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May 16, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones
Anti-War Dad Comes to Austin
Bob Watada, father of Lt. Ehren Watada – who refused to go to Iraq and who has publicly denounced the war repeatedly – comes to Austin as part of national speaking tour
"...to refuse to be deployed to Iraq, because the war is illegal and immoral," Bob Watada says proudly of..."
Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch
Stop the War
"...editor, Of the 580,400 soldiers who served in Gulf War I, more than 56% today have permanent medical problems...."
April 13, 2005 Postmarks
SXSW Panel: The War at Home: Trump and the Mainstream Media
How to report and consume news under siege from the White House
"...objected briefly to the panel’s title, and the terms “war” and “mainstream media.” He gently suggested “war” is overstating..."
March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King
McCain Not a 'War Hero'
"...to know that those who call John McCain a "war hero" have been brainwashed. McCain flew a bomber and..."
April 21, 2008 Postmarks
SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War
Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time
"...branches of the military. All have experienced combat, from Vietnam through contemporary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some wear..."
Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
War of Words
UT professor gets slammed by the UT president in Houston Chronicle for view on attacks
"...for not oohing and aahing over the emperor's beautiful wardrobe...."
Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols
How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila
Giving praise before the altar of the turntable
"...seething antidisestablishmentarianism alongside Country Joe & the Fish F-bombing Vietnam. The Sony Walkman appeared in high school, so New..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez
"Nobody's Right"
Latest Ken Burns documentary to explore all sides of Vietnam War
"...visited Austin Thursday, promoting his latest film project: The Vietnam War. It’s described as a 10-part, 18-hour documentary series,..."
April 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King
Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth
"...collection of fictional stories inspired by his experiences in Vietnam War in 1969-70...."
Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg
Journey From the Fall
The fall of the title refers to the fall of Saigon – which is just the beginning for these Vietnamese characters whose stories of re-education camps, exile, and relocation are movingly portrayed in this drama.
"...when the last American troops and diplomats left South Vietnam for good. For Americans, the Vietnam War ends there,..."
May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Coming Home
Steve Balgooyen knows the Vietnam War drama Tracers quite well, having been involved in five different productions, and he hopes the sixth, which he's staging at St. Edward's University, will bring the stories of Vietnam to still more audiences and perhaps heal some of the wounds it has left.
"...hour of the day, from having to fight a war that people didn't want to fight, from returning to..."
June 28, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Point Austin: Unlearned History
Vietnam War Summit raises ghosts and questions
"...whether, to many or even most Chronicle readers, the Vietnam War seems little more than ancient history. To the..."
April 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King
Love and Death in Saigon
"...of sorts, set during the final days of the Vietnam war, in which we come to understand how Chow's..."
June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Operation Dumbo Drop
"...feel-good family movie set against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Wincer's film opens with a number of happy,..."
July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Hearts of Darkness
"...for in the creation of their film about the Vietnam war, the filmmakers, especially Coppola, took a journey into..."
Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Even if you're familiar with the details of this legendary game, this suspenseful cultural documentary draws you to the edge of your seat and beyond, back into 1968 itself.
"...as a whole. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and one of the most turbulent years in..."
April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rescue Dawn
German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.
"...ever seen on film. Minus jingoism and sentimentality, this Vietnam War-era drama tells the story of Dieter Dengler, a..."
July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
"...secret invasion of a country without a declaration of war? Whose covert machinations led to appalling acts of violence..."
Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Post
Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers
"...publication of revelations that the government’s defense of the Vietnam War was based on systematic lies to Congress and..."
Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson
"...mode as Quan Ngoc Minh, a survivor of the Vietnam war and now humble owner of a London eatery..."
Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
American Gangster
A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.
"...Williams III – but at the height of the Vietnam War, it was the late Johnson's driver and confidante,..."
Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Delta
"...crises, class and racial divisions, cultural aftershocks of the Vietnam war, dysfunctional families and teen sociology in the new..."
Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Dead Presidents
"...from a freewheeling, happy-go-lucky youngster to a scared 22-year-old Vietnam war veteran who turns to crime after his life..."
Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Being Robert McNamara
Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam
"...Errol Morris' new documentary, The Fog of War, might just be the most important film in the..."
Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
It's 2022, and someone thought we need a pro-Vietnam War comedy
"...buddies. Which, okay, this is a movie about a pro-war idiot wanting to bring his friends from the neighborhood..."
Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
Sir! No Sir!
The GI anti-war movement during the Vietnam war is recounted in this revelatory documentary whose current implications cannot be underestimated.
"...remains skittish about making movies that concentrate on America’s Vietnam war experience, our country’s popular imagery of the anti-war..."
May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Plastic Platoon
Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures
"...we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put..."
Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Everything Old Is New Again
A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war
– and 'The Rag' returns to Austin
"...free, The Rag was at the forefront of the Vietnam era underground press movement...."
Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
'There To Tell the Truth'
Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war
"...people working for it – why they want a war with Iran. I don't understand...."
