DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II

New chillers and shockers to get you through the season

"...for others it's a soul-crushing trip into the bosom of the beast...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...counting, folks), Fantastic Fest has announced its final wave of films, with Daniel Radcliffe's collaboration with Joe Hill, Horns,..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: Tim League Speaks!

What not to miss, why not to miss it

"...It's here: Fantastic Fest 2012. Eight days of the most outrageous films, games, and only-in-Austin diversions for..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Wave Two

Alumni Adam Wingard, Nacho Vigalondo, Ti West return, and more

"...Plus there's China's highest grossing movie, the regional premier of Lars Von Trier's Melancholia and a retrospective on Ti..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited

With the 2016 lineup here, time for VOD and DVD reruns

"...Of course, this is no regular drifter: Zack (Graham Skipper,..."

Aug. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...thinking behind The Field Guide to Evil, an anthology of horror shorts pulled from mythologies and folklores around the..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Stopmotion

An animator starts to lose her mind in this chilling horror

"...took clay and gave it life. That’s the art of stop-motion animation, too: taking immobile matter and giving it..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Fantastic Fest Is Shaping the Genre Film Scene

Fifteen years in and still fantastic

"...The festival returns for its 15th outing with one of its most eclectic showcases to date, with headliners like..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mexico Barbaro

Anthology horror from Mexico

"...they could afford. With V/H/S I, II, and III, ABCs of Death and its sequel, the recent Tales of..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...(Demián Rugna, When Evil Lurks) Cuba (Alejandro Brugués, Juan of the Dead), Mexico (Gigi Saul Guerrero, Bingo Hell), and..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Never Give Up

Fight against marriage equality continues; F&F looks for a new venture

"...piñata foes F&F Ventures are still looking for a profitable use of the now empty space; Council has a..."

March 2, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the watching mere weeks..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam: Neon, Blue Starlite, and Kiss

Movie news, Tim League, and Gene Simmons (not dueting, sadly)

"...Of course, Simmons is best known for his 42-year rock..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Who's Laughing Now? Drafthouse Films 'Klown' Set for July Release

Drafthouse Films third release forthcoming

"...VOD, the tastefully tasteless raunch-fest is Drafthouse Films third official release, following Four Lions and The FP. (Also in..."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Ti West Revives the American Horror Film

"The Innkeepers"' Ti West talks about his films

"...It's been fucked up so bad by becoming so profitable," said filmmaker Ti West in a 2007 Chronicle interview..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alphabet City

'Tis the season to give 'til your ears ring

"...you're U-18 and a best friend who just out of rehab is hanging with her old dealer – can..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Get Greasy With The Greasy Strangler

Director Jim Hosking on your new cult favorite

"...Day-Glo discomfort that may be this year's most totally off-the-wall film. It all centers around Big Ronnie (self-described journeyman..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Homegrown Horror

Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett on 'V/H/S/2'

"...cool thing about found footage. The perspective is part of the story itself.”..."

July 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gamer

Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.

"...is the late Jim McKay's old ABC’s Wide World of Sports opening, "Spanning the globe to bring you the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Time is it There?

"...wondering when it's gonna get good, my initial assessment of What Time Is It There? was to brand it..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scanlines

"...A masterpiece of surreal Grand Guignol, The Beyond is Italian horror director..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom

"...Bird, and Gordon, and Bert, and Ernie, was one of those quiet teaching moments that made Sesame Street so..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...was a hot Sunday afternoon late in the summer of 1978. Having arrived in town only two weeks prior,..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

"...7 inches, from an address in Northwest Austin. Part of Chiles’ work as a network administrator for large, online..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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