..."

May 25, 2012 Screens Feature

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...May we direct your attention to the newly released slate for the Paramount's annual Summer Classic..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

As the series ends, we wonder what we'll do without our Katniss catnip

"...Lawrence. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Natalie Dormer,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

State of the Union

A Fourth of July film roundup that goes beyond Independence Day

"...at a bit of a high watermark for doing the right fucking thing these days, you know, as Americans,..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...by Jason Stout It is now some days since the death of Frank Sinatra. The frenzy of hyperbole is..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Opera Sets Audiences Atop the World's Tallest Mountain

Joby Talbot's adventurous new opera scales Everest

"...In the distance, snow-covered mountains stand in a jagged line. In..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gloating Before the Fat Lady Sings

"...Everyone that wasn't like you was, at some point, either unpatriotic, a homosexual that would destroy marriage, a terrorist..."

Nov. 2, 2008 Postmarks

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...has been a friend since before we even started the Chronicle. Over the years, Demme has graduated from critical..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...has been a friend since before we even started the Chronicle. Over the years, Demme has graduated from critical..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Salt

Salt reboots the cinematic cloaks and daggers of the Cold War espionage thriller.

"...and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Is it life imitating art or the other way around? Ultimately, it doesn't matter: Salt reboots..."

July 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...1, 2016, and April 30, 2017, and now, for the 25th time, members of the Austin Critics Table have..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech

Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed

"...For that home across the road..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Austin Opera's Joseph Specter Departing

General director since 2012 is off to lead Arizona Opera

"...Almost four years to the day after he joined the staff of Austin Opera..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fracture

This legal thriller pits two brilliant actors against each other in a sustained battle of wills that has enough sizzle to keep us rapt even when the storyline sags.

"...one flared nostril than most actors can express with their entire bodies working in overdrive. To remark that he..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...Our "best-of" lists in the last Chronicle concurred that 2002 was an exceptional year..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Ronin

"...and Michel Lonsdale. Trying to find a first-rate Euro-caper these days is akin to trying to find romantic comedies..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conspiracy Theory

"...Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart and Cylk Cozart. Conspiracy Theory is an oddball big-budget summer movie in many respects:..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Politics Upstaged

This election year brings out the political in Austin's arts

"...Everyone is talking about the election this year, and when we say everyone, we..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Announces Awards Recipients

Jonathan Demme, Vince Gilligan, and Barry Josephson honored

"...The Austin Film Festival announced this morning the three big..."

April 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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