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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 »

Film 8:43AM Mon. May. 7, Marc Savlov

The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!

Two BBC series cross the pond to debut on American television. Read More | Comment »

Television 3:40PM Sun. May. 6, Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

The ATX Television Festival lineup is coming into sharper focus, with an opening night featuring USA Network shows Royal Pains and Suits. Read More | Comment »

Film Flam 3:56PM Fri. May. 4, Kimberley Jones

'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 »

Film 8:29PM Thu. May. 3, Marc Savlov

Links to the 8-Bit Artisan

So, you just read the probing and insightful prose-gasm that is my feature story on local artist/collector/programmer Party Time! Hexcellent! Reading it in the print issue, you might have noticed that you couldn't click on the words to make web pages pop up. Sorry about that. To make it up to you, here's a blog full of feature-related clickables. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 2:00AM Thu. May. 3, James Renovitch

Kickstarter's Dark Side

Just when you thought Kickstarter was a fairy land where money magically appeared for worthy artistic endeavors and nary a ne'er-do-well could be found, something like this happens. A game, Mythic, appeared on the site and started racking up funds. That was before discerning backers noticed things were not all well in Kickstarter's darkening forest. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 6:20PM Wed. May. 2, James Renovitch

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 »

Film 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 »

Film 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 »

Film 4:39PM Mon. Apr. 30, Marc Savlov

Singing with the Ice King

So I spent my Saturday being serenaded by the Ice King from Cartoon Network's super-smash Adventure Time in the Halulu Room at the Highball: What did you do with your weekend? Read More | Comment »

Television 8:30AM Mon. Apr. 30, Richard Whittaker

The Funny Doesn't Have To Be Over

Still kicking yourself you didn’t get in on the ground floor with the Moontower Comedy Festival? You’re gonna kick yourself even harder when you see the comedy chops on-camera in Inside Joke, a behind-the-scenes web series hosted by Kerri Lendo and John Merriman. Read More | Comment »

Web 10:31PM Sun. Apr. 29, Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: 'Bernie' Kills

Austinites this weekend demonstrated that movie sophisticates in New York and L.A. have nothing on the home-town crowd. Richard Linklater's new film Bernie opened on Friday in exclusive runs in New York, L.A., and Austin, and experienced the best opening weekend ever for a Linklater film. Read More | Comment »

Film 10:20PM Sun. Apr. 29, Marjorie Baumgarten

Local Gaming News-Bites

Gaming stuff is always happening in this happening town. I'm doing my best to keep up with it all. Here are a few key words that will be explained if you click through: Starhawk, Leisure Suit Larry, Dishonored, De-Pixilated, Rooster Teeth, and what blog would be complete without Elijah Wood. Read More | Comment »

Gaming 4:11PM Fri. Apr. 27, James Renovitch

FCC: Local TV Affiliates to Post Political Buys

There will be a little more transparency in campaign spending, after the Federal Communications Commission issued new rules this morning that will make Austin's local TV affiliates place details of their political advertising sales online. Read More | Comment »

Television 4:11PM Fri. Apr. 27, Richard Whittaker

Your Feets Too Big: Book Signing & Screening at the Lucky Lizard

So there you are, your sweetheart and you, camping and canoodling deep in the heart of the East Texas/West Arkansas piney green woods. Maybe knocking Docs, even. And then, without warning, amidst the panting de l'amour and the whispering wind, you hear it: the unmistakable sound of your impending doom. Read More | Comment »

Film 3:49PM Fri. Apr. 27, Marc Savlov

This Week's Waste of Time

Unless you're one of the developers who created one of the 1400 games for Ludum Dare 23, you might not know that the defining rule of the competition is the 48-hour time limit. The theme: tiny worlds. Amongst the chaff, this is where you find those kernels of brilliance that the big boys use in their next game. Here are a few I've found or were recommended: Read More | Comment »

Gaming 12:10PM Fri. Apr. 27, James Renovitch

Saramago, In Print and On Film

Day two of Cine Las Americas sees the regional premiere of José y Pilar, about the love affair between Portuguese man of letters and Nobel Prize winner José Saramago and his wife, Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio. The screening couldn't have been timed better: Today also sees the publication of a collection of early Saramago short stories. Read More | Comment »

Film 8:13AM Wed. Apr. 25, Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: Jamaican Homegrown

Reggae Fest is over and you've already checked out the Marley biopic and read all our coverage (film review and interview with the director), but you're still craving another dose of Jamaican homegrown. If this describes you, then allow us to suggest a couple more film titles to you: Third World Cop and Dancehall Queen. Read More | Comment »

Film 5:00PM Mon. Apr. 23, Marjorie Baumgarten

Cop Shoot Cop

If you were downtown in vicinity of Eddie V's Edgewater Grill Sunday afternoon or evening, you probably assumed all those road blocks, light baffles, grips, dollies, and APD cruisers were involved in Machete 2: The Sharpening. If only. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:10PM Mon. Apr. 23, Marc Savlov

'Leslie Vernon' Needs You

So it's crunch time, people: If another 20 tickets are sold by midnight tonight, Austin gets a special sixth anniversary screening of SXSW 2006 horror smash Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. Read More | Comment »

Film 10:56AM Mon. Apr. 23, Richard Whittaker

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