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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 »

Fantastic Fest 2015: “Satanic Panic: Evilspeak”

Anyone who grew up in the Eighties with a 20-sided die in their Dungeons & Dragons fist or an interest in heavy metal and horror films will remember the bizarre “satanic panic” that swept the country during that era.

5:30PM Thu. Oct. 1, 2015, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: April and the Extraordinary World

There's a lot more to steampunk than just hot-gluing some cogs to a top hat. Fortunately, French animated feature April and the Extraordinary World builds the ethos and aesthetic into every weld and seam.

11:45AM Thu. Oct. 1, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

AFS Cinema

Ramy Youssef: Love Beam 7000 at Paramount Theatre

Torch Wildfire Reading Series: Kendra Allen at BookWoman

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Fantastic Fest 2015: "Portal to Hell"

What's the secret to great comedy? Ask Vivieno Caldinelli, director of "Portal to Hell," and the answer is simple. "Exploding heads and a good fart joke. Always good to get a laugh."

2:45PM Wed. Sep. 30, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

With a little over a month away until the Austin Film Festival, the AFF folks released their roster of films and panels today.

11:40AM Wed. Sep. 30, 2015, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Anomalisa

Strangely, the stop-motion puppet animation – the most salient visual characteristic of Anomalisa – never interferes with the movie’s distinctive narrative characteristic: There is no mistaking Anomalisa for anything other than a Charlie Kaufman movie.

8:45PM Mon. Sep. 28, 2015, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Zinzana

If you don't know much about the cinema of the United Arab Emirates, it's not surprising. But Zinzana (aka Rattle the Cage), the whip-smart sealed room noir with a deliciously black sense of humor, could change all that.

8:40PM Mon. Sep. 28, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: "The Mill at Calder's End"

It doesn't take much to build a world. A few old palettes saved by dumpster-diving. Fake, foam-rock walls from Warner Bros.' supply company. A Franklin Mint Model T Ford on a treadmill. But in the hands of Kevin McTurk and the puppetry team behind "The Mill at Calder's End," it becomes a whole Gothic fantasy.

3:50PM Mon. Sep. 28, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Boy and the Beast

With Studio Ghibli seemingly headed into the history books, everyone seems to be looking for the next anime grandmaster. With his latest fantastical, funny, and heart-warming feature, The Boy and the Beast, that accolade needs to be handed to Mamoru Hosada with no delay.

11:15AM Mon. Sep. 28, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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