Fantasia Review: Cult Hero

Silly Canadian comedy-horror gets the biggest laughs from its smarts

"...If there isn't a show called Cult Buster, there maybe should be. One of those late-night,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Four Films in Search of a Cult

Retro releases and martial arts aim for new crowds

"...Cult film status is a rare blessing and curse. A..."

April 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Kung Fu Cult Master

"...of 1994's big Chinese New Year films, Kung Fu Cult Master was originally designed to initiate a trilogy of..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

DVDanger: Cult Film Corner

Burying the Ex and Patch Town

"...Cult status is an enigma. How does a film achieve..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cloud Cult Following

Kate Getty raps with the man behind the (cloud) cult.

"...giggles and totally had a chat with the Cloud Cult lead singer-songwriter, the decent, peaceful man behind this up-and-coming..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Chaz Bono Is All About That Cult Life in Reboot Camp

Come and join us!

"...Chaz Bono has a favorite documentary about a cult, but he just can't remember its name...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by James Scott

Erica Nix's New Show Promises This Is Not a Cult

Get swept up in communal aspect of spiritual sweep-ups

"...and someone who is definitely not bringing forth a cult of self-actualization with her new show This Is Not..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Cult of Youth

Auditorium Shores, Nov. 4

"...Cult of YouthAuditorium Shores, Nov. 4..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Cult of Personality

Filmmaker Will Allen jumps back into his Holy Hell

"..."Between you and me, I never joined a cult," says Allen, "so I had to capture the evolution..."

May 27, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

The Cult of Truland

Pop culture sparkles over the edges of Kevin Brass' mystery set among the SoCal celeb set

"...The Cult of Trulandby Kevin Brass Glowing Sand Media, 350 pp.,..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael King

Watch This: Golden Dawn Arkestra Becomes a Self-Help Cult in “I Deserve Success” Video

Call 1-866-79DAWNS to manifest your prosperity!

"...home video, or 3-CD set from a robe-wearing, televangelist cult...."

Oct. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: A Cult of Ignorance

Belligerent idiocy has been trending in America since we started tossing tea in Boston Harbor

"...Texas. Every day they post something about celebrity pedophile cults, or about Bill Gates trying to microchip everyone so..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Cult of Neutral Milk Hotel

Suddenly, there they were, first show of a sold-out Moody stand

"...at one of Austin’s biggest venues. Aeroplane built a cult...."

Feb. 18, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): The Cult of Dom Keller

The madcap still laughs – occasionally

"...he squalled and wailed on the floor, Dom Keller’s cult status made a little more sense...."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Without a Cult Hit, There's Little Chance of Success

"...how good of a chance do us without a cult hit have? I say little to none...."

Dec. 1, 2009 Postmarks

Making 'Room' in the Cult Canon

Tommy Wiseau's so-bad-it's-sublime debut feature

"...to defending his hypnotically off-kilter un-mellow-drama. Its rapidly expanding cult audience ranks the film right up there with Troll..."

May 1, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...the Wheel has evolved into a Texas-sized tradition, the cult of Ray has been quietly building to the point..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback – Nonprofit Holidays: The Cult of Black Fret and More

Homegrown music nonprofits that need your holiday cheer

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: The Gun Cult ... Again

People keep dying; we keep doing nothing to prevent it

"...as people in the U.S. – and a militarized culture that considers gun violence inevitable – there is hardly..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Death Cult of the Gun

Slate study shows an estimated 90 U.S. deaths per day result from gun violence

"...Ninety U.S. deaths-by-gun a day is difficult for anybody to comprehend. Despite the wide range of..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...It's not difficult to imagine a young Webster shuffling through the $1..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Your Cult or Mine?

Looting with the Ruby Suns and Indian Jewelry

April 21, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Documentaries and the Cult of Personality

How documentarians pick a winner

"...thinking to myself, “What a perfect example of our culture’s lust for social divisions, faux-celebrity fetishes, and the pornography..."

March 12, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...with a new song, and after a few technical difficulties, Britt Daniel & Co. swaggered through "I Turn My..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Long Island singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of their era peers between..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Holy Smoke!

"...a tangible emotional center, Campion's tale of a sleazy cult deprogrammer and his voluptuous Aussie charge is chock-full of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holy Hell

A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants

"...A documentary about a pseudo-religious cult as seen from the inside out, Holy Hell is..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Attitude

"I'm a very nice girl -- who happens to be completely amoral," says cult queen Mary Woronov. She'll present two films -- Death Race 2000 and Rock 'n' Roll High School --at the Rolling Roadshow's Rock 'n Roll Drive-In this Saturday.

"...MW: I'm really a cult queen now. I'm not even a personality. Now, I..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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