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Austin Film Festival Review: Canine Soldiers

A working dog can expect to put up with a hell of a lot. PTSD and mortar fire seem like more than any hound should suffer, but that's what the U.S. military's working dogs go through, as shown in 3-D documentary Canine Soldiers.

1:25PM Sun. Oct. 16, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Fest Review: Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse

Bad times make for good, subversive comedy, which partly explains why this gleefully absurdist, end-of-the-world, road movie romance works so very, very well on so many levels. The rest of the film’s sneaky, borderline low-key genius is due to the fact that Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine are that rarest of comedy commodities: a perfect team.

5:50PM Sat. Oct. 15, 2016, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Fest Review: One Night

Dabbling in magical realism, Minhal Baig’s One Night toys with the theme of traveling back in time. The idea that the past is simultaneously more simple and more magical is both questioned and contemplated throughout the film, which follows two couples over the course of prom night.

2:10PM Sat. Oct. 15, 2016, Sarah Marloff Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Taylor Swift Muzingo

Upstairs at Caroline

Everybody Scream! Ravencraft’s Vault of Horror at Mister Tramps Sport Pub, 8565 Research Blvd.

Bride of Chucky
at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

AFF Revisits the Perfectly Looney What’s Up, Doc?

"When I was a kid, I'd never seen a screwball comedy,” Bridesmaids director Paul Feig told NPR’s Steve Inskeep in 2011, explaining why the 1972 comedy What’s Up, Doc? was so influential. "So for me this was just this mind-blowing, new type of comedy. ... I went bananas for it.”

9:00AM Fri. Oct. 14, 2016, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Beware the "Givertaker"

Are you a member of the Dead Kids Club? Watch new short "Givertaker" by Austin director Paul Gandersman, and you could be signed up. He said, "I want people to feel like a kid watching it at 2 in the morning on HBO, bouncing in their seat, going 'This is fun!'"

1:00PM Wed. Oct. 12, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Who weeps for the clown? After the ventriloquist (shudder) and the mime, is there any more loathed performer? They even have an actual clinical, diagnosable phobia attributed to them.

3:30PM Sat. Oct. 8, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Chronicle Recommends: Scary Political Thrillers

Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. This month, to steel ourselves for the upcoming presidential election, we’ve chosen our favorite scary political thrillers.

3:22PM Fri. Oct. 7, 2016, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

Get Greasy With The Greasy Strangler

Sometimes it's hard being original. English filmmaker Jim Hosking recalled, "There was an interview we did at Sundance, and the reporter put all the 'likes' that I say into the interview. Every sentence was 'like this,' 'like that.' So I think I must stop saying it."

11:30AM Fri. Oct. 7, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Other Worlds Austin Unleashes First Wave

Sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin has established itself as a place to celebrate new and cutting edge future visions. This year, it will celebrate a classic with a gala screening of Roger Corman's beloved Battle Beyond the Stars, and a special award for star and guest of honor Sybil Danning.

9:00AM Tue. Oct. 4, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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