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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 »

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Bite your nails in anticipation no more! Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of the weirdest corners of cinema, has just dropped its first wave of films, with peculiar children, a deep trip to India, VR craziness, and the return of the Tall Man.

12:00PM Tue. Aug. 2, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Waitress

ZACH Theatre

Rom-Com Night With Katherine Center, Jared & Gen Padalecki at Paramount Theatre

Adaptations Book Club: Orlando/Freak Orlando at We Luv Video

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

I Like to Watch: Better Things Than Stranger Things

It’s important to remember that Netflix Originals, going back to House of Cards, are inspired by the algorithm: Netflix’s unfathomably deep wells of data showed that the People of Netflix wanted a dark, snarky, political thriller about garbage human beings, and they provided exactly that.

9:00AM Sun. Jul. 31, 2016, Jacob Clifton Read More | Comment »

The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals Shines Anew at the Alamo Drafthouse

From roughly the 1950s to the 1980s, corporate America commissioned tremendous numbers of lavish Broadway-style shows about sales and service for industry conventions that weren’t open to the public. Some of those shows, though, were filmed. Yes, and – Guess who’s got a collection of those films?

11:30AM Fri. Jul. 29, 2016, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

VIDEO: Playing Pokémon Go at the Texas Capitol

Just how beloved is Pokémon Go? Well, people love it enough to venture to the Capitol grounds in the Texas heat, mingle with other players, and hope for an encounter with one of those elusive virtual creatures.

5:04PM Thu. Jul. 28, 2016, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Mondo Con: The Third Coming

Mondo may as well just change their name to "Shut Up and Take My Money." The Austin-based print and collectibles company just announced that it'll be landing the Mondo Con festival mothership again.

3:00PM Wed. Jul. 27, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

aGLIFF Drops Lineup

The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival offers audiences a chance to discover new LGBTQ+ films that most wouldn’t normally be able to catch on the big screen. Ticket holders will have more than 55 short films and over 30 feature films to choose from. This year's aGLIFF occurs September 8-11 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

2:20PM Wed. Jul. 27, 2016, Dan Gray Read More | Comment »

Do You Accept The Invitation?

Just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not out to get you. That, according to director Karyn Kusama, is a core component of the creeping dread behind psychodrama The Invitation. She said, "For me, it was just about the notion of vigilance."

9:00AM Tue. Jul. 26, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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