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Bray Wyatt: Follow the Buzzards
Bray Wyatt remembers the first time he saw the fireflies. That’s when the WWE superstar walks into the arena, and the lights drop, the audience whips out their phones, and they don’t video or take a photo. They turn on the flashlight app, and the whole room turns into a thousand glowing fireflies.

9:00AM Mon. Aug. 15, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Trailer Park
The internet may all well be agog from last night's mid-Olympics reveal of the first full trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Tale. But while you're pondering the advent of the U-Wing, three films by Austin moviemakers have also released their first full trailers.

11:45AM Fri. Aug. 12, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Arcade Announces 2016 Lineup
If things go according to plan, by late September the temperatures should dip enough to make leaving the house less suicidal. That means you can stop playing video games at home and play the video games out in the world with others. That’s where Fantastic Arcade comes in.

1:42PM Wed. Aug. 10, 2016, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Fest Adds 10 Titles
The Austin Fall film festival season is right around the corner, and the lineup announcements are coming thick and fast. Last week, it was Fantastic Fest; now Austin Film Festival unleashes its opening salvo of 10 titles looking at sex, death, Red scares, games, and the original American punks.

11:00AM Tue. Aug. 9, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited
Festival films have a life cycle. Some drop by for a quick pre-release publicity boost, and some use screenings as a launchpad. With the latter, there's another cycle. About a year later, they start to make their way to home release. With the Fantastic Fest 2016 lineup arriving this week, some 2015 gems hit DVD and VOD.

9:00AM Sat. Aug. 6, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Mental Health Care in Your Pocket
For the past six years, Journal to Save Your Life has served hundreds of adolescents and young adults across the globe as a web-based program. Now, founder Holly Werstein plans to take her mental health initiative mobile.

4:00PM Fri. Aug. 5, 2016, Annamarya Scaccia Read More | Comment »

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Chronicle Recommends: Sweaty Films
Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. This month, in celebration of the Chronicle’s annual Hot Sauce Festival, our critics pick their favorite steamy and sweaty movies.

3:47PM Fri. Aug. 5, 2016, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

New Grant at Other Worlds Austin
Indie filmmaking is a tough realm, with even a few hundred or thousand dollars making all the difference. Yesterday, the Austin Film Society announced who will be selecting winners of the AFS Filmmaker Grants: Now Other Worlds Austin is launching its own production grant, honoring one of sci-fi and horror's masters.

1:30PM Fri. Aug. 5, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

AFS Announces Filmmaker Grant Panel
Aside from hosting some of the most audacious and interesting films on screens today, Austin Film Society also manages one of the largest filmmaker grant programs in Texas. This morning, the society announced who will be picking the recipients, including two noted filmmakers and David Lynch's biographer.

10:00AM Thu. Aug. 4, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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