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Vicious Fishes, Voluptuous Vixens, and Gary Busey: 'Piranha 3DD' Devours the Alamo

How much you enjoyed last night's Ain't It Cool News-sponsored screening of the ravenously anticipated sequel to Alexandre Aja's 2010 bloodbath depended entirely on your passion for ultra-gore, surgically-enhanced bodaciousosity, and your allegiance to Joe Dante's 1978 original. Read More | Comment »

Film 2:37PM Thu. May. 24, Marc Savlov

This Just In: Killing Is His (and Possibly Your) Business and Business Is Good!

Are you handy with a blade? Are you 18 years of age or older? Do you hate texting? Do you hate Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio even more than texting? Would you text him to death if your iPhone had an "Edged Weapons App?" Then this, mi amigo/amiga, is for you... Read More | Comment »

Film 2:40PM Tue. May. 22, Marc Savlov

Nine hours to get new Roller Derby doc to Austin
 

Help a Derby Baby Find an ATX Home

It may not be the first Roller Derby documentary, but Derby, Baby! has taken the sport's scrappy DIY ethos to heart in self-distribution. A little surprisingly, there's still no sign of an Austin screening, but there's a Kickstarter campaign rolling to fix that. Bad news? You only have until 11pm to arrange it. Read More | Comment »

Film 2:28PM Tue. May. 22, Richard Whittaker

Cannes You Dig It?

Still alive! Vive la France. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:14PM Tue. May. 22, Vincent Van Horn

Local Kids Play Make Games

I once tried to make a video-game. To put the entire experiment on a bumper sticker, it didn't work out. Coding is hard. And the fact that middle-schoolers were showing off their games, only made me feel worse, even if the overall mood of the awards ceremony at East Austin College Prep was jovial. Keep reading for more on the awards and links to some of the games. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 5:09PM Fri. May. 18, James Renovitch

Cannes You Dig It?

It's 5:20 am over here and instead of going to bed like a good boy oughta, I'm typing away at this instead. Read More | Comment »

Film 3:43PM Fri. May. 18, Vincent Van Horn

From the Vaults: One From the Heart

As the Alamo Drafthouse embarks on its celebration of the action films of the Summer of 1982, I'd like to put forward my pick for the best film that momentous summer: Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart. Released in August and unfolding over the course of a July 4th weekend, the film was panned by most critics from the get-go. Read More | Comment »

Film 1:30PM Fri. May. 18, Marjorie Baumgarten

Cannes You Dig It?

Hi hello bonjour! Read More | Comment »

Film 11:52AM Thu. May. 17, Vincent Van Horn

Local Board Game Gets $900K

Time to take another trek to the ever-lucrative world of Kickstarter funding. Another in a long line of Austin-based gaming successes including Venus Patrol, God of Blades, Thunderbeam, Banner Saga, and Starlight Inception has wildly exceeded their needs. That game is Ogre by Steve Jackson Games which asked for $20,000 and got more than $900,000. (!) Read More | Comment »

Gaming 4:59PM Wed. May. 16, James Renovitch

'Do-Deca-Pentathlon' Descending

Did seeing the just-released trailer for the Duplass brothers' new comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon get you pumped? Turns out you won't have to wait all that long: The Austin Film Society's Best of the Fests program will sneak the film June 4, a whole month before its national release date. Read More | Comment »

Film 4:27PM Wed. May. 16, Kimberley Jones

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

May we direct your attention to the newly released slate for the Paramount's annual Summer Classic Film Series? The print's so tiny you might have glossed over two big names: Amy Heckerling and Spike Lee. Read More | Comment »

Film 3:35PM Tue. May. 15, Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Too broke to go on a summer vacation? We feel your pain. But you can still see the world and even enjoy a spot of time travel – summer of '82, anyone? – with this summer's supersized repertory and microcinema lineup. Read More | Comment »

Film Flam 12:27PM Tue. May. 15, Kimberley Jones

Bigger, Better, Older

I'll admit, when I interviewed the owner of Game Over Videogames, David Kaelin, back in 2006 I wasn't sold on the store's profitability even if I was rooting for him. Over the years, and much to my happiness, he has proven me wrong repeatedly. He's expanded to Round Rock, San Antonio, and Houston, and now is planning two more stores and an expansion. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 11:14AM Tue. May. 15, James Renovitch

Blue Starlite at the Studio

Austin Studios is always on the lookout for more tenants, and now they have an old friend moving in: East Austin nouveau institution the Blue Starlite Urban Drive-In is revving its engine for a summer season of drive-in fun at the studio. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:36PM Mon. May. 14, Richard Whittaker

Alamo Summer of '82: "Do You Want to Live Forever?"

"This a celebration of the greatest era of Hollywood," Alamo Drafthouse mainstay Zack Carlson announced, as he kicked off the Alamo's Summer of '82 series alongside Bryan Connolly via John Milius's Conan the Barbarian. Blood, sweat, and tears (although not Conan's): truly there is nothing better in life. Read More | Comment »

Film 7:43PM Fri. May. 11, Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Tim Burton & Johnny Depp

They have a couple dozen more to go before their number of screen collaborations equals that of the famous acting/directing duo, John Wayne and John Ford, but Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have now made eight films together, including today's release of Dark Shadows. Read More | Comment »

Film 4:55PM Fri. May. 11, Marjorie Baumgarten

This Week's Waste of Time

If there's one thing we learned from computers in the early 90s it's that dysentery is bad. Anyone with a computer at school at that time probably played the pseudo-educational game, Oregon Trail, that involved buying supplies and rationing for the difficult journey to the Frontier. There were many ways to die, but dysentery is one that sticks. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 4:29PM Fri. May. 11, James Renovitch

'82 Into '12 Does Go

The Summer of 1982 is back in action, courtesy of the Alamo Drafthouse, and getting this cinematic time machine to work is no small challenge. Read More | Comment »

Film 10:30PM Thu. May. 10, Richard Whittaker

Before and After at Austin Studios

The long-awaited takeover of the National Guard Armory by Austin Studios finally happens this October, and the Austin Film Society already has very specific plans for the space – plans they believe will attract big productions and nurture local talent. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:11PM Thu. May. 10, Richard Whittaker

Happy Birthday, Sid Vicious!

If punk died the day The Clash signed with CBS, no bothered to tell Sex Pistolero Sid Vicious, who took a full two years time before offing himself the day after offing his longtime squeeze, Nancy Spungen, on February 2, 1979. Thus was born Gary Oldman's career. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:05PM Thu. May. 10, Marc Savlov

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