Find Me Guilty

Like the criminal justice system it portrays, Find Me Guilty (starring Vin Diesel in the dramatic lead) ultimately works a great deal better than you might expect.

"...to his film breakthrough in 1957 with 12 Angry Men, Lumet has demonstrated an ongoing interest in the workings..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men, Lesbians, Blogs, WTF?

Two men have admitted they posed as lesbian bloggers. WTF?

"...to have been created and produced by middle aged men...."

June 14, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

No One Can Change Men but Men

"...exploitation; I have also taught human sexuality in the Department of Education Psychology at the University of Texas at..."

Sept. 13, 2010 Postmarks

Smart Women, Dangerous Men

Dracula and Fur Tempt Females With the Dark Side

"...(l to r) Elaine Williams, Stephanie Swenson, Martin Burke Women pine for him. Still, he slouches in the corner,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...At 4:05pm, Judge Lynch read the jury's verdict: guilty, of capital murder in the death of Amy Ayers...."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...Incubator program. Provided a budget for marketing and career development as well as plenty of experienced guidance over a..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...and New Band, and their new "epic, enigmatic, and experimental" album, Liquid Skin, has been received well, though it..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

A War

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

"...that eschews melodrama, yet is loaded with haunting human moments and circumstances. Yes, it’s another war film set in..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

This Oscar nominee from Germany chronicles the last desperate hours of Sophie Scholl, a real-life German university student who, in 1943 Munich, ran afoul of the gestapo while distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

"...Gastdorf, André Hennicke and Florian Stetter. AFS@Dobie There's no moment of release, no instant of sudden redemption in this..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carandiru

In prison in Brazil is a woeful place to be.

"...Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Aílton Graça, Maria Luisa Mendonça and Aída Leiner. Carandiru, the new film from Hector..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yogurt Shop Murders: New DNA Test Results Reported to Defense

Attorneys for defendants Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott get results from latest round of DNA testing

"...– once again – that his client is not guilty and should be set free after spending nearly 10..."

Dec. 31, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

The 33

Antonio Banderas stars in this story about the trapped Chilean miners

"...true event that gripped the world’s attention into popcorn entertainment is almost tantamount to admitting defeat from the get-go...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Associate

"...this new film from the director of Grumpy Old Men only heightens the terminal suspense: When will she pick..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Paperboy

This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people's buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.

"...Daniels remains an awkward director of actors and camera movement, and retains a loose grip on narrative cohesion. A..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Imaginary Heroes

Only this troubled suburbanite family knows if they are imaginary heroes or ordinary people.

"...stand before saying "enough’s enough." Directed by 24-year-old X2: X-Men United scribe Harris, this is heady stuff that, in..."

March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema

Not just the border

"...for A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas), a documentary drawing parallels between three seminal moments in popular political..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Breaking: Jackson Shooter Arraigned

Former detective pleads not guilty; trial date is set

"...court today to enter a formal plea of not guilty to a charge of manslaughter. Kleinert is charged in..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Amy Kamp

Prosecutors Say New DNA Evidence in Yogurt Shop Case Doesn't 'Exonerate' Defendant

A lawyer for yogurt shop defendant Robert Springsteen says that re-tested DNA evidence found in a vaginal swab proves his client is not guilty, and that Springsteen should be released from prison.

"...that re-tested DNA evidence proves his client is not guilty, and that Springsteen should be released from prison. In..."

April 16, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Complicity And #MeToo in The Assistant

Kitty Green unravels systems that enable the Weinsteins of the world

"...On the day that Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape, it's easy to imagine that the bogeyman..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Steady Rise to the Top 10

UT men's basketball reach No. 7

"...The Longhorns’ men's basketball team steadfast march to their current No. 7..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Please Help the Gaff

"...and frequently as part of Dave Alvin's band, the Guilty Men. The Gaff has many friends and loved ones..."

March 25, 2008 Postmarks

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 3

"...– including that police actually planted pot in Johnston’s basement to bolster their insistence that drugs were being dealt..."

May 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dave Alvin Public Domain (Hightone)

"...come to expect from Alvin and his band the Guilty Men makes it all the more attractive. Some of..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...it belong to any of the more than 100 men the Travis County District Attorney's Office has subsequently tested...."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Luv Doc: Gracious Acceptance

The Luv Doc postulates on why 69 was invented

"...graciously accept a blow job. He says he feels guilty if he doesn't return the favor. How can I..."

June 2, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...the impending arrests, ran a photograph of young black men in their underwear and uncombed hair being led across..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible for the grisly 1991 yogurt shop murders, Lehmberg..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Yogurt Shop Saga

Springsteen and Scott are free men – for now

"...District Attorney Rose­mary Lehmberg paused halfway through her prepared statement to compose herself. Announcing her decision to dismiss all..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...the same year the rural community earned its first moment in the national spotlight. That January, the U.S. Supreme..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...our raucous music with salacious lyrics, our scantily clad women, lascivious entertainment, wasteful consumerism and carefree drinking. So they..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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