Big Man Japan

Midnight madness doesn't begin to categorize this bizarre Japanese superhero/monster movie.

"...Ua. Midnight madness doesn't begin to describe this strange Japanese import. A popular favorite at numerous festivals (including last..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big in Austin, Big in Japan

If a holiday gift trend is big here this year, chances are, it was already big over there

"...lend insight into what makes us different from the Japanese...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Big in Japan

Austinites forge a career half a world away.

"...week's worth of wall-to-wall business when the two tiny Japanese women, accompanied by an entourage, walked in...."

May 2, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Big in Japan, but What About Austin?

Magnolia Pictures and the Alamo Drafthouse hope to build an audience for a Japanese oddity here in the heart of Texas

"...Japanese pop culture's longtime love affair with transformative everypeople who..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Swings Into Action with 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Director

Film fest adds major names plus eight new films to the slate

"...swing into action: Mark Webb, director of The Amazing Spider-Man, is the final name added to the keynote speaker..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...of the music lineup for the March mega conference. Big names include “Everyday We Lit” rapper YFN Lucci, Fugees..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...carpet with the US premiere of his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi...."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cesaro: The Next Big Thing in Wrestling?

The Stone Cold-approved WWE superstar talks green cards and strength

"...pro-wrestling is all about the glitz and glamour, the big entrances and over-the-top theatrics. By contrast, WWE superstar Cesaro..."

Jan. 18, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...2024's Film & TV Festival schedule is packed with big releases like The Fall Guy and Road House, but..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Round Two: Israel, Japan, and a 'Field in England'

New Ben Wheatley historical shocker added to 2013 lineup

"...festival announced round one in July, with Keanu Reeves' Man of Tai-Chi grabbing a lot of attention. Of course,..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...live. In a word, shit-hot. Shit-fucking-hot. Theirs was a performance where you prayed the songs would never end, for..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

MIDI Pioneer George Alistair Sanger The Fat Man

"...had been cleared. So, here I am playing Missile Command and Space Invaders thinking, `You know, the next Beatles..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...I decided I'd start calling him "Ian Cion: Idea Man for the Future."..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Big Fat Independent Movies

Sending Off SXSW Film 04

"...Fears of Dieter screening Germany's Most Disturbing Home Videos were assuaged by "Static," a..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

R100

Drafthouse Films is distributing this Japanese S&M mindwarp. You could do far worse for midnight-date movie fare.

"...pain is surreal comedy and a meditation on modern-day Japanese mores in Matsumoto’s lash ’n’ laugh leatherfest. As Drafthouse..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Kaiju You'll Never See Coming

Before you see 'Pacific Rim,' expand your monster knowledge

"...What is a kaiju film? It's the Japanese-inspired genre of giant-monster-on-a-rampage flicks and, just about now, every..."

July 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'R100' Is the New NSFW

Bizarre, charming Japanese gutbuster finds the heart of S&M

"...for theatrical and VOD release in 2014. It joins Borgman, The Congress, Nothing Bad Can Happen, and Why Don't..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: House

This is your brain. This is your brain on House

"...Part of the appeal of Japanese cinema to the occidental audience is that it is..."

Sept. 30, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...There aren't many films that have you from the first frame, the..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mule Conversations

"...Theatre two weeks later for his South by Southwest performance, and is clean-shaven except for a small blond soul..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar) is Jared Hess's (Napoleon Dynamite) Gentleman Broncos, a promising slice of sci-fi nerd weirdness (with..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...643 acts announced, NYC rap heroes Mobb Deep, Primus frontman Les Claypool, hardcore supergroup Off!, sissy bounce queen Big..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Shin Ultraman

Japan's metal defender gets an ass-kicking modern reboot

"...Triphibian Monster. Hell, go, Yongary, go! Now comes Shin Ultraman, a movie that needs to be seen as big..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2009

The Academy gets animated.

"...Craste of England), an ecology parable that uses a big-eyed, cute animal to posit the simpleminded notion that country..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Baseball

"...workable gimmick in this age of reciprocal U.S.- and Japan-bashing, primed for some hard-edged humor, but Mr. Baseball barely..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday Picks..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"..."His nickname is Big Butter," says Haslanger about his longtime friend. "He's got..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...dreamed of joining the circus. He was a Navy man and a drunk. He was a homeless drifter missing..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Ran

Kurosawa uses Shakespeare's King Lear as a template, but in Ran Lear's three scheming daughters are sons, and the action is transposed to a mythic, dreamlike, feudal Japan. Like an adrenalized fever dream of ultimate power gone awry, Ran reveals Kurosawa's grasp of visual splendor at its most powerful.

"...is transposed and commingled amidst a mythic, dreamlike feudal Japan – but the Bard's influence is heavy and obvious..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing about Architecture

By the Short and Curlys

"...One of this summer's big "wha' happened?" stories is definitely the tale of Prescott..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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