Satire or 'A Tiny Masterpiece of Coercive Ideology?'

"...role and outlook. This bumper sticker is a tiny masterpiece of coercive ideology that means, “Women who don't go..."

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Mask Masterpiece

Nov. 1, 2021 Postmarks

Monstrous Masterpiece Pig at Midnight

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

March 10, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Mid-Century Masterpiece

April 3, 2014. 9 photos.

April 3, 2014 Photo Gallery

Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!

Austin foley artist Buzz Moran strips the sound out of a forgotten kung fu flick and redubs it live at the Drafthouse. The result? Something to chop about it.

"...This is Buzz Moran's Kung Fu Masterpiece Theater, another entry in that burgeoning new genre of..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Fall of the House of Usher

"...fleshes it out into some sort of minor drive-in masterpiece. The urbane and epicurean Price is clearly having great..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Masterpiece Theatre loosens the corset, plus first reactions to fall's new slate of shows

"...night, PBS is launching a new addition to its Masterpiece Theatre franchise, one that's well worth checking out. Hosted..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Hidden Life

Malick's Nazi-era drama sees the heart and soul overriding the State

"...who fell to Earth, for love, in Wim Wenders' masterpiece Wings of Desire. There’s an irony in there somewhere,..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Downton Abbey

The beloved Masterpiece series makes a royal return

"...and – in America – the dignified imprimatur of Masterpiece Theatre. Fans of the show (of which I am..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Don't Let Go

Sci-fi crime drama gives a cop a chance at redemption

"...temporal mechanics of Looper work. In fact, Johnson’s twisting masterpiece is probably the closest point of reference, as timelines..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...convoluted ambiguities of love, as illuminated by Fragonard's rococo masterpiece. The Souvenir doesn't get under your skin. It clasps..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ruben Brandt, Collector

Pop-art animated heist flick puts collection obsession on display

"...in the form of 13 of the world’s great masterpieces that are both figuratively and literally trying to kill..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Burning

Extraordinary Korean drama adds emotion to the thriller equation

"...Kim Jee-woon. With Burning Lee has molded a psychological masterpiece that will leave you full of doubt, dread, and..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...being released so close to producer Genki Kawamura's blockbuster masterpiece of second chances, the enchanting and nuanced bodyswap romance..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mom and Dad

Nic Cage goes crazy/crazier in this kid-killing black comedy

"...… or not. Equal parts Parents, Joe Lynch’s recent masterpiece Mayhem, Randy Quaid circa right now, and the grimmest..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters Hall of Fame: A Few Small Repairs

Shawn Colvin's masterpiece for all seasons

"...make one feel happy, or at least better, this masterpiece – released the previous October – did just that..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Ramos

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...Beauty and the Beast, del Toro’s latest is a masterpiece of compassion and insight into the (in)human condition and..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blade of the Immortal

More blood-splattered samurai action from the Japanese master

"...a moment that will make fans of his transgressive masterpiece Ichi the Killer squeal with nauseated delight...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...harsh, atonal score by composer Ray Harman is a masterpiece of hair-raising instrumentality that’s every bit as grand and..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tower

Austin-made doc re-creates the UT Tower massacre with stunningly powerful immediacy

"...The end result is nothing short of a heartbreaking masterpiece of cinema. And, of course, it subtly echoes our..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...a decade now. Put simply, The Witch is a near-masterpiece of creeping dread and hallucinatory imagery. Eggers’ previous work..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boy and the World

A singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation that is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and joyous as the world it depicts

"...Feature Film in the upcoming Academy Awards, this singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Break

Remake of 1991's action bromance

"...It’s not that Bigelow’s original is a dramatic masterpiece – the plot is really quite goofy, but in..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deathgasm

Crazed Kiwi film leaves you laughing, gagging, and head-banging

"...constantly coated in grue though they may be. This mini-masterpiece of crazed Kiwi filmmaking was initially the winner of..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alleluia

A Belgian riff on the pitch-black legend of the Honeymoon Killers

"...tie, and I’ll also say Alleluia is a grotesque masterpiece. L’amour fou, indeed...."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Max: Fury Road

Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road

"...rocker, a roller, an out-of-controller,” and a genuine, mindblowing masterpiece of pure action cinema. If any other film this..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unfriended

Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror

"...Chaplin got caught in the cogs of his 1936 masterpiece Modern Times. James Cameron’s The Terminator upped the ante..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leviathan

This Oscar nominee for best Foreign Language film exudes existential Russian angst in cinematic form.

"...is an epic in miniature, and a howlingly despondent masterpiece at that. The film employs the harshly photogenic landscape..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Past

Another masterstroke from Asghar Farhadi, The Past begins as a domestic drama and stealthily evolves into a kind of thriller.

"...communication were over with. His latest film – another masterpiece – picks up the conversation, so to speak, with..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Prometheus

In his return to science fiction, Ridley Scott's stunning, ambitious visuals are waylaid by his quasi-metaphysics.

"...without its messy pleasures, but it's also not the masterpiece fans had hoped for. Such is life...."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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