Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers

Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

"...on the Moon, the unexpected success of standup turned blaxploitation hero Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite is my Name,..."

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest

Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history

"...Alamo Drafthouse, the forgotten children of cinema. Exploitation, sexploitation, blaxploitation, nunsploitation, forgotten family films, adding up to a film..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...mid-rankings of Black horror on its conceit alone. In blaxploitation flicks like Sugar Hill and Scream Blacula Scream, and..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Jan Reid

Remembering the legendary author and Texas Monthly writer

"...a famous heavyweight boxer and movie actor in the ‘Blaxploitation’ period."..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here are the sounds we’re consuming

"...Dat Boy Supa, who gained Chronicle acclaim for 2014's blaxploitation-influenced SupaCabra, left Austin for his hometown of Dallas. In..."

June 26, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore

"...album” genius, and from there to the ultimate self-made blaxploitation cinema star...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime

The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Improviser Shannon Stott Brings Some Lord of the Rings to Out of Bounds

The Gandalf of improv is all over the comedy festival

"...narrative with a cast of 14 in the improvised blaxploitation film Super Black)...."

Aug. 23, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black Pumas Album Review

Black Pumas (ATO)

"...Black Pumas spin the lost soundtrack to a gritty blaxploitation flick in the strange fever dream that is their..."

June 21, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Shaft

Three Shafts are definitely worse than one in this failed revival of the blaxploitation classic

"...It began in 1971 as a gritty blaxploitation movie about a macho private eye who fancied leather..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Noname Makes a Name for Herself at Emo’s

Spoken-word rapper spits poetic justice

"...heavenly strums of “Regal” to the fractured politics in “Blaxploitation,” taking it all way back to the soft “Diddy..."

March 1, 2019 Music Post by Marilee Bodden

Sun Ra’s Cosmic Jazz Epic Space Is the Place Touches Down

"...Like blaxploitation protagonists John Shaft and Sweetback before him, Sun Ra's..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Live Review: Noname

Windy City MC cements her brand

"...with nuance about systematic racism and faulty perception on “Blaxploitation.”..."

Oct. 13, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 23-31

"...Quentin Tarantino gave the Nineties a taste of Seventies blaxploitation in his adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel Rum..."

July 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SuperFly

NYC blaxploitation classic gets an ATL reboot.

"...For assembly line is this update of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly, which was directed by Gordon Parks..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unleashing the Summer Blockbusters

Your cinematic calendar for the must-see big releases

"...boots of Ron O'Neal in this remake of the blaxploitation classic?..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...basement soul sounds like the lost soundtrack to a blaxploitation flick. – Thomas Fawcett BoomBaptist..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Proud Mary

Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience

"...time for the explicit return of righteous and baadasssss “blaxploitation” filmmaking, the action subgenre that commanded urban audiences everywhere..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walter Hill, Keenen Ivory Wayans for AFF

Writer-centric film festival awarding boundary-busting pioneers

"...like Scary Movie and its first sequel, plus loving blaxploitation riffs like I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Shaft-alike..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Artist Jim Rugg Brings His New Street Angel to Austin

He’s the man with the golden pen; she’s the deadliest girl alive

"...artist Jim Rugg’s Afrodisiac, the baddest brother in a blaxploitation universe, a sort of High Funky Seventies combination of..."

July 25, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: Tales From the Hood

In the wake of Get Out, a classic anthology revisited

"...both a million miles from cheap-and-cheerful sly subversion of blaxploitation, and still seemingly a couple of decades ahead of..."

April 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...mainstream trap. As he readies a follow-up to 2014's blaxploitation-influenced SupaCabra, the dexterous and aggressive MC dropped "War" in..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

American Genre Film Archive Expands

Local film preservationists add Severin, Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome

"...work with one of the only known prints of blaxploitation The Exorcist rip-off Abby.)..."

Jan. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...I wanted a horn line that captured that Sixties blaxploitation vibe of Curtis Mayfield...."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Killer Lineup

Black Widow Cinema brings a much-needed dose of "lady vengeance" to Austin

"...and Herreras choose to screen films like the epochal blaxploitation hit Coffy, such instances are at the forefront of..."

July 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Greyhounds

"...of ample production like "Gettin' Out Alive," which finds blaxploitation horns and back-and-forth lyrics supplanting Trube's guitar as the..."

May 27, 2016 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Film Panel: Nelson George Keynote

Influential multihyphenate talks hip-hop and The Get Down

"...Driving the audience down the CliffsNotes shortcut from blaxploitation film into the beginnings of hip-hop music and culture,..."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...Before releasing Seventies-style blaxploitation stunner Supacabra in November, Dallas native Dat Boy Supa..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive

Reviewing ATX music 2014

"...vitality, Supa released the genre's best local album with blaxploitation genius Supacabra...."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dat Boy Supa

Beatbox

"...mixed with occasional camp, tonal gradation existed within the blaxploitation film genre. Filled with biting social commentary and stereotype..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

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