The Searchers

Regarded by many as Ford's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time, this John Wayne Western is a meditation on survival, the loss of faith, and the death of heroes.

"...regarded by many as his masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. A meditation on survival,..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece

Sorting the facts from the legend in 'The Searchers'

"...Debbie, who has been kidnapped by Comanches shortly after the end of the Civil War. It's the crux of..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts exposed in the Alaskan wilderness

"...Evans and Jeremy Saulnier, moviegoers have struggled to make their peace with the platform’s release strategy. On one hand,..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"..."Hello, my name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache, and I am president of the National..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Missing

Ron Howard directs Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in tough Western drama.

"...Baker and Sergio Calderon. It somehow feels right that the actor-turned-director Ron Howard, who co-starred in John Wayne’s final..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of High Noon

Glenn Frankel’s new book on the classic film explores a very timely history

"..."The anxiety goes nuclear," Glenn Frankel says of those who..."

March 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...with American playwright Sam Shepard to make Paris, Texas, the classic that follows an amnesiac man through the lonely..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...I will always remember the first time I saw a Star Wars film. It..."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Road Again

Texas Monthly teams with Rolling Roadshow for summer series

"...itself a country unto itself, so it’s fitting that the next Rolling Roadshow, set exclusively in Texas, will be..."

May 16, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What About 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'?

"...Ann,” Screens, Feb. 15] and your 1993 review of The Searchers [Film Listings, Oct. 1, 1993], my two cents:..."

Feb. 18, 2013 Postmarks

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...Alex Cox is dispatching from deep in the Oregon woods, hunkered away from the light and the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

TRUST THE CULTURE

"...this. For one thing, it's too easy to take the past 50 years of film and look only at..."

Aug. 4, 2003 Postmarks

"Meet the Beetles"

This Art.Science.Gallery exhibit celebrating the order Coleoptera in art will have you screaming "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

"...The current show at Art.Science.Gallery could make you feel downright..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Darkling Band: Lay on, Macduff ... again

With his latest novel, The Darkling Band, comics writer Jason Henderson returns to the story of Macduff and creates a sort of Western with dark elves

"...writers (and occasional Chronicle contributor), has covered some of the world's most famous characters: Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...filled with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: Wake of the Red Witch

Everything that begins also ends

"..."Been in the dark/ All of my life/ Waiting for the Wake/..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Information Junkie

"...one-time caterer, former librarian, software designer, and online researcher, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Aubergine and Goddess of Cyberspace" Reva..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Treasure in Other People's Trash

Your loss is Davy Rothbart's gain

"...It's 11am, and Davy Rothbart thinks I'm the law. About five years ago, the Michigan-based author got..."

May 29, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Searching for Cynthia Ann

Glenn Frankel's new book untangles the true story behind 'The Searchers'

"...How did one girl's story become one of the most enduring legends of the American West?..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...for at least two decades before I finally visited there last summer. The area is one of our nation's..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Priest

A warrior priest is on a mission to recapture his niece from murderous vampires.

"...recent war that everyone would now prefer to forget. The hero has become an outsider, neither conforming to his..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bone Tomahawk

Hybrid Western/horror film starring Kurt Russell is a brutal delight

"...Craig Zahler. Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, Kathryn Morris, Sid Haig,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oldboy

Spike Lee maintains the shuddery, visceral punch of the South Korean original, but something gets lost in translation.

"...The 2003 film Oldboy by South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Austin mainstays the Zellner brothers have managed to make a Western genre..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Say What?

Mapping the Rolling Roadshow tour in movie quotes

"...While in summers past, the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow has ventured far and wide,..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Council to Hire City Manager Search Firm

Selecting the searchers

"...City Council's search for the firm responsible for finding Austin's next city manager has..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Richard Jenkins Wields a Bone Tomahawk

Old Western horror with the Six Feet Under star

"...clear Sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell) would be half the man he is without his back-up deputy Chicory (Richard..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wanted: Austin City Manager

The search continues, whether the public knows about it or not

"...work session, City Council received a brief update on the ongoing search for Austin's next permanent city manager. Steve..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

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