Unspeakably Cruel Hero for the Planet?

"...also agree with Kennedy for calling out Blackrock, the military-industrial complex, and big pharma as serious threats to Americans...."

May 28, 2024 Postmarks

Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

"...university and what President Eisenhower presciently described as the “military-industrial complex.” Turns out you don’t need a physical copy..."

May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...resorting to exposition or flagellant self-examination, he probes the complexities of a man who saw the workings of the..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...Canadian – though her collab with Austin's BLK ODYSSY ("Complex of Killing a Man") is hard to top.  –..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SAS: Red Notice

The UK makes an entry in the "absurd jingoistic action" sweepstakes

"...ones, and the overt criticism of the military industrial complex ends on a note of drone violence played as..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...and outs of escort review board culture, exposing the complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post-#MeToo..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...outs of escort review board culture to expose deeper complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kambui Olujimi Speaks Art to Power in "Zulu Time"

This Brooklyn artist’s solo exhibition at the Blanton shows how those in power make sure the world runs on their watch

"...to better serve those in economic power. The prison-industrial complex, privatization of prisons, sex trafficking, sweatshop work – not..."

March 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Thu. 15, Cheer Up Charlies, 7:30pm Hannah Read's quietly complex indie rock compositions reflect her foundations in the tiny..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...in the wake of President Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex, Dylan's unrelenting in his scathing condemnation of those..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore finds American idealism alive and well – abroad

"...in the film, negativity – and a huge military/industrial complex, like our own – breeds more negativity, blinding us..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...raging through the fantasy realm of Darkon, investigating our complex relationship with fantasy and reality...."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Excessive Force

Peace Officer explores the rise of police militarization

"...Eisenhower in his famous 1961 speech warning about the military-industrial complex, in Lawrence's case, it's the dangers of militarizing..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Tokyo to Austin

The Japanese argument for the TPP and bullet trains

"...of negotiating a 12-nation trade treaty has been mind-numbingly complex and secretive, with the full text still not available...."

Aug. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Under the Big Tent

SXSW Eco brings together engaged people and active projects

"...Yet there's more to this than greens versus the military-industrial complex. Horwitz said, "It became a story about the..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pan Left with James Hoff

How to process despotism & hypocrisy

"...due to the bloating expansion of the military industrial complex. As evinced by four decades of archival sounds, How..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part II

A half-dozen tape bombardments that hardly toe the line

"...as a dilapidated junkyard for the U.S. Military Industrial Complex. Unfortunately, Fernow lacks Bryn Jones’ (Muzlimgauze) political consciousness, needlessly..."

July 23, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...growth of what's become known as the "intelligence industrial complex." Simi­lar to its sibling, the "military industrial complex" (as..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...the cusp of becoming the white knights of the military-industrial complex...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Here comes the border-industrial complex

"...are rushing to the aid of the multibillion dollar military-industrial complex. The government, you see, has not been getting..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Elysium

In the year 2154, the rabble live on the garbage dump of Earth while the elite live in the perfect Elysium in the sky; Matt Damon is a mad Max who breaks on through.

"...with a main storyline that pits a believably mad military-industrial complex against actor Sharlto Copley’s lone everyman. As far..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Killed John F. Kennedy?

Despair, Inc.'s 'Lose Your Own Adventure' series gets conspiratorial

"...Mafia? Was it the Cubans? The Teamsters? The U.S. military-industrial complex? A thoroughly depilated Sasquatch controlled by space aliens..."

July 29, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

White House Down

Roland Emmerich blows up the White House real good, so who cares if it doesn't all compute when you have Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (as an Obama-ish prez) battling to become last men standing?

"...Roland Emmerich sure has an edifice complex: The filmmaker who severed the Statue of Liberty in..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone

"...Clearly, the drone-industrial-complex has a growing political problem. But, hey – in..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM: What Are Human Beings For?

No I, only robot

"..."Three-dimensional printing is capable of churning out an increasingly complex array of objects, and may soon move on to..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...focused on making Miller's points about the Military Industrial Complex resonate with contemporary audiences...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Two Nights With Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Canadian collective gets massive at Mohawk

"...that's compared commercial record labels to the Military Industrial Complex...."

Oct. 11, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

FF2012: Fantastic Arcade Award Winners

Lord British showed, clothes were swapped, weapons were brandished

"...FTL (Subset Games) Most Fantastic Grim Reminder of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Effect Upon the Common Man: Unmanned..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...limit across an entire facility – especially a large, complex facility that has multiple boilers and multiple process units..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

All My Sons

When an outstanding free production of a classic drama can't draw a crowd, we all lose

"..."as a way of exploring our nation's Military Industrial Complex, its reach into our homes, and its intertwining into..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

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