The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...cinematographer on Austin-made splatter-comedy Blood Fest, giving him a crash course in filming entrails. "You get used to filming..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Wolf and the Lion

Sweet-natured animal adventure brings back an old story

"...mother; Dreamer, a lion cub who survives a plane crash and finds himself a long way from home; and..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...saving the Dolls from their inevitable flame-out as glam crashed and burned, eyeballed them as an excuse to sell..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

We Have an Issue: It’s Been a Year, All Right

It's the Top 10s issue; plus, meet the new Food Editor

"...with Austin gingerbread expert Stacy Frank about taking a crash course on the Avengers for the new Disney+ show..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Awaken

Malick-endorsed abstract world trip finds joy in our world

"...Of course, since Reggio revolutionized documentaries with his 1982 landmark, these..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...Phillip Escott’s The Found Footage Phenomenon is a documentary-shaped crash course on the wobbliest horror films out there...."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

On the Move All Her Life, UK Songwriter Jade Bird Finds Her Speed in Austin

"Austin feels quite grounded and down-to-earth, which just sort of mimics the English mentality"

"...The next couple of years offered a blurring crash course in America for Bird. Driving back and forth..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The G'Raj Is Closed, Micklethwait Does Tacos, Sazan Ramen Sizzles, and What's Cooking at 1417?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds tingling

"...on Wed., July 7, 6-9pm, with tunes from DJ Crash and inking by All Saints Tattoos’ Carlos Ybarra as..."

July 7, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...gender roles as the singer of Prom Threat, a crash course in punk rock disorder. Along with bassist MJ..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Cine Las Americas Review: La Fortaleza

Gold, demons and dads in this Venezuelan docu-fiction

"...A car crash kicks off La Fortaleza, a meandering film that retains..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

SXSW Film Review: The Hunt for Planet B

We’re gonna need a bigger telescope ...

"...some day—mostly women, notably— offer the layperson audience a crash course in the history of our increasingly powerful cosmic..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Chaos Walking, From Page to Screen

Author Patrick Ness revisits his book as an older, wiser writer

"...the plague, meets the survivor of a space ship crash: Viola (Daisy Ridley), the first women he has ever..."

March 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beautiful Something Left Behind

The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family

"...– incomprehension, rage, depression, outright despondency – over the course of a year. Six children in particular: Jimmy, Nicky,..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...very public semester as LHBlacks' first president proved a crash course...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...center, "It's Goin' On" from MC Overlord & DJ Crash is, in fact, the LP's central highlight and most..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...(US, 21 min, Texas Premiere) After the global internet crash of 2040, the world fell into chaos. One corporation..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Made in Italy

Neeson and son head to Tuscany for affable, predictable bonding

"...from Jack's late mother, who died in a car crash. Not that such an emotional connection is of any..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ACC Is Almost Entirely Online and Students Are Enrolling in Droves

Start here. Stay home?

"...at least a month. Instead, they would replace real-life courses, including hands-on skills labs, with virtual interactions, including online..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action

An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts

"...an initially confounding situation that rapidly accelerates into a crash course in how to build nail-gnawing suspense with little..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Color Out of Space

Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror

"...edge of perception in the wake of a meteorite crash...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...Fund" commenced Monday, Dec. 16. The meeting provided a crash course on the estimated annual $3.4 million from current..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Head at Austin Studios as the Facility Enters a New Era

Martin Jones leads the Austin Film Society-run facility into the next decade

"...in national brands including car commercials. Then the 2008 crash happened, "Detroit stopped calling, and my very prosperous production..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...the world redrawing itself around her after a car crash unlocks unknown family secrets and her own bizarre abilities...."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rapid Response

A quiet celebration of the medics who make motorsports safer

"...motorsports medical expert Stephen Olvey would be it. While crashes are (let's face it) cool to watch, you always..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story

Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life

"...Animal Center. He was abandoned twice during the housing crash of 2008 when people would get up and leave..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Feature by Timothy Braun

Annabelle Comes Home

Anybody want a slightly soiled, demonically possessed doll?

"...the unsettling aftermath of a Carol Channing/Marty Feldman car crash, Annabelle’s “home” is in a glass case in the..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese

Recounting of legendary Dylan tour is best when the details blur themselves

"...first touring career did: In 1966, after a motorcycle crash. When he came back in 1974 for a 40-date..."

June 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...his insecurities by revealing her sexual fantasies. Over the course of one evening, Bill experiences his own version of..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

The Infinites Get Loopy at the Intersection of Jared Leibowich and Dan LeVine

Zoltars' frontman and Ghetto Ghouls' guitarist come together in the hypnosphere

"...eternal work, and refers to the Infinites as a crash course in respectful collaboration that yielded strong bonds. After..."

May 10, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...computing innovation, according to Whurley. "I couldn't take a crash course [on these topics] and pronounce, 'I'm a physicist,'..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

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