SXSW Film Review: Cuckoo

Black Forest fairy tale strains credulity

"...Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes plays Gretchen , a surly teen..."

March 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance 2023 Review: Birth/Rebirth

Maternal horror with a clinical twist

"...Two of the great motivators of accidental malice (after "God told..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...Chronicle's second year in print), the Halloween issue has offered a scary mask and accompanying mask instructions. While the..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...film festival, has just announced its first full wave of films, and technohorror social commentary The Honeymoon Phase will..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...Rivers has faithfully storyboarded the horror and blockbuster films of director Peter Jackson. Now, Rivers is making his feature..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Chronicle Recommends: The Many Faces of Frankenstein

Celebrating the cinematic legacy of Mary Shelley's creation

"...month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of..."

Aug. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Mondo Gets Monstrous Again

Gallery mounts second Universal Monsters show

"...The original exhibition in 2012 was one of the local gallery's very first themed events: In fact,..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Mondo's New Monsters

Exclusive look at Greg Ruth's Bride of Frankenstein

"...Austin's Mondo Gallery is kicking off 2018 with the return of a classic fright this..."

Jan. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...comic fans as to why Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice failed creatively, it’s because Zack Snyder et al...."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...are the wild places, the ancient places, the realm of the fey, and no place for human folk...."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seasonal Cinema

Forget Die Hard, here's some holiday deep cuts

"...final envelope for a particularly sappy greeting. This sort of thing is to be expected, of course, what with..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...by choosing to retell the tale from the perspective of the famed hunchback. Speaking of which, Igor’s malformed frame..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...tell these days, what with all the various versions of the Frankenstein story terrorizing the countryside. In Austin alone,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Learning More ABCs

Ascher, Barratt, and Fessenden dissect their anthology segments

"...to a teenage zygote, alphabetical horror anthology The ABCs of Death 2 was an education in morbidity at Fantastic..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hell of It

Mike Mignola on returning to Hellboy

"...The connoisseur of shadows. The master of the tentacle. Artist Mike Mignola's..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

"...Of course, the contemporary taste is for something with a..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Voice in My Head'

Psyche!? Fake dead girlfriend breaks Internet.

"...The university’s 30,000 annual applicants ought to consider themselves tipped-off to some juicy inside information. The luxury to don..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Mondo Gets Monstrous

Opening night at the new Universal Monsters show

"...there in the scurrying throng for last night's opening of Mondo Gallery's new Universal Monsters show...."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chef du Cinema: Hungarian Ghoulish, Anyone?

"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make espresso."

"...du Cinema has dug deep for this Saturday's edition of his bi-monthly cooking school-cum-film screening. Six feet deep, to..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton’s animated, black-and-white movie about a boy and his dog is sweetly filtered through the lens of Frankenstein and other famous monsters.

"...Selick's 1993 dark classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas. And of the two, Frankenweenie is the better film, though it..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hotel Transylvania

There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.

"...Throwing a bunch of Universal classic monster archetypes into an animated film and..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Slice of Weird and Wonderful

Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee Caroline Thompson

"...But when it comes to screenwriter Caroline Thompson, recipient of this year's Distinguished Screenwriter Award, evidence of her cinematic..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...dead man frozen in permanent repose in the block of hazy blue ice, and it marked me forever. I..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...improve with age). So when a male friend raves of a female singer, one is wary of what psychology..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Black Wedding Tonight!

Bride of Frankentstein at the Alamo Ritz

"...no secret around our lair that James Whale's 1935 Bride of Frankentstein is a cut (and a stitch) above..."

March 28, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

Get behind him Satan. Austin's iconic prodigal son returns.

"...beloved prodigal son to unprecedented levels. His endearing battles of precocious optimism and unrequited love have transcended every possible..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Igor

Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.

"...Directed by: Anthony Leondis. Like most acts of cruel mediocrity committed in the name of entertaining children,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonder Stories

Screens

"...Bride of Frankenstein. It has a dark and funny skepticism..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...far the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since the director's Pan's Labyrinth netted an..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Invisi-Bell Halloween Mask Instructions

How to magically appear on Nov. 7

"...1) Retrieve the stockpile of duct tape from under your bed that you bought..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

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