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Austin Author David Brandon Hodge Pierces the Veil With Supernatural Machines
Historian of the strange opens up his archive of mystical devices in new book
Richard Whittaker
The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.
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Wicker Review: The Love That Is Woven in the Heart
Alexander Skarsgård is a lover quite literally made for Olivia Colman in this romantic fable
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Wildwood Review: Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Stop-motion magic from Laika is an ode to family and a love letter to Oregon
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Clayface Review: Muck and Murder
The DCU makes one of Batman’s most horrifying villains the antihero of his own story
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Rolling Into Fall at the VW Harvest
The annual celebration of the classic car company returns
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Jason Takes the House of Torment
How Austin’s award-winning haunted house became home to the Friday the 13th slasher
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You Can See Everything Review: Looking the Wrong Way
In a film that’s supposedly about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder exposes himself
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Ken Russell’s The Devils Review: The Sacred and the Profane
1971’s coruscating attack on power, politics, religion, and hypocrisy feels more pertinent than ever in a new uncut restoration
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Misty Green Review: The Hollywood Dream Dies Again
Chris Rock is saved from self-sabotaging his Great Hollywood Movie by the power of Rosalind Eleazar’s performance
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Musk Review: The Stench of Corruption
Alex Gibney’s epic documentary pulls apart the myth of the business genius and exposes a more terrifying truth
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AFS Cinema Announces Opening Date and Name for Third Screen
Theatre gets early screening of Paper Tiger, plus 4K restorations of The Color of Money, Marie Antoinette
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Whalefall Review: Rapture of the Not-So-Deep
Idiotic twist on Jonah and the whale sinks to embarrassing depths