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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 »

Fran Kranz vs. the Bloodsucking Bastards

When you're part of one of the most beloved deconstructionist horror movies of all time, you'd be wise to avoid the genre. But when The Cabin in the Woods star Fran Kranz saw the script for Bloodsucking Bastards, he was sold on the office comedy, not the gore. In fact, he didn't even see the vampires coming.

1:20PM Fri. Sep. 4, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

One in a Crowd: Slash

You may recall filmmaker Clay Liford's viral hit "My Mom Smokes Weed," and that time that it was stolen from him by an Internet thief.

12:30PM Fri. Sep. 4, 2015, Josh Kupecki 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

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One

Stories about stories are an obsession. Recent documentaries like Jodorowsky's Dune and Lost Soul detail the near-misses on legendary projects that almost happened the way they were supposed to. But there are many stories about movies, and the people who made them, that cannot be contained within the narrative of one single production.

1:15PM Wed. Sep. 2, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Fest: Brian Helgeland Honored, More Panelists Announced

While they have yet to drop the full schedule (you can see the first wave of films here), the Austin Film Festival announced new panelists and unveiled their Distinguished Screenwriter honoree.

11:00AM Wed. Sep. 2, 2015, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Independent filmmaking is tough, but raising money for indie filmmaking is even tougher. As the Austin Film Society announces the winners of the 2015 AFS Grants, there are a lot more narratives and documentaries, shorts and features, getting closer to appearing on screens.

11:00AM Tue. Sep. 1, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Rocky Horror Reissue – A Wild & Untamed Thing

Sept. 1 already? Tragic. August blew by without so much as the Doors’ “Summer’s Almost Gone.” Twenty-two days ’til the Autumnal equinox, after which Austin’s second festival season sprints out the rest of 2015. Counter to Alice Cooper, school’s in – forever. A line keeps repeating on my internal iPod: “There’s a light ... over at the Frankenstein place.”

9:09AM Tue. Sep. 1, 2015, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Arcade Announces Second Wave of Games

While all the genre movie fans are busy in dark rooms hoping to see the next cult film, Fantastic Arcade-goers will explore the weird and wonderful world of video games. The organizers have already announced the featured and spotlight games, but another 20 games were announced today along with the tournament titles, party details, and game jam theme.

12:00PM Mon. Aug. 31, 2015, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Drafthouse Hosts Abominable Dr. Phibes Feast

Vincent Price is probably best remembered as a character actor with a distinctive voice who specialized in film noir and horror in the Forties through Seventies. That, or his Eighties voice-over in Michael Jackson's iconic "Thriller" video.

2:30PM Fri. Aug. 28, 2015, Virginia B. Wood Read More | Comment »

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