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FILM REVIEWS

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of a teen rampage killer who has a complicated relationship with her son.

Big Miracle

Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski star in this fact-based story that shows us that whales are mammals too.

Chronicle

Like a marriage of Cloverfield and Carrie, Chronicle blends faux-naif techniques with a teen telekinesis plot and gets fresh results.

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  • SOPA: A Bad Idea Falls Off – For Now

    After an Internet blackout, lawmakers see the light

    By JON LEBKOWSKY, Fri., Jan. 27, 2012

  • Local Tech Creations That Scare Us

    Hell on wheels, surveilling boozehounds, and more

    By JAMES RENOVITCH, Fri., Jan. 27, 2012

  • Austin and the Academy

    'The Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

    By KIMBERLEY JONES, Fri., Jan. 27, 2012

  • The Spillover

    SXSW Interactive loosens its belt, expands to 14 venues

    By RICHARD WHITTAKER, Fri., Jan. 27, 2012

  • A Watery Grave Narrowly Avoided

    35mm prints of lost HK actioners unspool in the Alamo's Asian Invasion series

    By MARC SAVLOV, Fri., Jan. 20, 2012

  • The Jumping-Off Point

    Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'

    By MARC SAVLOV, Fri., Jan. 20, 2012

  • Film Flam

    Not following us on Twitter and the blog? Here's what you've been missing

    By KIMBERLEY JONES, Fri., Jan. 20, 2012

  • Our Bloody Valentine

    Movie makeup artist Matt Valentine reps Austin on SyFy's reality competition show Face Off

    By RICHARD WHITTAKER, Fri., Jan. 13, 2012

  • Measuring Up

    Slamdance to show Evan Roberts' '33 Teeth'

    By TOSHIO MERONEK, Fri., Jan. 13, 2012

  • DVD Watch

    Few filmmakers would be able to mount a discourse on the 20th century's art and thought process as broad and extensive as this

    By MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, Fri., Jan. 13, 2012

  • 2011 SCREENS TOP 10S

    • Kind of Blue

      The year in film

      By MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, Fri., Jan. 6, 2012

    • Marjorie Baumgarten

      Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 list

      By MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, Fri., Jan. 6, 2012

    • Kimberley Jones

      Kimberley Jones' Top 10 list

      By KIMBERLEY JONES, Fri., Jan. 6, 2012

    • Marc Savlov

      Marc Savlov's Top 10 list

      By MARC SAVLOV, Fri., Jan. 6, 2012

  • Of Scrolls, Swords, and Ponycorn Adventures

    The year in gaming

    By JAMES RENOVITCH, Fri., Jan. 6, 2012

  • Reading Between the 'I's

    The Secret Life of Pronouns author James Pennebaker on what your tweets reveal about your state of mind

    By JOSH ROSENBLATT, Fri., Dec. 30, 2011

  • Austin Film Critics Association Announces Awards

    Hugo wins Best Picture

    Fri., Dec. 30, 2011

  • Two for One Times Three

    AFS Essential Cinema tracks a few masters' journeys from Old World to New

    By KIMBERLEY JONES, Fri., Dec. 30, 2011

  • Full-Gore Press

    Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

    By MARC SAVLOV, Fri., Dec. 23, 2011

  • A Galaxy Not So Far Away

    Austin's BioWare unleashes Star Wars: The Old Republic

    By RICHARD WHITTAKER, Fri., Dec. 23, 2011

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