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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 »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Armadillo Day w/ Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Minor Mishap Marching Band, the Well

Central Machine Works

48 Hour Improv Marathon
at Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse

Mélat
at The Pershing

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

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 »

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 »

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