Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...rue their fangs and their eternal violation of humankind. Dark Shadows, the afternoon soap opera on television from 1966-1971,..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dark Shadows

Billy Miller on the return of Cold Sun at Austin Psych Fest

"...one cult classic in its brief existence, the spell-binding Dark Shadows, which Jello Biafra called “the best psychedelic album..."

April 29, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Now Streaming in Austin: Master of Dark Shadows

New documentary bites into the legacy of the Gothic soap

"...Depending on your point of view, 1960s horror-soap Dark Shadows was either the nadir of cheapo TV, or..."

May 10, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Dark Insinuations

Ray Donley steps from the shadows to talk about his art

"...at us, but her eyes are lost in shadow. Darkness shrouds the recesses below her brows like patches of..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dark City

Stunning visuals highlight this story in which a city's inhabitants are the victims of some cosmic experiment being conducted by a race of aliens.

"...rival is City of Lost Children's Jean-Pierre Jeunet). And Dark City, like its predecessor, is a stunningly visual smorgasbord..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...every generation gets the superhero it deserves, and Nolan's darkest of dark knights is surely ours – and no..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sacred Shadows – Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories

Ensemble VIII sang this Renaissance music for Holy Week so feelingly, it conjured shadows in a room full of light

"...Shadows couldn't be seen much in the brightly lit sanctuary..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Tenebrae – Shadows of France'

Ensemble VIII gets dark

"...be hop?) on Easter this weekend with Tenebrae – Shadows of France, a program that takes its name from..."

March 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dangerous Shadows

"...and Central TX. But there are some dangerous and dark shadows too. Look hard enough, one can still find..."

Jan. 1, 2024 Postmarks

Chasing C. Robert Cargill's 'Dreams and Shadows'

AICN veteran on goblins, research, and if he's done with criticism

"...reading from and signing his first novel, Dreams and Shadows, at Bookpeople tonight, starting at 7pm. Meanwhile his first..."

Feb. 28, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror

"...That's the merciless question at the core of The Dark and the Wicked, a chilling and nightmarish story of..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bob Dylan Throws Shadows

Wednesday’s sit-in evokes early roman times

"...and the atmosphere created by giant spotlights and a dark backdrop added tremendously to the evening’s many moods. At..."

May 7, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

DVDanger: Blackness And Shadows

Period piece "The Black Torment" and the world's end in "Dead Shadows"

"...the second Pink Panther film, A Shot in the Dark.) He's been in London for the last three months,..."

May 3, 2014 Screens Post

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...fell through but it was eventually published as Long Shadows. One of the chiefs was Quanah Parker of the..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...But this lyrically productive life had a dark, tragic side to it. Hailing from an upper-crust Fort..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Encyclopedic documentary finds the global roots of a genre

"...founder Kier-La Jannisse's encyclopedic exploration of folk horror, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched...."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Dark Skies

Keri Russell is a modern suburban scream queen

"...Dark Skies (Starz/Anchor Bay, Blu-Ray combo pack) should not to..."

June 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Encyclopedic and engrossing wander into the wilderness

"...founder Kier-La Jannisse's encyclopedic exploration of folk horror, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched...."

Sept. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Texas, gone to Hell in this occult horror

"...That's the merciless question at the core of The Dark and the Wicked, a chilling and nightmarish story of..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Out of the Shadows

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

"...there are another five that border on Tom Waits-style darkness. Why so dark? The answer lies with Roy Amon..."

July 25, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Summer Fun: Cold, Dark Holes to Crawl Into

Escape the Texas sun in these underground getaways

"...These cold, dark holes in the ground shall be your refuge from..."

May 20, 2017 Chronolog Post by Tucker Whatley

Dark, Darker, Darkest

'Narco Cultura' and 'Escape From Tomorrow' subvert the mainstream

"...its most powerful films turn their lenses on the dark side of the mainstream...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Almuelle’s “The Silent Narrative of Things” Speaks Loud in the Shadows

The acclaimed sculptor brings a dark divinity to Dimension Gallery

"...and elegant space, and it might even eclipse the dark glories of her exhibition that helped to inaugurate the..."

May 17, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...it, despite its weighty theme. It seems that the shadows and noir-style lighting that has served the show so..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

From Hell

"...side, is a thing of beauty to behold, all dark shadows and much innovative camerawork that ratchets up the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deceiver

"...Hooked up to a lie detector machine in a darkened police interrogation room is Wayland (Roth), the chief suspect..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wide Sargasso Sea

"...gothic potboiler, more along the lines, however, of a Dark Shadows than a Jane Eyre. While successfully sultry, it..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...Juliet. Based on the hideously readable (or so my dark beloved tells me) series of "don't call them young..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Till Human Voices Wake Us

"...Joyner, Brooke Harman and Peter Curtin. The past casts shadows that threaten to envelop the present and consume the..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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