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DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

If it's September, it must be Fantastic Fest. And, with the home release schedules of independent and genre movies being what they are, there's a slate of 2014 titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray this month. So if you didn't get enough last year, or you're still catching up, here's the best of what you missed last time around.

11:45AM Wed. Sep. 23, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: The Harvest

How do you follow up on a masterpiece? There can be few greater burdens to bear for a director than knowing that you redefined a genre. And it's the inescapable shadow that hangs over John McNaughton every time he gets behind the camera.

9:00AM Fri. Sep. 18, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Cancels Aerial Hog Hunt

If there's one thing you can count on at Fantastic Fest (besides an overwhelming number of first-rate films), it's the number of crazy events that go on during the week of the fest. From a massive food-fight free-for-all to a North Korean prison-themed party, the organizers know how to put together a memorable shindig.

2:30PM Thu. Sep. 17, 2015, Josh Kupecki 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

Cracking the Nightmare Code

The great science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." For Mark Netter, director of new techno-terror Nightmare Code, we're in an age of technological sorcery. "We knew how the pulley works. But you have no idea how your phone works."

11:45AM Wed. Sep. 16, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part Two

There's an old wisdom: If you want an Oscar, make a movie about movies. How true that is may be questionable, but it's undeniable that the film industry often turns upon itself to find stories.

2:05PM Wed. Sep. 9, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

More veterans and new, yet familiar faces fill out the final list of announced titles for Fantastic Fest 2015. Today's list adds 21 new titles and repertory screenings, from cutting-edge dramas to historical oddities, and highly touted critical darlings that could dominate next year's awards season.

12:00PM Wed. Sep. 9, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

First Trailer Released for Our Brand Is Crisis

In David Gordon Green's new political comedy, Our Brand Is Crisis, Sandra Bullock plays a political consultant who comes out of retirement to help a Bolivian politician's campaign for the presidency.

4:35PM Tue. Sep. 8, 2015, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

SXSW Interactive Names 10 Featured Speakers

Let the announcements commence! SXSW Interactive continues building buzz for the March festival with the opening keynote reveal and other big names in the realm of business, innovation, technology, and whatever else you might interact with.

2:40PM Tue. Sep. 8, 2015, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Wes Craven, Philosopher of Terror

This week, the film community lost one of its leading luminaries: Wes Craven, who was not just a maker of scary movies, but the genre's leading philosopher. He said, "I think those kind of films are a vent that's necessary. What do you have if you ban art that deals with horror? It will come into real life, instead of being mitigated by films."

9:00AM Sat. Sep. 5, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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