DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...genre can't hack it any more. And with Dario Argento, that moment is pretty much the opening frames of..."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

"...Directed by: Asia Argento. Starring: Asia Argento, Peter Fonda, Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scarlet Diva

"...Directed by: Asia Argento. Starring: Vera Gemma, Jean Shepard, Joe Coleman and..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stendahl Syndrome

"...Directed by: Dario Argento. Starring: Franco Diogene, John Quentin, Julien Lambroschini, Paolo Bonacelli,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Mistress

The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.

"...Directed by: Catherine Breillat. Starring: Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Yolande Moreau, Michael..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Cemetery Man

"...Soavi cut his teeth as assistant director for Dario Argento (Argento's Opera has a character affectionately named Inspector Soavi)..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature

XXX

"...Directed by: Rob Cohen. Starring: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Csokas and Joe Bucaro..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Narrative, directed by Asia Argento; with Argento, Peter Fonda, Marilyn Manson): All I..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

October Previews

"...D: Dario Argento; with Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Out There

Reviews and reports from SXSW Film and Interactive 05

"...D: Asia Argento; with Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse,..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Infamous literary scandal comes to life

"...supporters in the music and film industries. Italian director Asia Argento even made an eponymous film from LeRoy’s novel,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saw IV

Jigsaw died in Saw III but here we get to witness his autopsy, stem to stern, thus giving him not only the last laugh, but Being and Nothingness, as well.

"...underlit hellhole, my lips surreptitiously stitched to those of Asia Argento, our sole shot at survival being a razored..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

XXX: State of the Union

A nonstop orgy of bullets, bombs, and booty that aims low and hits the bull’s-eye with enough firepower to sink the Bismarck.

"...the gravelly cipher Vin Diesel and the lovely Euro-bomb Asia Argento (daughter of Italian filmmaker Dario). State of the..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...A. Romero. Starring: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy and Eugene Clark. The first thing..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demons 2

"...Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes and Asia Argento. Co-written with Dario Argento, Demons 2 is only..."

March 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bloody Beautiful Illusions

Alejandro Jodorowsky, surrealism's topo sangre, on Truth, Beauty, and the Internet

"...production – with Nick Nolte, Marilyn Manson, Udo Kier, Asia Argento, and Santa Sangre producer Claudio Argento attached –..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

"Jane! Stop This Crazy Thing!" (The Downside to Galaxy Highland Theater's New Robotic Seats)

Five Films We Don't Want to See in D-Box

"...Scarlet Diva: As much as we love all things Asian (as in Asia Argento), this self-absorbed, pseudo-autobiographical ode to..."

May 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...sell about a gazillion books and scam the unscamable Asia Argento. Loosely based on the Leroy business (not to..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Screens Top 10s

The Chronicle's film critics talk about their favorite movies of the year

"...Leandersson (Let the Right One In), Julianne Moore (Blindness), Asia Argento (The Last Mistress) BEST DIRECTOR..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature

AFF: The Dopeness

Who is KK Downey?

"...managed to sell about a gazillion books and one Asia Argento. Loosely based on the Leroy business (not to..."

Oct. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...the outré, and the fantastique, not to mention the Asian- and the cordite-and-copper-projectile mad...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cinema's Labyrinth

The year in film, 2006

"...(The Science of Sleep), Daniel Craig (Casino Royale)ACTING KUDOS (FEMALE)Asia Argento (The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things), Cyndi..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Marie Antoinette

Don’t fear the film’s early reviews from Cannes, which too often slighted it for being fluffy (it isn’t, though its heroine is) or ahistorical (it isn’t, though it is contemporary).

"...Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis, Asia Argento, Marianne Faithfull, Danny Huston, Molly Shannon, Steve Coogan,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Punk, Puppets, and Manson as Messiah

John Roecker on 'Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'

"...and former Go-Go Jane Wiedlin. And, whoops, almost forgot, Asia Argento, daughter of Dario and onetime JT Leroy fan...."

Jan. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Green, Nicole Vicius, Ricky Jay, Ryan Orion,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

South of France by Southwest

In keeping a journal during my five days in Cannes, where my first feature, 'Room,' premiered internationally, it occurred to me that it's the creative energy in Austin that has carried me this far.

"...the celebs scale the stairs on a JumboTron screen. Asia Argento, Italian horror meister Dario's daughter and one of..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

Top 10s of 2002

The Austin Chronicle film reviewers offer their end-of-the-year lists and combine their individual lists to reach a group Top 10.

Jan. 3, 2003 Screens Feature

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...the laser disc found its most receptive audience in Asia and, in particular, Japan, where it outsold and outlasted..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov