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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 »

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 »

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

Cannes You Dig It?

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

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

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 »

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 »

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

Cannes You Dig It?

Hi hello bonjour! Read More | Comment »

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

'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 »

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 »

3:35PM Tue. May. 15, Kimberley Jones

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

'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 »

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 »

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 »

12:05PM Thu. May. 10, Marc Savlov

Wild Thing, We Surely Loved You

News came of Maurice Sendak's passing after the workday started, which means the collective calling-in-sick-and-cuddling-up-to-his-books will have to wait until tomorrow. Read More | Comment »

12:29PM Tue. May. 8, Kimberley Jones

He Fought for Our Right to Indie Cinema [Updated]

What can we say that hasn't already been said over the past four days? The untimely passing – really, really untimely; he was only one year older than we are – of Beastie Boy and Oscilloscope Laboratories founder Adam Yauch is a body blow not only for fans of the Beasties' hyperliterate hip hop, but also to indie filmmakers everywhere. Read More | Comment »

8:43AM Mon. May. 7, Marc Savlov

'Dallas Is the Reason …'

Texas Frightmare Weekend begins tomorrow, May 4, with enough horror, gore, and cine-mayhem to make your last cosplay event look like four-year-olds playing with cat poop in a sandbox. (Sorry, fat dude in the Cutie Honey outfit.) Also, the Misfits might show up. Read More | Comment »

8:29PM Thu. May. 3, Marc Savlov

Restorative Powers

Stick around long enough, and decay is inevitable. It's true for humans and for film stock: Half of all films made before 1950 are now lost forever. Preservation and restoration are the clarion calls of Martin Scorsese's nonprofit The Film Foundation; their cinematic saves are the focus of a new film series with Mondo and Alamo Drafthouse. Read More | Comment »

1:00PM Wed. May. 2, Kimberley Jones

Who's Laughing Now? Drafthouse Films 'Klown' Set for July Release

Your summer just got weirder. Drafthouse Films has announced that they have acquired Klown, Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard's bizarro-comedy that had them puking in the aisles -- in a good way -- at Fantastic Fest 2011. Read More | Comment »

11:47AM Wed. May. 2, Marc Savlov

Cine Las Americas Announces Winners

Like us, you're probably still recovering from the most film/music/art/wine & cheese-packed weekend since SXSW (which was, egads, only last month), but the votes are tallied and Cine Las Americas has announced their winners. Official Chrongratulations to one and all, and kudos to CLA for another terrific fest. Read More | Comment »

4:39PM Mon. Apr. 30, Marc Savlov

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