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Fuel
Fuel is a two-hour infomercial for biodiesel and the virtues of other alternative energy sources that won the Audience Award for a documentary at Sundance.
"...Friend the Carbon Offset. Fuel’s message is clear – oil is bad; alternative energy is good – and its..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Great Invisible
Doc looks at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the lives of residents in the Gulf area.
"...solemnly recounts the catastrophic consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast in the spring..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand
Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.
"...to learn firsthand about what's happening during this insane oil spill tragedy: Part two...."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Crude
Expert documentarian Joe Berlinger sheds light on the epic environmental lawsuit filed by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron.
"...filed in U.S. courts by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco. In 2001, Texaco merged with Chevron, and..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seeing the Invisible
Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy
"...Ala., is there informing folks affected by the BP oil spill about an upcoming community meeting with an attorney..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Syriana
One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.
"...other, Syriana shows how the multitentacled quest to control oil supplies in one part of the world can affect..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deepwater Horizon
Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films
"...time, one that saw over 210 million gallons of oil dumped into the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster whose..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival: 'Houston We Have a Problem'
To find out what happened to U.S. energy dominance, Houston We Have a Problem goes to the source.
"...be difficult to distinguish between bullshit and wisdom when oil men are talking. That's because, as Houston We Have..."

Oct. 25, 2009 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Pickens in the Wind
Texas oil man trying to make green energy presidential issue
"...During SXSW '06, the producers of the documentary Oil Crash were discussing how they got so many major..."

July 10, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Siete Foods’ Recipes for Grain- and Dairy-Free Mexican-Inspired Dishes
Green enchilada egg bake, chilaquiles, and Mexican cauliflower rice
"...flavors with products like grain-free chips (made with avocado oil) and grain-free tortillas, hot sauces, sprouted bean dip, and..."

April 8, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Safer Drilling? Whoda Thunk?
Perry's project seems too little, too late
"...forming a new body to look into preventing future oil disasters. The Gulf Project will bring together academic researchers,..."

July 6, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

There Will Be Blood
This powerful character study and origin story is rooted in American soil.
"...movie this year was more rooted in the American soil than this powerful character study and origin story.” That’s..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amid Increasing Earthquakes, Texas Forces Reduction in Fracking Disposal
Oil and gas operators pressured to recycle wastewater
"...From November 8 to December 17, 2023, there were..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Women From the Lake of Scented Souls
"...a middle-aged rural businesswomen who oversees her family's traditional sesame-oil company. With her family -- husband Que (Luosheng), mentally..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain anchor this simmering drama set in the semi-lawless New York City of 1981.
"...is about an immigrant entrepreneur trying to expand his heating-oil business while fending off near-daily hijackings of his delivery..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greedy Lying Bastards
The greedy lying bastards are those responsible for destroying our planet's climate, and this documentary is naming names.
"...his target “bastards” – the CEOs of the major oil, coal, and natural gas corporations – are willing to..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

BPness: A Line in the Sand
Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.
"...about what's happening on the coast during this insane oil spill tragedy...."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Cars
Muscling for rank in the crowded box-office speedway, this Pixar contender takes an early lead but loses momentum in the middle third.
"...(Michael Keaton). At stake is sponsorship by the Dinoco oil company and something called the Piston Cup. (“Did what..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Flight of the Phoenix
Sticking closely to the tone of its predecessor, this remake of Robert Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film lacks the tang of the original, and trades the late-vintage Jimmy Stewart for the shirtless Dennis Quaid.
"...plane sent to pick up a small group of oil-rig workers in Outer Mongolia. On their way back to..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Santa Rita No. 1
Site of the original West Texas oil boom still towers above the desert
"...old derrick marks the site of the first major oil well on public land outside of Big Lake...."

March 25, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Waller Getting Weller
Oil leak may have been contained before damage was too extreme.
"...The stink of fuel oil still fills the air on Sixth Street as clean-up..."

Jan. 12, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Austin Offers Free Tuition to Low Income Families
Incoming Longhorns to receive more financial aid thanks to oil revenues
"...Board of Regents to allocate $160 million from its oil endowment for increased financial assistance. Beginning in the fall..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Backstabbing for Beginners
Diplomacy and corruption mix in true-life drama.
"...the background of the kickback scandal surrounding the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food Program. Based on former U.N. staffer Michael Soussan's autobiography,..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review

A Cure for Wellness
Gothic mystery is hard to swallow
"...for Wellness is as difficult to swallow as castor oil...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monster Trucks
Boy meets monster, adventure ensues
"...heart with one tentacle while lashing out at Big Oil with another, this stranger-than-strange $125 million film defies description,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

War Dogs
Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in this true tale about gun smuggling
"...playing more of a Harry Lime-like cipher – an oil slick of malevolence that Teller’s hero-simp keeps slipping in...."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Finest Hours
Perfect effects and performances made this sea-rescue movie a dandy
"...to viewing. Based on the true story of the oil tanker Pendleton that broke in two off the coast..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

News Roundup: Death and Lawsuits
Ken Paxton has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
"...to pay damages to Gulf states for the 2010 oil spill; and more...."

July 6, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Merchants of Doubt
This doc calls out the spokesmen for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and Big Oil, as well as the tactics they use to blur the facts
"...the agendas of Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and Big Oil in Congressional hearings and the media over the course..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

SXSW Film Review: Deep Time
Doc looks at the toll an oil boom took on one North Dakota town
"...residents and their values have changed since the 2006 oil boom on the Bakken Shale...."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

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