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Programming for the Proletariat

Getting a small-scaled movie onto the big screen is an uphill battle for indie filmmakers, but a new “collective action web-platform” called Tugg may ease the struggle, while simultaneously putting the power of the programmer into the hands of audiences. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:00PM Wed. Feb. 22, Kimberley Jones

You're Going to Get Red On You...

Before SXSW engulfs and devours us all, horror hounds and goregasm gals can derive sticky crimson sustenance from tomorrow's "Murder Night," the first meeting of the recently incarnated "Horror Social Group" Blood Over Texas. Read More | Comment »

Film 11:42AM Wed. Feb. 22, Marc Savlov

Face Off Recap: The Subtle Blade

There have been a lot of big stunt challenges in this season of Face Off, and a lack of guest judges with make-up credits on IMDB. Breaking that run this week, it's a pair of subtle challenges and two big names: Greg Cannom and Kim Greene. Read More | Comment »

Television 2:45PM Tue. Feb. 21, Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Nominees on Rewind

Every year, the Texas Film Hall of Fame honors legends in the entertainment industry at an annual awards show. On the three Mondays leading up to the event on Thursday, March 8, the Austin Film Society is hosting a three-night film series that showcases the work of each of the three new inductees: Douglas McGrath, Barry Corbin, and Meat Loaf. Read More | Comment »

Film 6:10PM Fri. Feb. 17, Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam

We all know Machete don’t text, but happily, he will accept a shiny statuette from the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards. Read More | Comment »

Film Flam 3:29PM Fri. Feb. 17, Kimberley Jones

Alamo on the Bay

Remember how much of a labor of love it was for Tim League when he renovated the Alamo Ritz? Now the Alamo Drafthouse supremo is planning to do the same in San Francisco as he brings that city's historic but dilapidated New Mission Theater into the company. Read More | Comment »

Film 9:45AM Fri. Feb. 17, Richard Whittaker

How Conan O'Brien joined the cast of <i>The Intergalactic Nemesis</i>
 

Team Coco Goes 'Intergalactic'

"Yep! We were really on #Conan! And we've got the video to prove it!" That was the excited tweet from Austin's own live action graphic novelists of The Intergalactic Nemesis. "Holy mackerel," producer Jason Neulander just told us on the line from Hollywoodland, "We just did our show on Conan, with Conan!" Read More | Comment »

Television 7:36PM Wed. Feb. 15, Richard Whittaker

SXSW Expands Film Lineup

Still reeling from the news Radiolab's Jad Abumrad will walk among us at SXSW Interactive? Hold onto your complimentary tote bags, then, public radio nerds: SXSW Film has gone and added to its lineup Sleepwalk With Me, the feature debut from This American Life contributor and monologist Mike Birbiglia. Read More | Comment »

Film 2:00PM Wed. Feb. 15, Kimberley Jones

This Modern Love

Though we've always been a touch put off by the menacing directive implicit to its name, fact is, Funny or Die has an eye for video hilarity. This week, the humor site cast said eye on a trio of Austin filmmakers. Read More | Comment »

Web 12:18PM Wed. Feb. 15, Kimberley Jones

Top Chef Texas, Week 14: Hot for Teacher

Previously on Top Chef: Gimmicky gimmicky gimmicks and Grayson goes to purgatory, AKA Last Chance Kitchen. Welcome to the home stretch of Top Chef: Gimmicks. I mean, Texas. Read More | Comment »

Television 1:22PM Sat. Feb. 11, Melanie Haupt

Face Off Recap: Venom on the Sculpting Room Floor

Four down, nine to go. As Face Off slowly whittles down the contestants, it sometimes seems that the only way we'll get down to the real top-tier contenders is if they unleash wild animals in the studio. Wait, they did what? Huh. Read More | Comment »

Television 9:16AM Sat. Feb. 11, Richard Whittaker

Bed Your Way Into Show Business

No, we don't mean the casting couch or other modes of sleeping your way into the movies. What's going on is that there's no more room at the local inns for all the out-of-town filmmakers who want to attend SXSW Film. So the festival is reaching out for volunteers willing to accommodate visiting filmmakers for a few days between March 9 and March 18. Read More | Comment »

Film 5:20PM Fri. Feb. 10, Marjorie Baumgarten

This Week's Waste of Time

What is it about dogs that make games better? Fable II's faithful companion. Megaman's helper, Rush. Ultimately you really can't go wrong adding a canine to your game. So, if you're doing a game jam and need a way to suck players in, make the playable character a dog. Case in point: Last Breath. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 3:43PM Thu. Feb. 9, James Renovitch

Film Flam

It sounds like the unpromising lead up to a punchline: What do you get when you combine a poet, a screenwriter, a novelist... and the Super Bowl? Read More | Comment »

Film Flam 2:39PM Wed. Feb. 8, Kimberley Jones

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

SXSW Film announces its Midnighters and short films slate. Read More | Comment »

Film 2:00PM Wed. Feb. 8, Kimberley Jones

Top Chef Texas, Week 13: Life on Two Wheels

My people! My apologies for the radio silence. Would you believe that I have been too busy to sit in my living room, pajama-clad, recapping Top Chef: Texas on a weekday afternoon? Well, believe it. But here I am, nothing but time on my side, and rest assured that I'm in flannel-clad comfort now. Read More | Comment »

Television 3:27PM Mon. Feb. 6, Melanie Haupt

Film Flam

I know it's cats that are supposed to have nine lives, but certain catfish have remarkable staying power, too. Read More | Comment »

Film Flam 12:54PM Mon. Feb. 6, Kimberley Jones

Face Off Recap: All This Horror Business

OK, not to harp on about this, but I wasn't that impressed by having Asher Roth as a guest judge on Face Off last week. But this time SyFy makes up for it with a genuine, in-the-blood, to-the-bone practical FX guru, Tom Savini. Read More | Comment »

Television 7:25PM Sun. Feb. 5, Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Ti West Revives the American Horror Film

"Horror's my favorite genre, but it's just ruined right now. It's been fucked up so bad by becoming so profitable," said filmmaker Ti West in a 2007 Chronicle interview about his film Trigger Man. Reviewing West's newest film The Innkeepers, Marc Savlov writes: Read More | Comment »

Film 3:42PM Fri. Feb. 3, Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'Chronicle' Chronicles

"I'm here to lower your expectations," director Josh Trank told Wednesday's sneak preview audience for his debut feature, Chronicle. Read More | Comment »

Film 2:07PM Fri. Feb. 3, Richard Whittaker

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