TV Eye

BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming

"...a swelteringly hot day. I'm not talking series with the apocalyptic seriousness of Fringe or Terminator: The Sarah Connor..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest

With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town

"...Ever feel that the only bad part of Halloween is that it just..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Gets Spiked

Buffy's best big bad booked for Wizard World

"...fantasy convention to Austin, speculation has been high about the guest list. The first three confirmed names were fun,..."

Feb. 9, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Supernatural

Catch two of Austin's biggest stars in the long-running hit

"...When SXSW was canceled, one of the big losses was the CW pulling a very special..."

April 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch: Across Steven's Universe

The curious connection between programming and content

"...Lots of things killed Firefly, but chief among them was scheduling. Not just airing the episodes out of..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

A New Vision of Television

Critical theorist Sharon Ross talks about 'tele-participation' and the joys of tough women on TV

"...When Sharon Ross was a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at Austin..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

From Austin to Neptune

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite

"...a visit to writer/producer Rob Thomas' Web site, SlaveRats.com, there are several possible conclusions one might draw. The bitter..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

A New Year's Eve bout with cedar fever made me feel like 2005 is just an extension of 2004, and it looks like the same on the small screen

"...fever. After spending several sunny days in California (before the relentless rains came) we (Papi Chulo and I) returned..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The good, the bad, and the God on TV.

"...After nine seasons, CBS recently announced this was the last year for the venerable Touched by an Angel...."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

NBC actually dropped Freaks & Geeks -- the smart, funny, refreshingly true-to-life high school comedy? Well, duh. Also, a look at the WB's DC, the latest ensemble drama to feature incredibly good-looking people.

"...now. Help Freaks and Geeks find a home," reads the Freaks and Geeks home page (http://www.freaksandgeeks.com). Canceled? Canceled! What..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Hear the networks scraping the bottom of the barrel ...

"...As far as TV watching goes, this time of the year stinks. Why? Because it's that lousy, liminal period..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Robert De Niro Versus Tony Jaa?

Fantastic Fest release second wave of programming

"...First there were the 13: Then there were the gala premieres;..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Six Mindblowers From Fantastic Fest’s FF@Home

Our picks from the streaming side of the genre celebration

"...Fantastic Fest is over, right? Wrong! Yes, the in-person celebration of global genre festival, which opened with..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Fall TV is dead; long live fall TV!

"...All right, I've cast my verdict. There is no reason to watch TV this fall. After..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Guzu Gallery Celebrates Peak TV

Binge: An Art Show Inspired by Television opens tonight

"...The centerpiece of the modern living room is the TV...."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Art Director Jason Stout programs a night of stellar series finales

"...organically, a few years ago: I decided to rewatch the series finale of Breaking Bad. It was fantastic, so..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Column

Can Reviving Extinct Species Slow Climate Change?

SXSW panel explores the science of de-extinction

"...Lamm – CEO and founder of Colossal Biosciences, aka the company that wants to bring the woolly mammoth back..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Madeline Duncan

Six Documentaries Not to Miss at AGLIFF

From strong voices to strong representation, true stories being told at the LGBTQ+ film festival

"...The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus has been an icon..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gets Virtual

VR film pioneer Jessica Brillhart announced as 2019 keynote

"...Get ready for the fourth wall to vaporize at SXSW 2019, as the..."

Nov. 27, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry Will Keynote SXSW

Scottish singers among first wave of speakers for SXSW 2019

"...Two of the Scottish Lowlands' finest will be in the Texas Hill..."

Sept. 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Tragedy Girls

Neo-Heathers cuts, but not so deep

"...Meet Sadie and McKayla. They're the queen bees of their high school, in the..."

March 14, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Shawnee Kilgore’s Long Precious Road

Includes a mega writer-director and “beautiful kind of permission”

"...up like a bouquet of wild flowers. No surprise, then, that Kilgore caught the attention of Hollywood cottage industry..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

'Coherence' Makes a Multiverse Out of Nothing

Micro-microbudget mindbender makes every restriction a virtue

"...Necessity is the mother of invention. So when a film deliberately restricts..."

Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why I Binge Watch Bad TV

Who else has watched 174 hours of 'One Tree Hill.' Anyone?

"...As I write this I’m watching an episode of the ABC fantasy-drama Once Upon a Time on Blu-ray. I..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Massive Shakeup in Top Management at Rooster Teeth

New roles for longtime RT personalities as Jordan Levin becomes GM

"...The next wave of the ongoing shakeup at Austin-based online..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...Break out your best red carpet attire! aGLIFF – the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival – has..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...and, after more than a dozen big-screen spectacles, it’s the fuckin' apotheosis of the Marvel! Cinematic! Universe!..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATX Television Festival: Sweet/Vicious

Sparky female vigilante show deserves a second life

"...now-cancelled Sweet/Vicious under “gone too soon,” but judging by the diehard crowd that assembled for ATX Television Festival’s Saturday..."

June 11, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...One of the greatest things about this particular moment in art is..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Bringing The Thomas Crown Affair to Shondaland

"...I saw Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain in the theatre many times – very good movie – and..."

March 18, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

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