Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...TGA turned to pyramid schemes. These hallmarks of capitalistic cannibalism made a perfect parody target. "Pyramid schemes are both..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Power of Platonic Intimacy in Close

Director Lukas Dhont explores tender moments of boyhood in his new drama

"...she was going to have the only film about cannibalism – and really, why could she not – but..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"..."Springtime in Uganda." In addition to references to rumored cannibalism by the African republic's notorious dictator, the song contains..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Hunted

Oddball riff on Red Riding Hood gets weirder and wilder

"...telling a child (Ryelandt) a campfire story about crusaders, cannibalism, and forest spirits. What exactly this has to do..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2020

The pandemic picks you wanted to read about

"...blanch from the gore implicit in a story of cannibalism. Yet he also balanced the bloodshed, and fear of..."

Dec. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

High Life

The tedium of space is nothing compared to the tedium of an unfulfilling story

"...ship, filled with semi-feral dogs who have survived through cannibalism, is so on-the-nose that its arrival would be painful,..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Midnight Shorts

The best of the fest's late night micro-horrors

"...the Lambs (or more recently, Raw) and thought, “Maybe cannibalism is kind of sexy?” Director Meredith Alloway stars in..."

March 20, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The Academy's five favorite animated shorts, plus two ringers

"...has trouble finding a partner because of that sexual cannibalism thing (and her 1,000 babies), and an assortment of..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...the sickening madness, macabre witchcraft, ghastly beheadings, and gory cannibalism...."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"...singing a blistering duet about her race’s predilection for cannibalism and, woe, the pointlessness of it all. In the..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...the saddle. Instead, you’re lucky if you don’t get cannibalism...."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...“What? Have I gone insane?! A film about hookers, cannibalism, killers, corrupt cops, politicians, and religious leaders is in..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western

"...is a beautiful and shambling Western, plus it has cannibalism and machine gun-wielding pregnant women...."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: House on Willow Street

Kidnapping meets possession, plus more home releases

"...a horde of messianic hillbilly Renfields, mixed with rising cannibalism, is a darker future than even the first film...."

March 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...Ravenous, director Antonia Bird's wintry jaunt through 19th century cannibalism. Guy Pearce stars as Capt. Boyd, an unlikely war..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: More to Watch This Halloween

Part II: Slavic rednecks, emo vigilantes, and crazed snipers

"...it's either the most disturbing or innovative spin on cannibalism this decade. In fact, writer/director Tomaz Gorkic may have..."

Oct. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Meathead

Vegetarians are a little farty and occasionally sanctimonious

"...I know I am probably being too hard on..."

May 20, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: PDA

Baby Goose and Riri not included

"...moment once Baby Goose and RiRi get busy. Defecation? Cannibalism? Crochet graffiti? Truly anything is possible, and I think..."

May 13, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

David Bowie’s Auto Memorial: Blackstar

Swan song LP admits “I Can’t Give Everything Away” but almost does

"...smoothed-out textures of Heathen, the singer engages less in auto-cannibalism than in re-evaluation...."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...Cannibalism in horror tends to be schlocky and gruesome. Nothing..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Tear Me Apart

A very British post-apocalypse film

"...into the strongest survival habit of the new world: cannibalism...."

Nov. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?

"...abused in ways we won’t go into here), castration, cannibalism, and clitoral mayhem. Like I said, ick...."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's Eating Him

Henry Rollins makes the jump to leading man in cannibal comedy He Never Died

"...he eats them. Bizarre as it may sound, his cannibalism is the smallest mystery about him, and star Henry..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Jack is a man battling his eternal struggle with cannibalism. There are very few reasons to live when you..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...Here, a hodgepodge and gory mess of small-town hoodlums, cannibalism, and South American death cults, he shines among the..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...diet of long pig. Yup, man meat. Human flesh. Cannibalism...."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Whipping It Out

A bold, decisive move that requires a lot of data points

"...Copulation imminent. There’s a sticky wicket. There are countless..."

May 23, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Summer Fun: Some Like It Hot Cold & Dreary

Counterprogramming Gidget: 11 icy, downer movies

"...you could go wrong with a ripped-from-the-headlines movie about cannibalism, but director Frank Marshall (Arachnophobia) and screenwriter John Patrick..."

May 19, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Summer Fun: Desert Island No-No’s

Which musicians NOT to get stranded with

"...eaten all of the tropical fruit and you’re contemplating cannibalism, that’s the point where your island partner really matters...."

May 15, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

DVDanger: 'Frightmare', 'The Flesh and Blood Show'

Redemption resurrects the legacy of terror maestro Pete Walker

"...admits that he almost flinched away from Frightmare because cannibalism "isn't sexy." After all, that's where he got his..."

March 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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