George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.

"...cinematic taboo with the original Night of the Living Dead, and then topped himself twice again with 1978’s Dawn..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.

"...Remember the scene in Romero’s original Dawn of the Dead in which the cigarette-jonesing security cop tells the heroes..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holiday Viewing: The Dead

The shadow of Christmas past hangs long over Huston's classic

"...refrain hangs over a most unexpected literary adaptation: The Dead, John Huston's version of James Joyce's snow-smothered novella...."

Dec. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic shamans also..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Every generation gets the George A. Romero socio-political zombie opus they deserve. We must be living right, because this new film cuts right to the heart.

"...socio-political zombie opus they deserve. 2005's Land of the Dead, touted as Romero's comeback-little-Shiva head shot, now seems like..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...la John Wayne Gacy? Apparently so.) As for Freddy's Dead, there's not much to say that you probably haven't..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dead Man

Jarmusch's elegiac, black-and-white meditation is a dream in the form of a Western about the enterprise of America.

"...would have suspected for Jarmusch's next film. For another, Dead Man's story is far darker than, say, Mystery Train..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...heart – with ghouls. It's unlikely that Dylan Dog: Dead of Night will achieve that same fan love. It's..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Graceful Dead

Almost 50 years of Jerry Garcia worship comes full circle

"...When word of the Grateful Dead began oozing out of San Francisco in 1966, they..."

June 30, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Austin Improv Celebrates the Day of the Dead With La Vida de los Muertos

Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada

"...in the Día de los Muertos-inspired "World of the Dead," the two directors/performers begin fielding congratulatory texts and calls..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

SXSW Film Review: 'Doc of the Dead'

It's familiar territory, but Epix knows its audience

"...zombie godfather George Romero muses in Doc of the Dead – the new documentary from Alexandre O. Philippe (The..."

March 11, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Calderaro

SXSW Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

The possessed cabin franchise takes a gruesome trip to the city

"...sewer and die." When people talk about the Evil Dead franchise being horror-comedy, what they mean is the open..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ones Who Will Take Your Dead

Director's real life experiences with gang members inspire horror

"...not William, the begrudging protagonist of I'll Take Your Dead...."

June 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Follow the Walkers on the Fear the Walking Dead Trail

Texas Film Commission launches location guide to AMC zombie hit

"...Follow the undead! If you've been paying attention to season four of..."

Aug. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Garth Manor Brings Out the Dead

FX maestro Robert Kurtzman on the seminal Evil Dead 2

"...The elevator pitch for 1987's classic comedy-horror Evil Dead 2 would be simple: the same, but more. More..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fear The Walking Dead Drops Season 6 Trailer

Austin-made horror coming back ... but when?

"...Seems you can't keep a good undead TV show down. AMC and production company Skybound just..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2011: 'Juan of the Dead' Premiere

A love letter from Cuba to Austin, signed in zombie blood

"...Last night's US debut of Juan of the Dead was a strange sort of homecoming for Havana's first..."

Sept. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Hits The Dead Center

Sci-fi and horror film fest adds centerpiece film and more

"...of the spotlight with the announcement today that The Dead Center, starring Upstream Color director Shane Carruth, will be..."

Oct. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Over Your Dead Body

Takashi Miike resurrects an old Japanese ghost

"...left for him to do. Yet with Over Your Dead Body, he breaks new ground by opening an old..."

Jan. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bringing Out the Dead

Swiss documentary maker Richard Dindo considers himself a "portraitist or biographer of those who are no longer with us." This week, he brings two films : about revolutionary Che Guevara and writer Jean Genet : to town as part of the Austin Film Society's Texas Documentary Tour.

"...I deal with memory, the events in question have already taken place. Once I'm on location I'm always confronted..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Anchia: Fraser's Voter ID Bill Is Dead

Democrats' point man thinks even some Republicans can't go for it

"...after a 24-hour marathon committee hearing and debate, is dead in the water in the House...."

March 13, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Dying in Committee, Part 8: Microbrewery Bill Dead

Don't plan on taking any beer home after that microbrewery tour.

"...on the premises of their breweries appears to be dead. This very sensible idea — after all, wineries are..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Let’s Have a College Football Playoff Already

"...Broncos they were supposed to roll over and play dead for the big boys of corporate college football...."

Jan. 2, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

NFL Teams Already Looking to Rebuild for '08

"...they do in the offseason to breath life into dead roasters? Let’s look to 2008...."

Nov. 19, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Evil Dead Rise

Deadites go to the big city in the franchise's fifth film

"...sewer and die." When people talk about the Evil Dead franchise being horror-comedy, what they mean is the open..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...like San Francisco; Ithaca, N.Y.; and Reno, Nev., had already reached. Surely there would no longer need to be..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair

The story of a real band and a fake band in two acts

"...The band hasn't even finished sound checking and they're already being heckled. The voice – booming and deliberate –..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Anthony Graves Case Raises the Dead ... Again

Judge once again okays testimony of dead witness

"...took last summer, concluding that the testimony of a dead man, Robert Carter, could be used as evidence against..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...asked this long-haired kid I saw a question I already knew the answer to...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Kate Breakey: "Black Tulips & Dead Flowers"

This exhibition focused on specimens of the plant kingdom is like a series of windows into arcane botanical memories

"...September of last year already seems like part of some long-dead past. September of..."

June 19, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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