Captain America: Civil War

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

"...Nobody ever accused Marvel Studios of not playing the long game. With Captain America: Civil War, we’ve now..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Alex Garland's Civil War Will World Premiere at SXSW

Eagerly awaited thriller stars Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman

"...addition to its 2024 Film & TV Festival lineup: the world premiere of Alex Garland’s terrifying vision of a..."

Feb. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Civil War

Alex Garland enters the battlefield of combat zone journalism

"...Civil War is not the film you think it is...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nathan Harris Pens an Intimate Civil War Tale in The Sweetness of Water

In his debut novel, the Michener Center alumnus brings "a new story to the table"

"...of his freedom. Newly emancipated and unaccustomed to roaming the woods alone, he is surprised to find they're not..."

June 18, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Civil War Landscapes and Legacies When Johnny Came Marching Home

"...The number of words written about the Civil War surpassed..."

July 21, 1995 Arts Feature

Lege: Here Comes the Culture War

The culture war begins as conservative lawmakers file "religious freedom" bills

"...It wouldn't be another Texas legislative session without a heaping dose of right-wing..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Real War on Women?

Live Action says 'gendercide' is growing in U.S.

"...To Lila Rose, the founder and president of the anti-abortion group Live Action,..."

May 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Civil War

Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists

"...Civil War is not the film you think it is...."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The War on Talking About the Drug War

Border Patrol agent loses job after stating the obvious

"...Patrol Agent Bryan Gonzalez was working a stretch of the Mexican border near Deming, N.M. It was a relatively..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Jordan Smith

The Drug War Itself Is the Problem

"...Smith for an excellent Feb. 27 column ["Fascism Rides the D.C. Metro," News]. Congress isn't doing the American people..."

March 2, 2004 Postmarks

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...Maybe it's the fixation on burlap. but American environmentalism has long been..."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fighting the New Civil War

"...Editor, You are known as a “cost center” to the corporations that control our government(s). Now is the time..."

Oct. 13, 2010 Postmarks

The Journey

Settling peace in Northern Ireland?

"...Americans forget that we’re not the first country to deal with the (widely misplaced) fear..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...Two Union soldiers deliriously scout in advance of the infamous march of William Tecumseh Sherman, which set the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Retrieval

Chris Eska's ambitious indie film is set during the waning months of the Civil War and tells a distinctive coming-of-age story.

"...Ambitious as all get out, The Retrieval is an indie film production that belies its..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Empire of the Air

"...Directed by: Ken Burns. The director of the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Searchers

Regarded by many as Ford's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time, this John Wayne Western is a meditation on survival, the loss of faith, and the death of heroes.

"...John Ford. Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, Henry Brandon, Pat Wayne and Harry..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Theatre Synesthesia's The Brutes

Casey Wimpee’s original drama is about a Civil War-era family, but it’s deeply relevant to our own fractured time

"...I don't know if you've noticed the political climate as of late, but the American cultural..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The South Will Be Celebrated Again!

Historical revisionists urge Lege to protect the Confederacy

"...Tuesday marked the 150th anniversary of the shooting of President Abraham Lincoln...."

April 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fables of the Reconstruction

A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos

"...As the situation in Iraq grows ever more tenuous, the Bush..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jason Vest

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Another distorted salvo from Dinesh D’Souza

"...true believing conservatives as it offers a “history” of the deliberately evil, completely corrupt, America-hating Democrats. D’Souza knows his..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Louis Black

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...How do you recover from Avengers: Infinity War? Audiences are still a little tenderized after the mass..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

"...Directed by: Marcos Zurinaga. Starring: Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeroen Krabbe and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...Starring: Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen, Diem Lien, Jayvee Mai The Hiep, Khanh Doan, Cat Ly and Nguyen Thai Nguyen...."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

War Dance

In this acclaimed documentary, Ugandan schoolchildren, victims of the brutal 20-year civil war, compete in a national dance contest.

"...and Andrea Nix Fine. To paraphrase Exene Cervenka of the Los Angeles punk band X, "The world's a mess;..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Death is not the end; there remains the litigation of the estate. --..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...Andersen, Cecilie Elise Søndergaard, Adam Chessa and Andreas Buch Borgwardt...."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...in a public pool in Pittsburgh. With her are Panther Bior and Daniel Abol Pach, refugees since childhood from..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Devil's Backbone

Set in a crumbling boys' school/orphanage/fallout shelter during the Spanish Civil War, the lost boys of this haunting film contend with a vengeful ghost as well as the more worldly traumas of war, greed, and abandonment.

"...Hitchcock and François Truffaut were an unlikely pair – the prim master of suspense and his sensitive, derelict French..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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