Memory Lapse?

Former district attorney doesn't remember much about prosecuting an innocent man for murder

"...been tied to the 1988 murder of mother Debra Masters Baker, who was also bludgeoned to death in her..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Possible Tip for Tips in Murder Case

Did you know Mark Alan Norwood in the late Eighties?

"...in the bludgeoning death of 34-year-old Austin mother Debra Masters Baker, who was murdered in her home on Justin..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cottage Industries

Eating locally never tasted so sweet

"...Kelley Masters, the home baker (www.homesweethomebakery.com) who spearheaded the grassroots movement..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Like Crazy

This is a love story love story about people of a certain age – which is not to be confused with a love story for the ages.

"...What Jones and Yelchin are delicate masters of is the relationship in miniature – the giggling..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Fun with acronyms: aGLIFF, FF, and AFF programming, plus Computer Chess needs humans

"...Citizens Brigade gang, and Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, a documentary about the 2010 Classic Tetris World Championship;..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

AFF Teases 10 Titles

Duplass Bros.' latest comedy gets regional premiere

"...ECSTASY OF ORDER: THE TETRIS MASTERS Director: Adam Cornelius World Premiere This video game documentary..."

Aug. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

True Legend

The great martial-arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping directs this saga about the inventor of Drunken Fist fighting.

"...Can (Zhao) becomes a depressed, drunken beggar until he masters the new martial art of Drunken Fist fighting. By..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

13 Assassins

The prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike takes a turn toward the truly epic with this classically styled samurai picture.

"...This is, after all, the director whose episode of Masters of Horror (“Imprint”) was so disturbing to Showtime execs..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...appreciate the skill that it takes for a Dutch Masters painting, but it's like lots of radio music; it..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

TV Eye: The Fix Is In

Making the world a better place with David Brancaccio

"...is the new host of the Discovery Channel's Brew Masters, wherein the acclaimed craft brewer travels the world in..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Inside Job

This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.

"...Not that Ferguson evidences much sympathy for the rapacious masters of the universe, but he demonstrates how the past..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Can't Get No...

Devo canceled, but a good interview remains

"...Devo didn’t die of rabies, they grew stronger. The masters of non-conformity dressed uniformly produced dazzling product on film..."

Nov. 1, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Devil

A group of strangers takes a ride with the devil on an elevator to hell.

"...few moments of well-calibrated terror (kudos to the foley masters behind Devil's creepified soundscape), and Shyamalan's ongoing trickery with..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

The seductive aroma of smoking meat wafting over Downtown last weekend came from Texas Monthly's first Texas BBQ Festival

"...Sunday afternoon of barbecue and live music. Nineteen pit masters answered the call and rolled into Austin ready to..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

TV Eye

Hellcats makes for a kicky start to fall programming

"...(2828 Rio Grande). The theme for this challenge, dubbed Masters of the Whedonverse, will be Joss Whedon, the man..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Joneses

David Duchovny and Demi Moore star in this partially successful comedy about consumer culture that turns uncomfortably moralistic part way through.

"...item they’re assigned to pimp. Cole and Headly, longtime masters of slyly satiric stylings, are the neighbors whose debt..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avatar

James Cameron's opus is thrilling, lovely, sad, and explosive in all the right ways.

"...primal world created entirely by Cameron's legions of CGI masters. For a film with such a lengthy running time,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beatles

"...2-CD gather-all of singles, B-sides, and EP tracks (Past Masters). All feature expanded gatefold artwork and a 3½-minute featurette..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW 09 Film Awards

And the winners are ...

"...Best in Show: The Dungeon Masters (D: Keven McAlester; designer: David Plunkert, Spur Design LLC)..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...The Dungeon MastersDocumentary Feature, Special Screenings D: Keven McAlester..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fashion Axe

Fashion axe

"...photographer Ralph Gibson presents State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words (Yale University Press, 183 pp.,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Francesca Camillo

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...of remastering digitally. They’ve dug up all the old masters and have gone back and remixed everything and written..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...way that we could get our hands on the masters for right now. So we decided that would be..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"..."The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted and intelligent...."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Pevensie kids are summoned back to Narnia for yet another mystical adventure based on C.S. Lewis' series of fantasy books.

"...the world, or at least Narnia, to its rightful masters. This is a far darker film than its lead-footed..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playing Through

Tiger Woods is to golf what Shakespeare is to theatre

"...Championship. Last year, after coming in second at the Masters and the U.S. Open, he again won the PGA,..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Saturday Sleepers

"...bracing the male/female vocal dynamic. – Doug Freeman Tiny Masters of Today..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Goya's Ghosts

Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, Goya's Ghosts is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.

"...as a marker between the worlds of the old masters and the new modernism. As a court painter to..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...Having had his rep smeared by his former government masters, Gabriel sets out to prove his point and net..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...and comes from out of nowhere to win the Masters. It’s Tin Cup meets Bagger Vance meets The Greatest..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

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