The Damned

Psychological horror set in 1800s Iceland

"...reduced to eating bait fish for sustenance. Worse, the coffins of the crew of a sailing ship that wrecked..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Church of Misery

Japandroids

"...Church of MiseryThy Kingdom Scum (Metal Blade) CoffinsThe Fleshland (Relapse)..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Heavy Trip

Scandinavian black metal comedy plays a familiar tune well

"...a very annoyed wolverine, corpse paint, projectile vomit, crowd-surfing coffins, and Viking re-enactors. The inevitable third act road trip..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Church of Misery / Coffins

White-hot metal for your red-hot summer

"...a decade apart, Tokyo combines Church of Misery and Coffins both reached sonic summits on their third U.S. full-lengths...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...dangers of the Texas construction industry, demonstrators arranged 138 coffins on the Capitol front lawn, representing the number of..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...then shipping the 100%-pure skag back stateside in the coffins of American servicemen. Conservatively attired, Lucas flew, with murderous..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

A traveling memorial honors American and Iraqi war dead alike

"...the Vietnam War, television news often featured the flag-draped coffins of U.S. soldiers, not to mention the notorious body..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jeff Tonn

Alone in the Dark

There's a certain majesty to German director Boll's style of filmmaking: a freedom from art, talent, skill of any formal kind, and the sheer pigheadedness to keep going at any cost.

"...some deliciously clichéd dialogue, performances as wooden as pine coffins, and, bad news for Reid fans, zero nude scenes,..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tokyo Godfathers

A homeless drag queen adopts an orphan in what is, but for some violence and harsh language, old-fashioned, big-hearted entertainment in high animé style.

"...in starkly beautiful, photorealistic detail: moonlit exteriors of cardboard coffins and dilapidated alleyways where snow and broken syringes crunch..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Forsaken

"...finally be ripe to leave the bloodsuckers to their coffins and move on to less familiar terrors...."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

"...Russell opens her mouth. You could build 100 discount coffins out of her wooden line readings and still have..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fortune and Glory: How The Spiel Celebrates Steven Spielberg

Eric Vespe discusses new podcast, life after Scott Wampler

"...Vespe. After all, when your first memory is the coffins popping out of the ground at the end of..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Stephen Mills’ POE / A Tale of Madness Is Pitch Perfect

Ballet Austin brings the master of the macabre to life (before killing him again)

"...use of hospital beds, spectral feathers, and fairy tale coffins, linger in the mind far beyond the ballet’s far-too-soon..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

An Allergy-Friendly Guide to Eating at South by Southwest

Keep filled up and fueled up during the festival without risking your health

"...(or maybe split one of their packs of Cream Coffins with a friend you make in the badge line)...."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish up the summer with some adventure

"...museum of burial traditions from around the world, strange coffins, stylish hearses, and mortuary tools now offers a virtual..."

Aug. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: KAZI, "The Voice of Austin," Perseveres for 40 Years

Austin’s first-ever community-run station debuts new general manager and KUTX collab

"...their turntables and do their mixes. They set their coffins up, and they go for it. The more time..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Parlor Believes in Community, Artists, and Pizza

A daughter's plea

"...Parking lot coffins, vegan meat, Ms. Pac-Man, and a jukebox filled with..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...and rituals of death. Other permanent exhibits include fantasy coffins from Ghana, the traditions of Día de los Muertos,..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...were said to be witches and supposedly slept in coffins. Over the next few months, I became a regular...."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

SXSW Bandwagon: Blowfly’s Swan Song

Late porno parodist/dirty rapper’s final LP gets tribute tonight

"...All artists secretly knock on the wood of their coffins, hoping for a beloved posthumous release. We want a..."

March 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

News Roundup: Petitions, Put-Downs, and Peeling Out

Council keeps its eyes on the road

"...it no longer exists. But since the subject was coffins and nails, perhaps Pool might recall the classical wisdom:..."

Feb. 1, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

SXSW Film Review: Dominguinhos

Brazilian music doc’s charm lies in its archival footage

"...even because of stomachaches. My father would make the coffins himself.”..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

Demitasse

"...all over the margins of the duo's arrangements. "Comfy Coffins" subsumes morbidity by luxuriating in the cloak of a..."

April 25, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

DVDanger: 'Lifeforce'

Like a comet, Tobe Hooper's long-forgotten sci-fi oddity returns

"...real surprise: Three totally naked human beings in plastic coffins. So, of course, the astronauts drag them back to..."

June 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Gets Animated Over Ray Harryhausen

Mondo's Justin Ishmael leads tribute to the FX innovator

"...from Jason and the Argonauts "The carrying cases were coffins," he recalled. He still has the signed poster he..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Jeff Daniel Phillips Fears 'The Lords of Salem'

How a caveman walked with a Zombie

"...through in another part, the MC host Uncle Seymour Coffins, and [Zombie] said, "Hey, what are you doing next..."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lijadu Sisters

Wislawa Szymborska meets the Lijadu Sisters

"...things directly tied to its trade: digging graves, assembling coffins, cleaning up after itself...."

Feb. 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

deEP end

deEP end

"...road-trip-ready "Head East!" and MMJ-haze of "We'll Turn the Coffins Into Gardens" make this five-song outing an ideal summer..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Apocalypse 'Monsters,' Redux

Director Gareth Edwards interview, part two

"...was a line of boxes in the street – coffins – that were part of a protest about the..."

Oct. 28, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End

Just the sort of guide a literate, death-curious person would want to spend his or her dwindling time perusing

"...one beefcake – featuring scantily clad models posed atop coffins and hearses? Did you know that the brains of..."

July 24, 2009 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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