The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'

Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin

"...to combine, it's claustrophobia and agoraphobia. Found footage horror Dark Mountain blends both, as a hapless camera crew gets..."

July 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Our most primal fears about what's lurking in the dark lies at the heart of this Guillermo del Toro-scripted frightmare.

"...fear of what's lurking under the bed, in the dark, in the night. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

False Matters

What a bunch of goddam Dickheads

"...Sure, you may have seen c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate, but we'd wager you've never..."

May 18, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Dark Tower

Roland the Gunslinger hits the big screen

"...tower not already occupied by Sauron before hitting The Dark Tower again...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

When the album becomes Immersion

"...Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (Capitol)..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

“After Dark” Singer Mr. Kitty Exchanged Explicit Messages with Underage Fan

Russian teen's claims go beyond artist's admission to fans

"...Spotify listeners and the popularity of his track “After Dark” on TikTok...."

July 8, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lege Lines: Left in the Dark

Who knew about the ICE raids this weekend? Not your state reps.

"...Austinites, the Travis County delegation was left in the dark about what was going on, said Rep. Eddie Rod­ri­guez,..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Dark Thoughts on a Dark Day

What will Trump do? Watch what he's done.

"...a feckless Donald Trump – for whom all such matters are beneath alpha-male consideration – will appoint federal and..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Column by Michael King

The Shack

The spiritual journey of a tortured soul

"...its willingness to dip into the deep end of dark matters instead of shying away from harsh truths and..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Everybody Freak Out

Dark Matters' horror shows

"...of the four AFF entries in this year's late-night Dark Matters sidebar, and we're fiendishly happy to report that..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF Review: The Blue Orchid

Danish fever dream mixes Cronenberg and Carruth

"...makes Danish psychedelic technothriller (and Austin Film Festival 2020 Dark Matters jury award winner) The Blue Orchid a film..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Cliff

Spanish thriller adds political intrigue to cult horror

"...with the twisted vision of cults. Austin Film Festival Dark Matters Features competition jury award winner The Cliff (aka..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Derailed

The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is this thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages our sympathies.

"...often difficult to read what’s going on behind those dark eyes and that heavy, somehow painfully noble brow, you..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners

Austin-linked films Blinders, Horton Foote win

"...award for best Texas Independent Feature. Over in the Dark Matters category, Blinders may have been shot in Los..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Darkness

Eurotrash horror film for the new millennium.

"...Reixach and Craig Stevenson. Eurotrash for the new millennium, Darkness is produced by Re-Animator’s Brian Yuzna for the Spanish..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fear

Stock characters and unintentionally funny dialogue doom this film about a beleaguered father who tries to protect his smitten daughter from a drug-dealing, trash-talking, randomly violent psychopath.

"...with stock characters and unintentionally funny dialogue. To make matters worse, the film is directed by James Foley, the..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Open Doors

"...an investigation movie in which all that is discovered matters little, and he has made a movie about an..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...suitably ravenous), who commands (with wile to burn) a dark army to install her in the castle. Contrary to..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Others

"...keep her frayed nerves from failing completely. To make matters worse, the children suffer from an extreme photosensitivity --..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The War Zone

"...debut as a feature film director is a small, dark gem of a film, relying more on atmosphere and..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vox Lux

Pop star drama is all off-key

"...brutal drumbeat. Fame is reining her in with its dark magic. She’s well on her way when the middle..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Only Lovers Left Alive

In this hypnotic love story, Jim Jarmusch gives us vampires who are bohemian outsiders and not blood-sucking freaks.

"...central protagonists, Only Lovers Left Alive is less about matters of blood and its acquisition than what it takes..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Punisher

Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.

"...Punisher into an overwrought, melodramatic comedy. It doesn’t help matters that the script, from Hensleigh and Michael France, has..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hardball

"...its heels. That plot is a distraction from what matters: the eight boys on the Team Kekamba. The young..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love and Other Catastrophes

"...youthful assets of charm, vulnerability, and disarming earnestness in matters of love and art. Her self-penned screenplay obsessively quotes..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Austin Film Festival Announces 2021 Award Winners

Larry Flynt for President, Disfluency take top nods

"...D: Stevan Lee Mraovitch (read our review here) • Dark Matters Feature: Jacinto, written and D: Javi Camino •..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Metallica: Through the Never

The 32-year-old British quartet is shown in depth that only begins with the 3-D.

"...This Is Spinal Tap. Fearlessly cruising the same deep, dark Atlantic waters of that concept, Metallica updates the hybrid..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Spirit

Graphic novelist Frank Miller delivers this film version of Will Eisner's classic comic-book series.

"...Miller, himself the celebrated creator of the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City graphic novels (and the..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Libertine

Johnny Depp runs away with the show in this murkily filmed picture, cackling all the while and defiling beauty in all its forms as the exceedingly decadent Earl of Rochester.

"...What you spy at the beginning of Dunmore’s exorbitantly dark (both literally and figuratively) film is a scheming ne’er-do-well..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Cried

"...Turturro's manic performance, and Potter's stately direction don't help matters. On the plus side, famed director of photography Sacha..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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