Daily Screens - The Austin Chronicle

The hearts of film fans are a little heavier today after the death yesterday of writer and actress Carrie Fisher. So this week Austin's cinemas are paying tribute to the child of Hollywood royalty who became an icon as Princess Leia, and then became a whip-smart author and script doctor.

11:08AM Wed. Dec. 28, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

It's a Wonderful Lie

Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the little things; treat your fellow man with kindness; believe in Santa; don’t shoot your eye out. The moral of the story in 1945's less-canonical Christmas in Connecticut? Lie through your teeth, and lovely things may come to you.

8:00AM Sat. Dec. 24, 2016, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: I Am Not a Serial Killer

Repeat after me: I am not a serial killer. I am not a serial killer. I Am Not a Serial Killer.

2:15PM Fri. Dec. 23, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The Night of the Hunter

Paramount Theatre

Rainbow Girls, B.R. Lively at Radio/East

Just for Teens: Captive Creatures at Terrazas Branch Library

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Cindy Stowell Is a Jeopardy! Champ and Champion for Cancer Research

Diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer, Austin resident and science content developer Cindy Stowell competed in late summer on Jeopardy! with the mission of donating her winnings to cancer research.

8:05AM Wed. Dec. 21, 2016, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Blue Starlite Lights Up in Buda

Time to take the urban out of the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In. Austin's retro outdoor cinematic experience is relocating from the backlot of Austin Studios at East 51st, and moving to open land in Buda, to become the nation's first camp-out cinema. Founder Josh Frank said, "I want to do something that no one else has done before."

1:30PM Tue. Dec. 20, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Let's be honest, no one is really ready for the holidays this year. It's hard to get festive when it feels like the end times are just around the corner. So, in this new spirit of the season, here's some recent home release recommendations that draw on the ghosts with nothing to do with Christmas past.

9:00AM Fri. Dec. 16, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: If There's a Hell Below

The era of the cinematic spy as dashing international jet setter is over. These days, they are either bare-knuckle bruisers with a sociopathic streak, or – as in new technothriller If There's a Hell Below – intelligence analysts with dark secrets in their archives.

1:30PM Sat. Dec. 10, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Split Screen: Reanimated

Split Screen, John Pierson’s 1997-2001 TV show about the indie film world makes its streaming premiere today on FilmStruck, the new subscription on-demand service from The Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies.

6:00PM Fri. Dec. 9, 2016, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

Mondo Gallery Turns the Channel to Nickelodeon

We are all Nickelodeon kids. It doesn't matter whether you grew up with Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, or Sanjay and Craig, the kids' TV channel with an edge has been warping minds for 39 years. Now Mondo Gallery adds its own graphic flair for A-Nick-Nick-Nick-Nick-N-Nick-Nick-Nick Nickelodeon Show.

9:00AM Thu. Dec. 8, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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