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Austin Filmmakers Announced for Sundance

The annual announcement of the next crop of competition films slated for the Sundance Film Festival held in January always indicates that a new year is on the horizon. And I know a great many of us are ready to chuck off the dastardly 2016 and try our luck with a new calendar year.

12:40PM Thu. Dec. 1, 2016, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: Dead Ringers

Cinema has two of the most perfectly chilling insights into the messianic complex of surgeons. First is Alec Baldwin's "I am God" speech in Malice. Second is Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers, telling his brother of a failed procedure: "There's nothing the matter with the instrument. It's the body."

11:00AM Wed. Nov. 30, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Other Worlds and Under Worlds With Bears Fonté

Today may seem grim, but the future, well, at least sci-fi holds out some hope for a better tomorrow. As SF celebration Other Worlds Austin morphs into its latest incarnation, founder Bears Fonté said, "This is definitely our best festival yet."

11:55AM Tue. Nov. 29, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Wu-Tang Clan, Run the Jewels

Moody Center

Harry Nilsson birthday tribute w/ Nick Diaz, Matt Hubbard, Jeff Olson, Mike St. Clair, more at C-Boy's Heart & Soul

Changarrito Cart: Magaly Cantú at Mexic-Arte Museum

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Other Worlds Austin, the dedicated sci-fi film festival, is coming up this week, but they saved some big announcements for last. Joining cult faves and cutting edge creations, now OWA adds Austin author-turned-scriptwriter Owen Egerton's latest, The Axe Murders of Villisca.

12:45PM Mon. Nov. 28, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Other Worlds Austin Announces Mary Shelley Award Finalists

It's hard to imagine either science fiction or horror without Mary Shelley, the creator of fiction's greatest mad scientist, Frankenstein. That's why sci-fi festival Other Worlds Austin has the Mary Shelley award for women genre filmmakers, and the list of this year's finalists is out.

2:30PM Wed. Nov. 23, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

City Looking for Faces of Austin

Who is Austin? That's the question at the beating heart of Faces of Austin, the city-run short film project designed to highlight the voices, faces, and places that define this town.

3:45PM Tue. Nov. 22, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

ATX TV Fest Drops First Round of Panels

Now in its sixth year, the folks at the ATX Television Festival have become pros at wrangling the cast and creators of some of the most beloved TV shows (Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, The West Wing) for reunions.

2:00PM Thu. Nov. 17, 2016, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

SXSW Conference Announces New Panels

SXSW Music nabbed the morning headlines with the unveiling of a second keynote speaker and 200-plus acts on the 2017 bill. But the conference also dropped a few non-Music speakers into the mix today, including a Muslim journalist who started a movement and a producing powerhouse who co-parented a Terminator.

12:00PM Tue. Nov. 15, 2016, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Jeff Nichols Enters Texas Film Hall of Fame

Awards season is just around the corner, but the first accolades of the year are already here, with the Austin Film Society announcing that director Jeff Nichols and documentarian Hector Galán will enter the Texas Film Hall of Fame, while actor Tye Sheridan is the recipient of this year's Rising Star award.

11:00AM Tue. Nov. 15, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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