Dark Blue World

"...father-son tearjerker set during the Soviet occupation of Prague. Dark Blue World is at its essence a romantic melodrama..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Devil in a Blue Dress

"...expect to see -- and what Devil in a Blue Dress shows us, with great results -- are not-so-mean..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Hold the Dark

Blood and snow in one of Netflix's rare theatrical releases

"...the long trip for his new film Hold the Dark, it was almost inevitable that his long-time creative partner..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mickey Blue Eyes

"...another story, but it deflates the energy of Mickey Blue Eyes and muddies the mood. At the heart of..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

AFF Review: The Blue Orchid

Danish fever dream mixes Cronenberg and Carruth

"...makes Danish psychedelic technothriller (and Austin Film Festival 2020 Dark Matters jury award winner) The Blue Orchid a film..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...Kinberg writes and directs another take on the seminal "Dark Phoenix" plot, where psychic Jean Grey (Turner) becomes possessed..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Hold the Dark

Humanity's animal instincts in Netflix's Alaskan Western

"...and rugged land where the concerns of the modern world are kept at bay by the practicalities of survival...."

Sept. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

The World of Kanako

In this bloody Japanese thriller, a father searches for his daughter

"...hair-trigger temper. Cruising the garish nighttime streets in the world’s most unimpressive car, he backhands nearly every woman he..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Damage Before the Blue Ruin

Actor Macon Blair talks revenge and homelessness in the new thriller

"...about an eye for an eye leaving the whole world blind? When noir revenge thriller Blue Ruin opens, the..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...It’s only hours before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and you’ve probably noticed the lack..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring

Evan Husney grapples with wrestling's hidden history for Viceland

"...perilous heights, but they're still protecting each other. The Dark Side of the Ring, the new documentary series for..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...by the 5th Dimension ("Stoned Soul Picnic," "Wedding Bell Blues," "Sweet Blindness"), Barbra Streisand ("Stoney End"), and Three Dog..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How Austin Became the Cold Brew Capital of the World

No need to give up coffee during the sweltering season

"...Next came Cuvée in 2012 launching their Black & Blue, with High Brew joining the highly caffeinated party in..."

April 7, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...debut, 1995's Maxinquaye, the ex-Massive Attack hanger-on fused a dark, neo-gothic Blade Runner vision of life onto a dance..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Super Dark Times

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...Ignore the retro-teen look: Super Dark Times is less Stranger Things, more Lars von Trier's..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore

Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

"...a car racing down the highway through a long dark night. But the story ends abruptly with a great..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...up to the curb and park behind a faded blue VW Beetle with an Oat Willie's "Onward Through The..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Wizard World Austin 2017

The traveling comic con materializes here again Nov. 17-19

"...will be when the Justice League starts saving the world on Nov. 17? Why, right here in our landlocked..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Ryan Reynolds, the Most Interesting Man in the World

How Van Wilder became Hollywood's most unpredictable talent

"...of the plot is a pedophile network. It's a dark evolution for Egoyan. He has regularly made sex workers..."

May 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...the orchestra hall where the Chicago Symphony played. The World Cinema had all the foreign films; jazz clubs and..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

This Be an Empty World Without the Blues

Sometimes a sandwich – and its maker – is a hero

"...back. And it wasn't just any music. It was blues. That was all I needed to start a 32-year..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Rooster Teeth’s Animated Series gen:LOCK Brings an All-Star Cast to Dark Horizons

Michael B. Jordan, Maisie Williams, and David Tennant voice the Austin studio's team of misfits

"...are trying to lead a good life in a world where half of everyone is arrayed against you due..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ecstatic Highs, Then Bluer Than Blue Can Be

Last shots to see Michel Gondry’s ‘Mood Indigo,’ still no U.S. distro

"...totally nutter inventions that are commonplace in this particular world: an overenthusiastic doorbell that has to be squashed like..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Face Off Recap: King of the World

Season four begins, and the sideburns are awesome

"...glamour challenge, and it's no surprise that Antony's gorgeous blue cat lady (coughAvatarcough) wins him immunity. And kudos to..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Battlefield Earth

"...all-important “leverage,” hatches a plan to bilk the “Home World” of their rightful Earth loot. When Jonnie is captured..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Book

Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.

"...Germany’s Before the Fall (2004) and the Czech Republic’s Dark Blue World (2001). Verhoeven mines the resistance movement for..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Review: The Annotated Big Sleep

Everything you need to know about Raymond Chandler's classic

"...raised mostly in London, fought in the trenches in World War I, dogged by failure, identity crisis, and alcoholism...."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark, experimental, and immersive with today's wave of Midnighters, VR..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...In addition to announcing its after-dark Midnighters slate, today SXSW Film Festival released its short..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All I Got for Christmas Is the Blues

Blue is the new black in Tinseltown.

"...surprises, and the minutiae was truly amazing: a small world created in a window sill, perhaps, with poinsettias, balls,..."

Nov. 30, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

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