Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...Star Destroyers (don’t ask how) with his new death cult of engineers, and has offered them to Ren if..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...But 15 years later, they've become their own weird cult of personality themselves. Well, that just plays into what..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Something something family something. The unkillable franchise lumbers on.

"...proto-cyborg who has given himself entirely over to the cult’s cause. While Elba may never be given the opportunity..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...a father's barely-hidden homosexuality, a mother's indoctrination into a cult, and a daughter's resentment towards both her parents. As..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Midsommar Madness

The obsessions of Ari Aster illuminated in his folk horror hit

"...His second film – after the surprise success of occult horror Hereditary – places the strained relationship of college..."

July 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

El Chicano

A new superhero for the Latinx community (and everyone else)

"...Joe Carnahan is a favorite among genre fans. With cult classics like The Grey and Smokin’ Aces on his..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Beach Bum

Fear and loathing in Florida with Korine and Matthew McConaughey

"...in Las Vegas, and may be destined for similar cult status – only for those who can stomach Korine’s..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

Mercy Black

Viral horror faces the reality of childhood crimes

"...and for all of Egerton's textual nods to the cult of Slender Man, that particular subplot in this film..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Q&A: Michael Moorcock Plays Hawkwind

Sci-fi author joins two-day tribute to space rocker

"...band Deep Fix, and wrote lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult...."

March 28, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

FP2: Beats of Rage

Mad Max meets Dance Dance Revolution in a microbudget beatdown

"...that only a film that wants to be a cult favorite can be, and it didn’t seem to set..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Replicas

What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.

"...a strange period of liminal existence, poised somewhere between cult successes and VOD oddities. What divides them is how..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Hits The Dead Center

Sci-fi and horror film fest adds centerpiece film and more

"...allegory which is finally (after 35 years) gaining the cult fanbase it richly deserves. OWA Founder and Artistic Director..."

Oct. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Song of Sway Lake

Period family drama is evocative, if sometimes lacking in clarity

"...Still, director and co-writer Ari Gold (director of the cult film Adventures of Power and the award-winning short “Helicopter”)..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...Stuart Harmon's documentary about child gold miners in Ghana; cult psycho-thriller The Dark Red; amnesia shocker Undercliffe; and Love..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: Investigating True Crime on Netflix

Which shows deliver the criminal goods and are worth the watch

"...the previously mentioned emotional heavy-hitters) as it follows a “cult” (I prefer “religious sect”) that moves from India to..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Danielle White

Hitler's Hollywood

The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed

"...visual representation about what was really happening in a culture, he asks through narrator Udo Kier; What do these..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Concert: Matt Muñoz

Cactus Cafe manager Matt Muñoz revisits his first concert in El Paso: Van Halen

"...all culminated with a crazy opening band for the Cult by the name of Guns N' Roses in '87...."

June 29, 2018 Music Feature

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Garage rock, indie-pop, funk, and more

"...Amyl & the Sniffers. – Michael Toland Blue Öyster Cult..."

June 22, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...performance art. These days he leans electronic, taking a pop-culture-smashing approach to dance music that's frenetic, cheeky, and just..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Living Among Us

Bloodless vampire found footage should stay in the shadows

"...more interesting story than the attempts by their blood cult elders (led by Sadler, still probably best known as..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...typically built around a man – a gumshoe, a cult religion godhead – and/or set in male-dominated fields –..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Disaster Artist

The making of one of the most inept films ever made

"...merely be an in-joke for the enjoyment of the cult film’s rabid devotees. Much of the film is devoted..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Your Weekend in Film

Staying strong is the best medicine

"...Cult Classic Convention. Spanning over three days, the event courts..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Fantastic Fest Review: The Endless

Spring team head on a familiar but reinvented roadtrip

"...the pair first tackled in their debut feature, 2012's cult favorite Resolution. After diverting into a very strange romance..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Crosses the Event Horizon

Film fest opens with 20th anniversary of sci-fi/horror classic

"...The 1997 cult classic (starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Jason Isaacs, and..."

Aug. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They're OK, the Last Days of May

"...Dear Editor, I saw Blue Öyster Cult at the Back Room in the 1980s. It was..."

Aug. 14, 2017 Postmarks

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...FRIDAY Blue Öyster Cult..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...2017 When brothers Justin and Aaron return to the cult that they escaped from ten years ago, they encounter..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western

"...For our interview with Ana Lily Amirpour, see "Cannibals, Cult Leaders, and Friendship," June 23...."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

My Scientology Movie

Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow

"...to uncover (more) hidden truths about the infamous American cult/religion. By now it feels like there’s a takedown of..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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