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Fantastic Fest 2015: The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and horror go hand in hand, but it also has a horrible history of turning gore into cheese (cough cough Trick or Treat cough cough). Hellraising headbanger The Devil's Candy embraces the madness in both, and becomes a true thrashing terror.

4:00PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Lazer Team

Not many indie comedies have 10 minutes of closing credits, but then not many indie comedies take five minutes to list their Indiegogo backers. Austin's web video pioneers Rooster Teeth wanted $650,000 to fund their first feature film Lazer Team, but ended up with $2.5 million, and the "thank you" screen is almost as long as the film.

3:55PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

AGFA Saving Something Weird

When Tim and Karrie League co-founded the American Genre Film Archive in 2009, it felt like a spiritual successor to Something Weird Video, home to low-budget cinema's greatest archive. With the sad death earlier last year of Mike Vraney, now AGFA is stepping into the breach to save his precious archive for a digital future.

2:40PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Star Wars Trivia

Pinthouse Pizza

Tribulation, Early Moods, Final Gasp, Unreqvited at Come & Take It Live

One Crazy Summer
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Eco 2015: Racing Extinction

"The worst thing you can do for the environment is make a film about it." When director Louie Psihoyos says this about his new documentary Racing Extinction, he's talking about his carbon footprint. But those emissions were necessary to tell a tale of imminent global environmental threat.

9:00AM Wed. Oct. 7, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

HBO's The Leftovers Premieres at the Paramount

At this point, Austin is no stranger to having television shows shot in the area. HBO’s The Leftovers, the latest entry to the list, showed off its wares Saturday night with the premiere of season 2.

4:45PM Mon. Oct. 5, 2015, Rod Machen Read More | Comment »

MondoCon Gets Revealing

Here's hoping MondoCon didn't completely empty your wallets, purses, and billfolds. The weekend's tribute to print, vinyl, and collectibles under the Austin-based Mondo banner came with a whole bunch of surprise announcements, sneak peeks, and big reveals.

11:40AM Mon. Oct. 5, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Frizzi 2 Fulci Haunts Austin

Italian composer Fabio Frizzi defines his music as having “a melodic, nostalgic approach.” Considering he’s best known for his collaborations with Italian gore auteur Lucio Fulci, that may seem strange. Even more bizarre may be that today – Friday – Frizzi and his band perform highlights of that work in a church.

12:30PM Fri. Oct. 2, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Hands Out Awards

As Fantastic Fest survivors nurse their hangovers or catch up on sleep deprivation, there's still more reason to celebrate. The genre film festival announced its audience and jury award winners last night, with Jeremy Saulnier's punks vs. neo-Nazis siege flick Green Room taking the crowd accolade.

12:20PM Fri. Oct. 2, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Society on the Air

October 1 sees the start of a new era in public access television in Austin, with Austin Film Society officially taking the reins at Austin Public Access Television.

10:00AM Fri. Oct. 2, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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