Hitting Below the Mason-Dixon Line

America's Favorite Curmudgeon Takes On Thomas Pynchon

"...illustration by Jason Stout The recently issued Mason & Dixon, like all Thomas Pynchon novels, is a..."

June 13, 1997 Books Feature

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...from Texas and the broadly American South below the Mason-Dixon line generally bear a sobering universality. One of these..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Reckless Moment

"...Directed by: Max Ophüls. Starring: James Mason, Joan Bennett and Geraldine Brooks. The last film..."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Star Is Born

"...Directed by: George Cukor. Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason and Charles Bickford. Garland delivers a powerhouse performance..."

May 23, 2001 Movie Review

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, and Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron. Much like my heart, the legend of this..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...us Hepburn as professional party girl Holly Golightly, a mason jar of moonshine who had somehow metamorphosed into a..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Playback: Austin Angles for BMI

Music leaders court performance rights organization, plus a requiem for Draylen Mason

"...may not be far behind." A Requiem for Draylen Mason..."

March 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Prefontaine

"...Directed by: Steve James. Starring: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Amy Locane, Ed..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Bigger Than Life

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Mason, Walter Matthau, Barbara Rush and Robert Simon. James..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

"...Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature

Daltry Calhoun

Johnny Knoxville stars in this slapdash tale of wacky Southerners and midlife crises that feels like a compilation reel of Blue Collar TV outtakes and Coen Brothers-lite quirkiness.

"...Knoxville, Elizabeth Banks, Juliette Lewis, David Koechner, Kick Gurry, James Parks and Sophie Traub. Currently tied for first in..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Glass House

"...fortress of cool, contemporary design that's vaguely reminiscent of James Mason's magnificent home near Mount Rushmore in North by..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Down to Earth

"...-- which recast Pendleton as a footballer and featured James Mason as the angel in question -- had a..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Star Is Born

"...D: George Cukor (1954), with Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Mandingo

"...MandingoD: Richard Fleischer (1975); with James Mason, Ken Norton, Perry King, Susan George, Brenda Sykes,..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

"...villainous rendition of what could pass for a young James Mason. Then there's the old stand-by question of why..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jackie Robinson's Austin

The All-American, Major League star and human rights hero spent a few youthful months on the east side of our city's 'Mason-Dixon Line'

"...East Avenue, which he and his players called "The Mason-Dixon Line."..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...challenge all its own. But Columbia professor of English James Shapiro has devised a cunning approach, one he's laid..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Kieran R. Healy's Five Top-Drawer War Movies

Viva the Nam's co-creator talks about his inspirations

"...emotional ordeal. I get misty just thinking about it. James Horner's score is perfect, as is Freddie Francis' finest..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature

Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

Film scholar Patrick McGilligan explores an auteur's troubled life and career

"...internal and external forces. Tellingly, this repeated quote from James Mason, Ray's Bigger Than Life star, sums up the..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: A Column Where First We Ramble

Then we let others blow our horn. And with SXSW 2011 only weeks away, there's lots of horn blowing still to come.

"...a meeting akin to Judy Garland's backstage run-in with James Mason in George Cukor's A Star Is Born, bright-eyed..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

No Terror at Concordia

APD simulates terror attack on Concordia University

"...To keep things realistic, Det. James Mason held a press conference about the 'siege' and..."

May 1, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Palace

This Chinese film dramatizing the Tiananmen Square massacre earned the director a five-year ban from making movies

"...Empire: Limited Collector's Edition (Genius Products, $39.92): Alec Guinness, James Mason, and Christopher Plummer prove that not even the..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Bigger Than Life

Paramount Theatre plays host to two summer film series

"...initial success. Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with James Mason and company battling that giant, rubbery squid wouldn't..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

"...Directed by: Richard Fleischer. Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre. One of the..."

July 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prince Valiant

"...Directed by: Henry Hathaway. Starring: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden,..."

Nov. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Georgy Girl

"...Directed by: Silvio Narissano. Starring: James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave and Charlotte Rampling. You..."

July 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lolita

"...Kubrick. Starring: Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters and James Mason. Nabokov’s satire is sensationally cast, with Winters and..."

June 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

North by Northwest

One of Hitchcock's very best comic thrillers, North by Northwest features scene after unforgettable scene (including those with the crop duster and Mount Rushmore).

"...by: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Martin Landau and Leo G...."

Dec. 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cross of Iron

"...Directed by: Sam Peckinpah. Starring: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, Senta Berger, James Mason, David Warner,..."

Dec. 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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