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Other Worlds Says OMG!

Science fiction has often been the domain of serious ideas translated into a fantastical environment. But sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin has added two thick slices of futuristic fun – one classic, one fresh – to its lineup.

5:20PM Tue. Nov. 1, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: More to Watch This Halloween

Candy? Check. Costume? Check. Halloween movie selection? Wait, you still haven't picked out a spooky feature for tonight? OK, if nothing in part one of our Halloween home release guide raised your spirits, here's more recommendations.

11:45AM Mon. Oct. 31, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: What to Watch This Halloween

Halloween is upon us. and even if the Austin weather refuses to concede that it should be fall, at least there's the warming glow of the TV to summon the spirits. If you're still looking for a few last minute recommendations – from exploitation sleaze to shrieks of laughter – here's some recent releases sneaking up on you.

1:30PM Sun. Oct. 30, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The Red Shoes + Black Swan

Paramount Theatre

Squirrel Flower, Free Range, Lefty Parker at Hole in the Wall

Craft at the Umlauf: Paper Filigree With Michael Velliquette at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda of MondoCon

Every year, Austin's pop-culture ephemera empire Mondo produces enough film collectibles to sink a battleship and break your bank forever. But not every design makes it through unscathed. At last weekend's MondoCon, the annual Mondo Talk panel delved deep into the sometimes beautiful, sometimes shocking reject pile.

10:00AM Thu. Oct. 27, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

AFS Turns Over A New Leaf Tonight

The Austin Film Society’s Hello, Goodbye series – its programming send-off leading up to AFS Cinema shuttering for renovations next month – continues tonight with a 35mm screening of A New Leaf.

8:00AM Thu. Oct. 27, 2016, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Review: Youth in Oregon

Youth in Oregon, the closing night film of the Austin Film Festival, turned out to be a disappointing family dramedy. Yet the oodles of Dove chocolates the festival sponsor handed out to patrons as they departed the Paramount Theatre had everyone ending the fest on a sweet note.

2:15PM Sat. Oct. 22, 2016, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: She Who Must Burn

It begins with a murder: a doctor shot in the face by a religious zealot. It ends with a massacre. And in between, indie horror She Who Must Burn is a chilling indictment of the fanaticism of the modern evangelical anti-abortion movement.

1:45PM Sat. Oct. 22, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

The Western is a forgery. There are white hats and black hats, and bullets leave no blood. Not in In a Valley of Violence, the new revisionist horse opera from writer/director Ti West. He said, "You're forced to see what violence really is. It's your friend, dead in a tub. It's not a movie moment."

10:00AM Fri. Oct. 21, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Listen to MondoCon

Remember when local print empire Mondo was just dedicated to filling up your wall space? With MondoCon, its annual gathering of film poster and paraphernalia fans, coming up this weekend, the team is taking over your record player, too.

9:00AM Fri. Oct. 21, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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