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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 »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The City We Built: Black Leaders of Austin

Black Pearl Books

Louisiana Surf Department, West Texas Exiles, William Harries Graham at Continental Club

Belles & Chimes Austin Night at Pinballz Arcade

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

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 »

Netflix Brings Luke's Diner to Austin

If you walk into your favorite cafe Wednesday morning and find yourself transported to small-town Connecticut, don’t panic! Your coffee shop has only caught a temporary case of Gilmore fever (surly proprietor not included), and will be back to normal soon.

4:15PM Mon. Oct. 3, 2016, Tucker Whatley Read More | Comment »

Austin Asian American Film Festival Headliners Announced

The Austin Asian American Film Festival announced its headliners last week. In its ninth year, the festival includes a cross-section of features and shorts with a cash prize for best narrative and documentary shorts.

4:00PM Mon. Oct. 3, 2016, Spencer Beghtol Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl

Gothic is not a period or a color scheme. It's a sensibility, a quiet sense of doom, and it's fair to say that Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe would feel a twang of morbid recognition at the dark cloud hanging over Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl.

12:43PM Mon. Oct. 3, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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