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Fantastic Fest 2015: The Lobster

Finding a significant other isn't easy, but nobody's single forever in The Lobster – unless they have perfect aim with a tranquilizer gun.

11:45AM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Dan Gentile Read More | Comment »

Amateur Porn Film Festival Comes to Austin

This weekend – just when you thought temperatures were about to drop – Austin is going from hot to hotter, thanks to Dan Savage’s Hump! Tour. Come Saturday night, Savage’s amateur porn festival, featuring 18 homemade, low-budget films, takes over the Scoot Inn with two back-to-back screenings Saturday night.

9:00AM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Sarah Marloff Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Tim League Speaks!

With Fantastic Fest bearing down on us like a flame-throwing, kipper-juggling, jello-shot-shooting juggernaut, co-founder Tim League has a lot on his mind: world premieres, wrangling filmmakers, red carpets, plus, he noted, "I've got a boxing match to attend to."

9:00AM Thu. Sep. 24, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Monster Jam

Moody Center

Freedom + Juneteenth: A Night of Jubilation at Pease Park

Kids Block Party
at Central Library

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

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 »

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 »

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