That! Big! 80s! Musical! at the Hideout

This improvised take on Footloose-style musicals wasn't exactly polished, but the cast's catchy enthusiasm brought genuine laughs

"...that played a role in the rise of recent 1980s nostalgia (evidenced by media like Stranger Things and It)...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

"...Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s' July release sounded totally tubular. The gameplay improvements Guitar..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Lick's Ladies of the 80s Birthday Bash

Oct. 31, 2016 Photo Gallery

Swapping Sparkle for Spandex

Jigglewatts go back to the '80s

"...through some Prince and Madonna for tonight's Totally! The 80s Show at the ND at 501 Studios...."

July 27, 2010 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest

Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets

"...like 10 miles of bad road. The writer of 80s-tinged horror-thriller The Guest wisely only arrived for the second..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...may just have been the best piece of creepy ’80s horror art. So good that, according to director Kevin..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ballets Russes

Majestic movie about once celebrated, now long defunct ballet company that changed the face of modern dance.

"...to how absorbing the dancers, now in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, are. They are characters in the best..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

True Colors

"...Imogen Stubbs, Richard Widmark and Mandy Patinkin. The don't-get-caught '80s and holier-than-thou '90s do battle in True Colors, a..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Computer Chess & Sexy Tech

Monofonus Press explores early computers and the games they played

"...This one's for the lovers of 70s and 80s tech. By "lovers" we mean hardcore nerds who get..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Fantastic Fest: Hatchet II

Kane Hodder and the joy of latex mutilation

"...If you're going to do an old-school piece of 80s retro horror like 2006 Fantastic Fest fave Hatchet, you..."

Sept. 27, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Ride Out to the (Virtual) Ranch

Michael Nesmith's videoranch3D.com

"...Remember A. Whitney Brown from SNL in the 80s? During much of SXSW, he was emceeing Video Ranch..."

March 21, 2010 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Luv Doc Recommends: Alamo Drafhouse & Parkside Present: Rolling Roadshow - 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

San Jacinto & Sixth, Sunday, September 11, 2011

"...ones old enough to be green. Back in the '80s, tattoos were mainly sported by sailors, bikers, and gangbangers..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

A Totally Killer Time With Nahnatchka Khan

Director of the new horror comedy on time travel and more

"...as filmmakers in 2023, we're making fun of the '80s. The wardrobe, the cars, the makeup, everything is going..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Outdoor Concert Kicks Off the Zach Theatre Season

Music, moonlight, and Mickey Mouse thrills audience and performers alike

"...with two shows – Disney Through the Decades and 80s Dance Party – in March 2021. Dave Steakley, Zach's..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Reissues

"...of the 70s (Rhino) Power Pop Classics of the 80s (Rhino) Power Pop Classics of the 90s (Rhino)..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Emulating the Eighties in Dead Mail

Kyle McConaghy and Joe DeBoer synthesize tragic horror for SXSW

"...own efforts to replicate how keyboards sounded in the ‘80s. McConaghy explained, “We were always in big pursuit of..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...solo subject of a dozen documentaries, but Blitzed! The 80s Blitz Kids Story puts him as part of a..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Gets Blitzed for its Return to the Paramount

British music doc gets North American premiere

"...very own Prism 34 (Aug. 26-Sept. 6), Blitzed: The 80s Blitz Kids Story tells the history of the revolutionary..."

July 3, 2021 Screens Post by Avery Wohleb

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...screams out for a revival of I Love the '80s...."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"..."Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" is a thoughtfully planned presentation of works by eight..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90sby Gary Cartwright..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Valentine’s Day Dining: Five Restaurants Where Food Meets Romance

Don’t give away your heart on an empty stomach, baby

"...by the hair bands and pop icons of the 80s.” They’re calling Wed., Feb. 14, the “Wham Glam, Thank..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Howie Mandel: "Everything I've Done, I've Fallen Into"

The Moontower Just For Laughs headliner on his accidental career

"...garnered succes as a standup, and in the early '80s I did a Young Comedians special on HBO. It..."

April 19, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Reindeers and Writing: Alison Brie and Dave Franco on Somebody I Used to Know

The married creative couple take a new angle on the rom-com

"...touch on the tropes of the rom-com, particularly the 80s and 90s rom-coms that we feel a great nostalgia..."

Feb. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes

There's something creepy in this Eurosleaze castle

"...Contemporary horror cinema is drowning in '80s retro gore and '90s VHS schlockalikes. But in those..."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...and beamed in straight from the armpit of the 80s French trash-horror cuckooverse. THE EXECUTION..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Vocalist and Producer Malik Explores Emotion Through Color

Grammy accredited Austinite compartmentalizes himself on the inner-facing Spectrum

"...a look from the artist management group Since the 80s, who flew him out to Los Angeles to meet..."

June 26, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

VFW

Ultraviolent Fantastic Fest throwback makes its vengeance-filled return

"...are imitate it, mimicking the gritty, gory glories of 1980s exploitation cinema. Yet some are clearly born to it,..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...and since I'm a hopeless dweeb for '60s to '80s horror, she handed Terror Thursdays to me. Unfortunately, I..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Mule

Clint Eastwood enters the drug war in an unexpected role

"...with The Mule, seeing Eastwood, now in his late 80s, portraying the life of Earl, just your average regular..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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