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..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

World War Z

This bio-disaster movie with zombies and Brad Pitt is smart and ambitious, even if it doesn't break the mold.

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alex Garland's <i>Civil Wari> Will World Premiere at SXSW

Eagerly awaited thriller stars Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman

"...South by Southwest has just announced a massive addition to its 2024 Film & TV Festival lineup:..."

Feb. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

<i>American Wari> by Omar El Akkad

This dystopian novel of a late 21st century America split by civil war shows how vengeance survives down the generations

"...You're probably aware by now that since the election last November, dystopian..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Reality Bites: Looking Back at <i>The Real World: Austini>

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...It was nineteen years ago that I got a desperate..."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Seediness, Sleaze, Crackpots, and a Painfully Simplistic View of World War II – All Together Again!

"...Dear Editor, My last letter concerning the world peace movement being..."

June 8, 2005 Postmarks

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of <i>Infinity Wari>

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...After mega-producer Kevin Feige, it’s probably scriptwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nostalgia for World War II

"...Dear Editor, My dad is a computer nerd, the kind that..."

May 18, 2004 Postmarks

How Oscar Nominee Lukasz Zal Made Us Look at <i>Cold Wari>

Academy-lauded cinematographer on shooting black-and-white truths

"...A man leans against a mirrored wall in conversation. His partner wanders away,..."

Feb. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Means <i>Wari>

Hear from the star and co-directors of I Declare War

"...Remember when you were a kid, and all you needed to keep yourself occupied was..."

Aug. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Elders: Meet Stan Brooks, the 102-Year-Old World War II Vet Who’s Lived to Serve

He remembers Barton Springs before the cement

"...Stan Brooks’ chances of surviving toddlerhood were slim. Now, at 102 years old, he..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Chaos in Tejas Live (Finale): Power Trip, World War 4, Rival Mob

Daytime hardcore stomp and thrash fury

"...Dear drunk guy standing at the back of Red 7 yelling “pussies” at..."

June 3, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Starts World War III

A Cold War classic turns 25

"...If you had the inclination, or the nascent technology, in..."

July 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Theatres of War

World War I film series complements Ransom Center exhibit

"...2014 marks the centenary of the beginning of the "war to end all wars": World War..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

War Horse

A stylistic throwback to classic studio movies, Spielberg's film about war as seen through a horse's experience of it rarely rises to the occasion.

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Current War - Director's Cut

The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists

"...Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lord of War

<I>GattacaI> writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.

"...Directed by: Andrew Niccol. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Ian..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold War

Love and history in the ruins of post-World War II Europe

"...Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski. Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...Directed by: Renny Harlin. Starring: Rupert Friend, Richard Coyle, Emmanuelle..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The <i>Chroniclei> Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its greatest heroes, but there's still..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Supernatural Horror <i>Brooklyn 45i> Wrestles With Good People Committing Terrible Sins

Ted Geoghegan conjures the ghosts of World War II

"...If there was a simple descriptor for Ted Geoghegan, it..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Memoir of War

WWII literary adaptation lacks the novel's spark and insight

"...Directed by: Emmanuel Finkiel. Starring: Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Private War

Rosamund Pike captures war journalist Marie Colvin

"...Directed by: Matthew Heineman. Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Starring: Chris Evans,..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Declare War

A bunch of sixth-graders playing capture the flag in the park lays the groundwork for a disturbingly inventive film.

"...Directed by: Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson. Starring: Gage Munroe,..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Two Men Went to War

A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.

"...Directed by: John Henderson. Starring: Kenneth Cranham, Leo Bill, Rosanna..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2015:
<i>The Train to Crystal Cityi>

Jan Jarboe Russell's saga of World War II internment in Texas reviewed

"...Although most readers may be familiar with the World War II internment camps in California..."

Oct. 15, 2015 Arts Post by Michael King

Recording the Day India and Pakistan Split in <i>Partitioni>

When one nation became two separate countries, it reshaped world history. Now Austin podcaster Neha Aziz is telling the personal stories behind that severing.

"...Imagine waking up and being told that you, your friends,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dark Blue World

"...Directed by: Jan Sverák. Starring: Linda Rybov, Lukás Kantor, Charles..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fantastic Fest Review: <i>Overlordi>

J.J. Abrams enters the surprisingly deep zombie Nazi genre

"...Nazi zombies are not a new idea: The Reich's hideous..."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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