Hangman Hangs Fire

Case included racially biased testimony

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hateful Eight

Tarantino's latest opus screens in 70mm this week at two Austin venues

"...Kurt Russell is John “The Hangman” Ruth, a bewhiskered bounty hunter first glimpsed through the..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The third book of Stieg Larsson's addictive Swedish trilogy is now onscreen.

"...ends from the previous films into a cunningly crafted hangman's knot. Salander, horrifically bloodied by the end of Fire..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Day of the Beast

De la Iglesia builds this original horror film around a priest who belives the Antichrist will be born on Christmas Day. The director's unique visions blend ultra-violence and satiric touches make this a stunning example of his work screening in this four-part Alamo series.

"...subsequent comic horror film is nothing short of a hangman's slapstick masterpiece. Day of the Beast (1995) garnered rave..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Hellions is available on DVD and Blu-ray now. Also..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Yet another bloodbath featuring guns, vampires, and naked women.

"...From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

DVDanger: Officer Downe

Slipknot's Clown turns director, plus more home releases

"...most superior recent underground found-footage horrors (Adam Mason's skincrawling Hangman, serial killer relationship black comedy The House With 100..."

April 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Monstrous Masterpiece Pig at Midnight

Adam Mason on the brief return of his extreme horror at SXSW

"...again. Then in 2015, his flesh-crawling home invasion horror Hangman played in the SXSW Midnighters, and Pig came up..."

March 10, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes the Midnighters

Mayhem, 68 Kill, plus Behind the Mask retrospective

"...before his 2015 Midnighter, the elegantly terrifying found-footage terror Hangman, and now he has convinced the extreme horror pioneer..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gallows

Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound

"...dispatched by the ghost of Charlie, now wearing a hangman’s mask. Or is it? The final plot twist will..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...& Order star Jeremy Sisto on the found-footage shocker Hangman "is definitely the most successful thing he's ever directed,..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

"...15 start date has been set for shooting on Hangman's Daughter, the prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn. The..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...down his inevitable demise at the hands of the hangman...."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Peter Hook: Life in a Northern Town

Joy Division/New Order bassist resurrects two classic LPs

"...Order. When you get to that bit where, “The hangman looks round as he waits/the cord stretches tight/then it..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Racial Bias Infected Sentencing Hearing

Saga to secure new hearing for Duane Buck continues

"...Ultimately Buck, who is black, was sentenced to die...."

March 21, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Old Settler's Music Festival Day 1

Live Shots

"...balance indie rock with alt.country, going a cappella on "Hangman," a ghostly visit to the gallows. The Steep Canyon..."

April 27, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ha Ha Tonka

"...was brimming midset with an a cappella rendition of "Hangman," which lead singer Brian Roberts lightheartedly dedicated to Kanye..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Krum Bums

"..."High Highs, Low Lows" buffets the catchiest of all. Hangman's holiday...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...lab was cleared. Nonetheless, in December, D.A. John "WilCo's Hangman" Bradley convinced two members of the Forensic Science Commission..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Viagra and pandas, helmets and death, Ohio and East Texas, etc.

"...The C2 vertebra snaps; this injury is called a "hangman's fracture."..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Record Spinning

Los Lobos, the Dream Syndicate, and more

"...a hint of pop. Most notable is the eerie “Hangman,” a tune he co-wrote with Johnny Cash just four..."

Aug. 11, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Anxiety

Fear not, this artistic examination of what worries us will reward your attention.

"...for real, the stairs that led you to the hangman's noose might well look like those captured darkly in..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Private Midnight

Private Midnight vaults from police procedural to erotic thriller to occult horror to philosophical tome

"...watered-down Dashiell Hammett knockoff, you're barking up the wrong hangman's tree. Genre is a term that has no meaning..."

April 10, 2009 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

The Redwalls

Saturday

"...You Wanna Come Out" invokes a sense of Euro-modernism, "Hangman" shouts rebelliously at Ronnie Wood's Faces days, and as..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Rain, Broken Glass, and a Dead Body in the Dumpster

Fourteen hours of Elizabeth Reeder's A Very Bad Day

"...using Test Prep Guy's giant wipe board to play hangman while we await dinner and wrap. But there is..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Grady

"...recounts the morbid origins of the familiar expression: a hangman, his condemned, and one final swallow of whiskey. Somewhere..."

April 6, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Def Leppard keeps good company, Toxoplasma runs rampant, and more

"...the only U.S. president to personally hang anyone. "Buffalo's Hangman" threw the noose and sprang the trap door on..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Destroyer

Record review

"...A fuzzy guitar trot paces his story of the hangman's daughter, blood, treachery, insanity, and random women – typical..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Kind Hearts and Coronets

If comedy is a dish best served black, Kind Hearts and Coronets is beluga caviar marinated in its own ink.

"...a four-star meal instead of five. Impeccable, from the hangman's opening query on how to address the morrow's appointment..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Cabaret

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of Cabaret embraces the play's sexuality and hedonism but doesn't always convey its debauched defiance

"...revelers up until midnight making false faces at the hangman." In this production, I wished the revelers, not the..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

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