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DVDanger: Cult Film Corner

Cult status is an enigma. How does a film achieve it? Can it be aimed for? Can a filmmaker at least increase the odds that, a decade from now, a tiny cabal will call it their favoritest film ever?

5:21PM Tue. Aug. 18, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

One in a Crowd: Dough

Making a film is like making pizza. You may have all the proper ingredients, but you have to put it all together in just the right way to make it rise properly. New feature Dough has sifted its cinematic flour and sliced its tomatoes, and needs your help to get it in the oven.

12:50PM Mon. Aug. 17, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Chronicle Recommends: Cold Climate Films

Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. Beat the heat with this films set in the coldest of climes.

2:57PM Fri. Aug. 14, 2015, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The City We Built: Black Leaders of Austin

Black Pearl Books

Belles & Chimes Austin Night at Pinballz Arcade

Louisiana Surf Department, West Texas Exiles, William Harries Graham at Continental Club

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Film Flam

One of our own joins a prestigious club, a local author gets some help from Meryl Streep, and more in this edition of Film Flam.

1:15PM Fri. Aug. 14, 2015, Josh Kupecki Read More | Comment »

Director David Lowery Reminisces About His Texan Outlaw Tale

The words "This Was in Texas" splash across the screen. The horizon tinges with a deep shade of a golden-brown as the two leads Ruth (Rooney Mara) and Bob (Casey Affleck) run across the prairie. Glimpses of sun filter through the pair as they embrace, strings strumming softly in the background.

1:10PM Wed. Aug. 12, 2015, Neha Aziz Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: Appetites

A girl. A boy. She's home, caring for her brother after their parents die. He's a feckless drifter, ready to break any heart. Ask star Bret Roberts to explain Appetites and he'll say, "This guy meets his match. This girl doesn't fall for his tricks." Only he's a serial killer, and she's a cannibal.

12:00PM Tue. Aug. 11, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

One in a Crowd: When We Were Live

Public access television: The YouTube before there was YouTube. A media platform for pioneers, innovators, and crazy people, and nowhere was that more true than Austin. Now, new documentary When We Were Live wants to resurrect the best and most bizarre transmissions, from Barton Springs activism to mooning the KKK.

12:22PM Mon. Aug. 10, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

The Race for Prez Is Already Reality TV. Let's Cast the Movie Version.

If you have followed the posturing, watched the debates, and endured television’s talking heads during the elimination rounds of the presidential race, then you are either a super-patriot, a masochist, or a bed-ridden invalid being cared for by Freddy Krueger.

11:29AM Sat. Aug. 8, 2015, James BigBoy Medlin Read More | Comment »

Q&A: Burnie Burns

Five years ago, Rooster Teeth was looked down upon for being just a streaming video site. Now, as networks seek a future beyond cable, they look prescient. Before the RTX festival this weekend, CEO Burnie Burns explained that, when it comes to online content, "The next few years are going to be a very crowded, very competitive market place."

1:32PM Fri. Aug. 7, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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