The Memory of a Killer

A hitman who's losing his memory to Alzheimer's anchors this absorbing Belgian policier that's tightly wound and expertly unraveled.

"...the story of a hitman who is losing his memory. Like the hero of Memento, Angelo Ledda (Decleir) has..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Memory Loss

Forget your troubles (and everything else) with these movies

"...new year with our favorite films about amnesia and memory loss...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Peril of Memory

"...and our lives may change because of that. One memory can stop me from an act that seems beneficial,..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

“Rehab El Sadek: The Memory Palace” at Big Medium

The exhibit is a personal chamber about the artist’s past wherein she recovers memories but also reveals their fragility

"...From the moment we enter Rehab El Sadek's "The Memory Palace," the artist is guiding us through her history..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Memory

Neeson does the Neeson thing as a hit man, redemption, oh, you know …

"...are now subgenres of the Liam Neeson thing. Take Memory, the latest in his never-ending supply of mumbling, granite-jawed..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

"Sylvia Benitez: Recalling Memory / The Interior Lay"

The paintings in this solo exhibition depict a place where landscapes are, more than anything, a Texas state of mind

"...hullabaloo – but by mining the rich veins of memory itself, by rendering what is perforce a subjective reality..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Is Memory Hijacking Texas' Justice System?

Eyewitness identification methods based on false assumptions about memory are putting innocent people behind bars

"...week because he has been researching the vagaries of memory and the mechanics of eyewitness identification for three decades...."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fantastic Fest Interview: Recalling a Memory of Dan O'Bannon

Alexandre O. Philippe finds the myth behind the space horror classic

"...George Lucas) to Psycho (78/52). In his new documentary, Memory: The Origins of Alien, Philippe looks right at the..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Journalism and Memory

What we fail to remember, we will tragically repeat

"...crucial American history is part of the shared public memory – at least memory sufficient to provide any effect..."

March 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...predicament of a family member losing his or her memory to Alzheimer’s disease, count your blessings because it’s probably..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...from the original LP release that I've committed to memory, is unnerving. Some albums never work as well again...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

Malcolm, Movement, Memory

With subjects that range from Malcolm X to choreographer Alvin Ailey, Orlando Bagwell's documentaries depict the African-American -- as well as American -- experience.

"...The piece that Judith created was a dance in memory of Ailey. It started with Anna Deavere Smith [Twilight]..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Playback: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

But you can still put your arms around Margaret Moser

"...Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory," and fawned over Oliver Gray, toddler son of another..."

June 16, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Trail of Crumbs Down Memory Lane: 'Pioneers of Television'

Season four debuts tonight on KLRU with 'Standup to Sitcom'

"...late 1970s and on, in which we meander down memory lane first with Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show,..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Anne Harris

Ken's Memory Lapse

"...transcripts and his own book, Crime in Texas, his memory might come back. How much is Anderson's "hunch" going..."

Dec. 13, 2011 Postmarks

A Little Help Down Memory Lane

"...that someone can help me with a struggle down memory lane. In 1976, there was a restaurant on Congress..."

Jan. 16, 2011 Postmarks

Pot Might Reduce 'Memory Impairment'

Could pot help prevent Alzheimer's? OSU research say it might.

"...some protection against inflammation, which can help ensure better memory later in life, reports OSU. "It's not that everything..."

Nov. 19, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Taste, Memory

By innovating old favorites in an old building, Moonshine is setting new standards

"...it's possible that buildings have some kind of sense memory. For much of its storied past, the 19th-century edifice..."

March 26, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Oppel's Memory Hole

Statesman editor Rich Oppel blasts Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, but may not have checked his facts.

"...Well, four years is a long time, and Oppel's memory -- as well as his journalistic obligation to maintain..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

A Place, a Time, a Memory

Chronicle Cuisines writers share their Thanksgiving memories.

"...the mushroom markets of Barcelona, sample a treasured childhood memory in Acadiana, and end up back in present-day Austin,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bill of the Week: In Memory of Sandra Bland

An effort to ensure in-custody deaths like hers don't happen again

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: In Memory

The dead we remember, and the lessons we still need to learn

June 3, 2016 News Column by Michael King

In Memory of Richard Dorsett

Beloved local left his mark on Austin

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Michael Hall

Memory Lapse?

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

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Create a Holiday Memory, Learn Something New

East Side Glass Offers Christmas Ornament Classes

Nov. 30, 2011 Chronolog Post by R.U. Steinberg

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fever Tree Memory

Aug. 16, 2005 Postmarks

Eat, Memory

The Food staff on their fondness for holidays past: epiphanies, friendship, near-disaster, disaster, and always a full plate

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Feature

Eat, Memory

The food staff on their fondness for holidays past: epiphanies, friendship, near-disaster, disaster, and always a full plate

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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