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Tim Robbins

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Hunter S. Thompson Lives Thanks to Dallas' Michael Minzer (and Tim Robbins)

    Allen Ginsberg and Michael Minzer during recording sessions in 1987​Michael Minzer sent me an email earlier this week containing the good news: His long-in-the-works Hunter S. Thompson record is finished. Finally. This is the one mentioned two years ago in the Evergreen Review piece done on Minzer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    The Best Of SXSW Music Wednesday: Folk Beards, Nite Jewel and Nudity

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Film

    December 10, 2009

    Me and Orson Welles

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Admit It: Death Cab Made You Vote

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Does Colin Ross Also Know Wolverine?

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    What You Lookin' At? Oh, I See -- the AFI Dallas Complete Lineup.

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    February 1, 2007

    The Terrorist's Mind

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    November 30, 2006

    Extra! Read All About It

    Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...​People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>

  • Film

    November 23, 2006

    One-Toke Wonder

    Tenacious D gets the band back together and... and... and?

  • Film

    October 26, 2006

    History Lessons

    The story of an '80s anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2006

    Shooting Blanks

    The story of an '80s anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • Film

    November 10, 2005

    Aboard Game

    Zathura sweeps you into its alternate reality

  • Film

    June 30, 2005

    Gross Encounters

    Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

  • Film

    August 19, 2004

    Future Shock

    Michael Winterbottom paints a plausibly problematic tomorrow in Code 46

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    Wine 'n' Dine

    Toast the Resource Center

  • Dining

    February 19, 2004

    Youthful Indiscretions

    How do bartenders spot underage drinkers?

  • Film

    January 1, 2004

    The Sorrow and the Pity

    In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

  • Film

    November 27, 2003

    Heavy, Man

    The heart wants what the brain has to fight for in 21 Grams

  • Film

    October 16, 2003

    All the Rage

    Eastwood takes a guilt trip down the mighty Mystic River

  • Culture

    October 2, 2003

    Black on Black

    Why Jables is a "cross between a lightning bolt and James Dean"

  • Dining

    April 3, 2003

    Tough Sledding

    Rosebud is far from a work of genius

  • Film

    April 3, 2003

    Rescued, 9/11

    A writer helps a New York City fireman mourn his Guys

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    War On War

    Steve Earle wonders what's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding

  • Film

    October 24, 2002

    Yes, But Whose Truth?

    Jonathan Demme remakes Charade, but it's hardly an imitation

  • Film

    June 6, 2002

    Miscue 9/11

    Hollywood drops another nuke in New York, and it's just a dud

  • Film

    April 11, 2002

    Hairy Plotters

    Ignoble savages go ape in Human Nature

  • Culture

    March 28, 2002

    The Pitch

    In 1988, Ron Shelton made Bull Durham. In 2002, it couldn't be done.

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    Microsofties

    If Antitrust were written in computer code, it'd come up all zeroes

  • Music

    November 9, 2000

    Death Row Records

    Steve Earle doesn't really care about Napster as long as our country still kills people

  • Culture

    August 24, 2000

    The Bit Player

    Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

  • Film

    March 30, 2000

    High time

    John Cusack's romantic comedy about a man... and his record collection

  • Film

    March 9, 2000

    Mission implausible

    De Palma went to Mars, and all he brought us was this messy movie

  • Film

    January 13, 2000

    Cradle and all

    Tim Robbins' Orson Welles project bites off more than it can chew

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Reel power

    Dallas-based Regent Entertainment vies to become a Hollywood player, and it's off to an Oscar-winning start

  • Film

    July 8, 1999

    The Enemy Is Us

    Arlington Road insists things are worse than you thought

  • Film

    June 10, 1999

    It's awful, baby, yeah!

    Austin Powers can go shag himself

  • Film

    August 13, 1998

    Mad Max

    Pi offers up math nerds, Orthodox Jews, warmed-over Lynch, and the secret name of God

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Downright unneighborly

    Tenants of drug-infested apartments find that help is not just a phone call away

  • Film

    July 17, 1997

    Falling up

    With Nothing to Lose, Robbins and Lawrence turn a loss into a tie

  • Film

    May 9, 1996

    Stay of execution

    Last Dance struggles with the burden of being Dead Man Walking lite

  • Film

    April 18, 1996

    Basket-case studies

    Eccentric directors Sam Fuller and Henry Jaglom make brilliant bookends

  • Music

    January 18, 1996

    Out There

    Eccentric directors Sam Fuller and Henry Jaglom make brilliant bookends

  • Film

    January 18, 1996

    High voltage

    Dead Man Walking hits your mind and heart like a lightning bolt

  • Film

    January 11, 1996
  • Film

    April 6, 1995

    Stupid Dave tricks

    Letterman's hijacking of the Oscars reveals his limitations

  • Film

    January 12, 1995

    Personal best

    From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites

  • Film

    December 22, 1994

    Rag trade

    Robert Altman's surprisingly leaden look at the fashion industry is all dressed up with nowhere to go

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