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This Modern Love
Though we've always been a touch put off by the menacing directive implicit to its name, fact is, Funny or Die has an eye for video hilarity. This week, the humor site cast said eye on a trio of Austin filmmakers.

12:18PM Wed. Feb. 15, 2012, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Top Chef Texas, Week 14: Hot for Teacher
Previously on Top Chef: Gimmicky gimmicky gimmicks and Grayson goes to purgatory, AKA Last Chance Kitchen. Welcome to the home stretch of Top Chef: Gimmicks. I mean, Texas.

1:22PM Sat. Feb. 11, 2012, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

Face Off Recap: Venom on the Sculpting Room Floor
Four down, nine to go. As Face Off slowly whittles down the contestants, it sometimes seems that the only way we'll get down to the real top-tier contenders is if they unleash wild animals in the studio. Wait, they did what? Huh.

9:16AM Sat. Feb. 11, 2012, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Bed Your Way Into Show Business
No, we don't mean the casting couch or other modes of sleeping your way into the movies. What's going on is that there's no more room at the local inns for all the out-of-town filmmakers who want to attend SXSW Film. So the festival is reaching out for volunteers willing to accommodate visiting filmmakers for a few days between March 9 and March 18.

5:20PM Fri. Feb. 10, 2012, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

This Week's Waste of Time
What is it about dogs that make games better? Fable II's faithful companion. Megaman's helper, Rush. Ultimately you really can't go wrong adding a canine to your game. So, if you're doing a game jam and need a way to suck players in, make the playable character a dog. Case in point: Last Breath.

3:43PM Thu. Feb. 9, 2012, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Film Flam
It sounds like the unpromising lead up to a punchline: What do you get when you combine a poet, a screenwriter, a novelist... and the Super Bowl?

2:39PM Wed. Feb. 8, 2012, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Film announces its Midnighters and short films slate.

2:00PM Wed. Feb. 8, 2012, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Top Chef Texas, Week 13: Life on Two Wheels
My people! My apologies for the radio silence. Would you believe that I have been too busy to sit in my living room, pajama-clad, recapping Top Chef: Texas on a weekday afternoon? Well, believe it. But here I am, nothing but time on my side, and rest assured that I'm in flannel-clad comfort now.

3:27PM Mon. Feb. 6, 2012, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

Film Flam
I know it's cats that are supposed to have nine lives, but certain catfish have remarkable staying power, too.

12:54PM Mon. Feb. 6, 2012, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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