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Beware Boiúna Review: Snake With No Bite and No Brain
Worthless creature feature should slide back into the slime
Richard Whittaker
The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.
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Fantastic Fest Review: Littermates
A gentle apocalypse becomes a story of found family
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Fantastic Fest Review: Play House
The finding of footage becomes as scary as the footage found
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Fantastic Fest Review: Alpha Gang
Zellner Bros. beam down a suitably idiosyncratic version of the alien invasion flick
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Digger Review: Best Buried Deep and Forgotten
Cruise and Iñárritu’s multilayered eco satire is crippled by its narcissism
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Fantastic Fest Interview: Connecting With Nature in The Squirrel
Finnish Oscar entry imagines our world without animals to show why we need them
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A Celebration of Community at a Time of Division in Flag Day Doc
Austin filmmakers Andrew and Melissa Shea head to Michigan to explore the country’s most unexpected patriotic celebration
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The Rivers That Run Through Us
In his latest documentary, Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers, Austin conservationist Ben Masters asks us to look at our waterways in a new light
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Fantastic Fest Interview: Falling Down the Conspiracy Rabbit Hole With Gimme Truth
New documentary explores the extremity of belief and how conspiracy theories have become darker and more dangerous
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Fantastic Fest Interview: In Award Winner Girl in the Night, Not all Heroes Wear Capes
Slovenian dry comedy throws the rules of the superhero flick out of the window
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Fantastic Fest Review: Victorian Psycho
Maika Monroe jumps from modern final girl to deliriously unhinged Gothic killer
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AFS Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is With Texas Lights
Offshoot from AFS Grants creates bigger funding opportunities