Walkabout

Roeg's second film has become something of a cult classic. The story centers on two British children stranded in the Australian desert who are led back to civilization by an Aboriginal male. The fascination of the movie comes from the cultural collision that also carries a sexually charged undercurrent.

"...first released in 1971, has become something of a cult classic. Made in between his memorable directorial debut, Performance,..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Iceman Cometh

"...appropriate handle, The Time Warriors) is probably Hong Kong cult director Clarence Ford's most accessible movie. Ford's out-of-control filmography..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Frighteners

"...from Fox, and an incredible, scene-stealing performance from Re-Animator cult fave Jeffery Combs (who manages to turn peering around..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Nadja

"...and David Lynch. From the director of the bizarre cult hit Twister comes this genuinely affecting comedy-horror film that..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dallas Doll

"...her profession and ends up becoming a New Age cultural guru of sorts. She also ends up seducing most..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

"...homicidal bosom buddies have developed a bit of a cult following in some women's circles, I've always felt that..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tank Girl

A movie that combines Busby Berkeley chorus lines with killer mutant kangaroos and the wildest female action hero this side of La Femme Nikita.

"...glorious, spastic mess. Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's neo-underground cult comic book Tank Girl comes to life looking, amazingly,..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Jerky Boys

"...a couple of self-described “lowlifes from Queens” who gained cult popularity on the basis of their widely circulated tapes..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Butterfly and Sword

"...which have greatly contributed to the film's strong stateside cult following. Characters routinely spin upside-down through the air, use..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Flaming Ears

"...than it needs to and is, at most times, difficult to narratively follow, it is never uninteresting to watch...."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Careful

"...even so, the film has the hollow ring of “cult movie” stamped all over it. Too strange for its..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eraserhead

"...One of those movies that almost defines the term “cult film,” this is the debut film by the twisted..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

"...Bartel. There's a new, fresh auteur on the guilty pleasure/psychotronic/cult film block. A one-time actor turned budding director and..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...to describe than it is to understand, this new cult favorite combines elements of science fiction, cyberpunk aesthetics, post-industrial..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Moneytree

"...As the film opens, David (Christopher Dienstag) is the cultivator of a pot crop perched clandestinely in the northern..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Borrower

"...close to having what it takes to become a cult hit. The Borrower of the title is an alien,..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

La Femme Nikita

"...Anglade, Tcheky Karyo and Jeanne Moreau. Besson makes instant cult films. They are beautiful enough and stylish enough to..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Review: Grandmaster, Grandmaster

Funk prog rock supergroup lures listeners through each stage of cosmic cult indoctrination

"...supergroup Grandmaster lures listeners through each stage of cosmic cult indoctrination with their self-titled debut effort. Founded by Nick..."

May 24, 2024 Music Feature by Miranda Garza

Eastside Trailer's Giant Spud Creations Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

The Southern fusion cuisine of Anything’s Baked Potato has earned its cult following

"...In the shadows of the Carver Museum and Cultural Center, a building that was originally Austin's first library,..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Food Feature by Haris Qureshi

aGLIFF Review: A Dog Barking at the Moon

Chinese-Spanish drama embraces its theatrical magic

"...a main character will go on to join a cult. We do not know of the pain and cruelty..."

Aug. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Nick Yeager

Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day

Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes

"...three separate gun violence incidents in the Red River Cultural District, business owners pushed for city improvements in a..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

David X. Cohen Brings Futurama Back to the Future

ATX Television Festival brings some of the cult show's voice actors together for a table read

"...That's old news to Futurama, the cult favorite science-fiction animated series about a scarcely competent interstellar..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Margaret Moser Tribute: Denny Freeman

Remembering that “little blues cult”

"...there, you were almost automatically in our little blues cult. Because of its size and remoteness and being a..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

I Am a DJ

I am what I play ... On My KUTX

"...music recorded after 1970.” The Jesus Lizard, Blue Öyster Cult, Scorpions – he would have haaated my hour of..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...reunited grunge heroines L7, and UK goth rockers the Cult. The addition of 559 acts brings SXSW’s yearly total..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd: The Away Team

Millenarian cult mockery seeks crowdfunding

"...its head over the bizarre mass suicide of UFO cult Heaven's Gate, Austin-lensed movie The Away Team hopes to..."

June 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...fables, and Philippe de Broca's 1966 film, which attained cult-film status on the revival-house circuit in the Seventies, is..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

When My Big Star's Beside Me

Cult-legend rock doc returns to Austin

"...depression, and Chilton's wilderness years as contrary, willfully perverse cult icon – Nothing Can Hurt Me places equal emphasis..."

July 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Scott Schinder

From the Vaults: Red Dawn (1984) Reviewed

Godless commies invaded America once before

"...Back in 1984 before it became a cult classic (and was remade and released anew this week),..."

Nov. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

So Much Specialness

David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today

"...The extreme self-referentiality makes the story logic difficult to describe; some of the characters directly address the..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

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