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Occupation: Rainfall
Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic
"...what's going on. Fortunately, it's dependent on so many alien invasion tropes that, even when you have no idea..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 11-17
"...became mega-famous by playing the role of Spock, an alien from the planet Vulcan in the Star Trek franchise...."

June 11, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...valuable stitch to the tapestry. – Doug Freeman Primo the Alien's Double EP Release..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Unholy
Messy Catholic horror is weighed down by becoming a creature feature
"...stories. Now he travels the countryside, writing articles about alien abductions and satanic rituals for whichever blog will pay..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Voyagers
SF snoozer never exceeds its "Lord of the Flies in space" pitch
"...thankless. Zac turns up the heat by manufacturing an alien presence on the ship, the classic fear and suspicion..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Amundsen
Biopic of the polar explorers balances his achievements and his destructiveness
"...desert. It’s an area of the world that’s so alien to us, conveying aspects of it creates a few..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Father
Anthony Hopkins gives a timely career highlight in this story of dementia
"...as welcome humanization of those suffering from a most alien disease. For as much damage as this sickness can..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Jumbo
True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride
"...Third Kind for the first time. Jumbo feels quite alien but also explicable, much like the film that bears..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review 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
"...Alien On Stage Directors/Producers: Danielle Kummer, Lucy Harvey British Bus..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...purchasing a Rolls-Royce Wraith.  – Derek Udensi Primo the Alien, "Bad Things"..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

12 New TV Shows to Watch in January
Plus another dozen returning shows to reacquaint yourself with
"...Island – mimics Burns’ own upbringing. (Jan. 24) Resident Alien (SyFy)..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

News of the World
Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western
"...towns and cities in post-Civil War Texas, it seems alien. At the same time, he has the gravitas of..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Archenemy
Revisionist Superman riff brings new meaning to street-level superheroics
"...Scandinavian roots. Now Archenemy revisits the idea of the alien fallen to Earth to become our savior...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist
The master filmmaker revealed, under the guise of examining his film.
"...of his last cinematic essay, Memory: The Origins of Alien, and eschews the multiple voices behind his Psycho shower..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jiu Jitsu
No jiu jitsu, and not enough Nic Cage in this Predator rip-off
"...in life. Turns out that meteor carries Brax, an alien who cruises by earth every six years to challenge..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Six Sinister Austin-Made Movies for Your Halloween Watching
Horror, ATX style
"...Rodriguez film Scream creator Kevin Williamson's homage to 1950s kids-versus-alien-invaders drive-in flicks in his backyard. With an all-star cast..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius
Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult
"...of Slack and ascend to pleasure saucers piloted by alien sex goddesses. (Like most patriarchal sects, the Church skewed..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Herb Alpert Is …
Too many filler tracks in this history of the Tijuana Brass guy
"...bearing the brunt of his paintings and sculptures. His alien statues large and small would’ve benefitted from another lingering..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Save Yourselves!
Affable alien invasion comedy is really a lightweight relationship story
"...who find themselves screaming Save Yourselves! in this amiable alien invasion comedy, the quick answer is "No." The long..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Son of the White Mare
Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth
"...Myths, even those of cultures alien to our own, work on instinctual levels. That's true..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You Don't Nomi
Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?
"...about Evil Dead Fans, or Memory: The Origins of Alien, or The Impact & Legacy of Jaws or Best..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Beach House
Terror rises like a tide in this unnerving lo-fi cosmic horror
"...Lovecraftian tentacle, his is a different kind of seaborne alien (as Emily explains, it's human hubris that limits us..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Skyman
Alien abduction faux documentary puts tragedy ahead of effects
"...not have begun until 1993 - the decade of alien abduction TV - but that's because its roots were..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Vast of Night
Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant
"...Oklahoma City. That's undoubtedly part of why his period "alien scare" picture doesn't feel like a rehash, or take..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Infiltrators
Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage
"...Illegal. Undocumented. Deportable. Inadmissible alien. “They’re all just other words for ‘afraid,’” explains immigration..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Swallow
Pregnancy horror reclaimed as a woman’s issue
"...by the male gaze: Think The Brood or even Alien, both lauded films that deconstruct the horrors of a..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More
Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave
"...Kostanski Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Check Out the New Q&A Hole Trailer
Kevin Curtin chats up Sabrina Ellis, Abhi the Nomad, Ray Benson, & more
"...so far Kevin's asked Billie Buck and Phranchyze about alien abduction, Jackie Venson and Walker Lukens about the one..."

Jan. 28, 2020 Music Post

Color Out of Space
Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror
"...director Richard Stanley sets himself a near-impossible problem. The alien interloper is a color, a wavelength that Lovecraft described..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Underwater
Neo-creature feature is a soggy mess
"...aiming for the blue-collar gallows humor that makes the Alien franchise sing, but under his steady barrage of jokes..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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