Get on Up

As James Brown, Chadwick Boseman captures the performer's voice, moves, sweat, and swagger, but this biopic, as a whole, needs a stronger compass.

"...commode. We then leap back to the rising star’s Vietnam campaign, marred only by a mild case of anti-aircraft..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin explored options for peace in Vietnam, two empty chairs convey the casual proto-glasnost between the..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...imperialism and foreign policy, he astonishingly argues, begins with Vietnam. Disputing the critics and defending that war, he talks..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

DVDanger: Asian Exchange

New takes on old standards and international transplants

"...surface, it's a pretty conventional mid-90s J-Horror transplanted to Vietnam. And under the surface, it's a pretty conventional mid-90s..."

June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: In Memoriam

On the wars that never end all wars

"...wouldn't meet the Civil War total, by accumulation, until Vietnam. It was not for lack of practice. Clancy Sigal..."

May 30, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Patterson Tars and Feathers Patrick as Chicken Hawk

GOP primary run-off drags up war service and draft dodging claims

"...up some old data from the era of the Vietnam war, when Patrick (or, as he was known then..."

May 9, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Jayne Mansfield's Car

This Billy Bob Thornton vehicle hits the skids with its confessional monologues and confrontational encounters, even though Robert Duvall provides some redeeming moments.

"...about war, at a time when the conflict in Vietnam polarized generation against generation. The older veterans glorify military..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...Dog Walk 20133/23/20133/23/2013 Cesar Chavez March**3/23/20133/23/2013 HONK! TX**3/24/20133/24/2013 TX Vietnam Vets Monument3/25/20133/25/2013 Urban Fest3/29/20133/30/2013 Stations of the Cross3/29/20133/29/2013 Clyde..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Of Barbecue and Vampires

An interview with Todd Lowe, True Blood's Terry Bellefleur

"...sell me a sonnet for a dollar – a Vietnam veteran who was disenfranchised when he came back. And..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Break On Through

Doors drummer John Densmore riffs on commercial licensing

"...Jim said his parents were deceased. It was the Vietnam era – everyone was for or against the war,..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

99th Floor

Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.

"...of subtle beauty and significant power. – Doug Freeman Vietnam..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Sapphires

Exuberant but fairly formulaic, this Australian film is a backstage story about an all-girl singing group from the outback in the Sixties.

"...spot on an entertainment tour for the troops in Vietnam. And the music of Motown thrusts yet one more..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Civics 101

"...THE WAR THAT STILL HAUNTS US: THE VIETNAM WAR 50 YEARS LATER Anti-war activist Howard Machtinger leads..."

April 5, 2013 News Column

Reverberation Appreciation Society

"...bands over three stages in six hours, with some (VietNam, Terakaft) getting 35 minutes and others (Stagnant Pools, Valleys,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Under the Hood Celebrates Hoodstock at JAX

On the 11th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, help a military resource center stay afloat

"...based near Fort Hood, and helped GIs returning from Vietnam. Today, Under the Hood is one of only three..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Liz Williams

Last Ounce of Courage

A dead veteran's family heals their loss through their "free speech" battle to save Christmas from the godless ACLU.

"...Bob Revere, a Harley-riding, small-town mayor and decorated – Vietnam, we assume – veteran who has lost his son..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...moon shots, criticize America's handling of the war in Vietnam. "He was the voice of my childhood," says Rubin...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...film The Path to War, focusing on Johnson and Vietnam, and theatrical works such as Michael Murphy's The Conscientious..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: July 30

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• Profiles in courage: Vietnam ups the ante for marriage equality. Transgender student forces..."

July 30, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...newsman who guided America through NASA space launches, the Vietnam War, and Watergate. Cronkite, more than any other major..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Then There's This: Think Trees

Margret Hofmann's spirit lives within Austin's urban forest

"...of a strategy session on efforts to end the Vietnam War. Hofmann gave Pogue a copy of her 1962..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The original material was shot by a Swedish TV crew but just now assembled into this documentary that has both vision and perspective.

"...Soviet Union. Set against the incendiary backdrop of the Vietnam War, the Attica riots, J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO strategy,..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War Stories

From Austin to the Upper Peninsula to Afghanistan and back: Heather Courtney's long journey to arrive at Where Soldiers Come From

"...workers who enlist in the Army, fight in the Vietnam War, and return with debilitating damage, if at all...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Family Affair

Austin's archeological imprint Heavy Light Records uncovers Texas history one record at a time

"...El Gusano's 1975 psychedelic trip from South Texas to Vietnam (see "Reissues," Jan. 21)...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...a rhetoric about the strife of living with the Vietnam War and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM: An Extraordinary Silence

Oddly, American progressives don't protest Obama's war in Pakistan

"...Pakistan is the most formidable country we've antagonized since Vietnam, with more than twice the population Vietnam had during..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, May 26-June 1

"...JOHNSTON HIGH VIETNAM VETS MEMORIAL honors the 32 students from the former..."

May 27, 2011 News Column

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Martin Lawrence revisits his FBI undercover alter-ego, Big Momma.

"...the best African-American comics to emerge from the turbulent Vietnam and post-civil rights years, hosted his own cross-culturally successful..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

El Gusano

"...through the hometown of one Eugenio Jaimez? Wounded in Vietnam and still suffering that trauma today in Laredo, the..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

If Not Killed, Kennedy Would Have Done Everything Right

"...the invasion of Cuba and by sending troops to Vietnam – both policies originating with Republican Dwight Eisenhower’s administration...."

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