DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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.

"...Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy and Eugene Clark. The first thing you see after the opening credits is..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes

There's something creepy in this Eurosleaze castle

"...were really watching was '60 and '70s Eurosleaze. Oddly, there's been a surprising lack of films riffing on directors..."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In the Red Corner: Housecore Horror Film Festival

The new kids on the block possess the whole Emo's / Antone's complex

"...There's a new beast on the Austin film-gathering scene. Heavy..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...and Varun Sriram. "I have no interest in your brotherhood," the wrongfully imprisoned though American-educated Hassan (Akhtar) tells his..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Following the Fantastic Owen Egerton

Local Renaissance man premieres his feature debut

"...and a kinky-romantic Christmas request results in a maelstrom of grindingly intense, hallucinatory horror – and not a little..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Séance Shares the History of American Spiritualism

In their sittings, Jake Cordero and Albert Lucio give you the experience of contacting the departed

"..."Is there anybody there?"..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...It was the last of May's thunderstorms, and the rain pounded down..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: The Next Eva Braun

It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass

"...I have been living with my girlfriend now for nearly two years. We..."

March 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Path Back to Believing

It only takes a moment for the ordinary to transform

"...I ain't much of a lover it's true..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...request, was well-versed in safer sex and harm-reduction practices. Then, after attending a conference in the fall of 2014..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Climbing the Family Tree

Virginia Wood finds that with the help of U.S. census records, finding the roots of her family is possible.

"...began investigating our family history, we could tell from birth and death dates in an old family Bible that..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...To begin with, Marley is dead, and top ten lists are insane, or, at the..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of the Cactus Cafe to hear an old..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...that this is a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...It's a music story – a story of the blues and jazz and even rock – but..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...a singer-songwriter in Dallas before moving to Austin in the early Nineties. Her increasingly more frequent gigs please her..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Engulfing Billy Perkins in living color, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie, Dee Dee..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...Someone was in my house. I was living alone for the first time, it had not even..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Dead Man Writing

"...The libretto of Dead Man Walking was written by playwright..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael King

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

The Good Eye: There and Back Again

Don't mess with Texas women, bucko

"...As you probably know, I've been watching a lot of horror movies lately, but nothing that prepared me for..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

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