Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...a prog rock group. Prior to that, its founder Neal Schon, 62, joined the final lineup of the Santana..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...Some of my earliest memories are of woefully dubbed English emanating from the mismoving mouths of Japanese people...."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Last Saturday found Tobe Hooper in absentia and John C. Reilly quite the opposite

"...Who Survived and What Was Left of Them Dept.: Last Saturday's..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Film News

Ninja-pirate-supermodels, the Austin Polish Film Festival, and zombies (of course)

"...Boys Love Mandy Lane, a horror flick that was snapped up by the Weinstein Co. for its Dimension Films..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

'The Last Supper'

Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas: an excerpt

"...were about six or seven days behind as they prepped the dining room of the house for the movie's..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Blue Chips

"...Directed by: William Friedkin. Starring: Nick Nolte, Mary Mcdonnell, Ed..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rondo and Bob

An Austin film legend's obsession with a Hollywood monster

"...Directed by: Joe O'Connell. Starring: Ryan Williams, Kyle Hanson, Joseph..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Fantastic Five

What we'll (try to) see

"...offers something for everyone, a veritable Rainbow Dark that edges inward from the garish, splashy, hypervibrant animation of Hungarian..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

Solid reporting and decent rumors

"...hotter it gets this masochistic summer, the more they need you. They being film/TV projects, and you being extras,..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Housecore Horror Reunites The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Austin hosts the official gathering of the original Lone Star terror

"...is over: The Housecore Horror Film Festival has finally announced its headlining movie, and we can already smell the..."

May 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Can I Get a Side of Ribs With That?'

Massacre for two?

"...1974 ode to pre-Reagan-era family values have for decades debated two major points: One, was the movie based on..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Last House on the Left

Louis Black reviews Night of the Living Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chain-saw Massacre, and Halloween -- all featured in IFC's new documentary, American Nightmare

"...It used to be monsters and now it's maniacs. Great American..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...since its initial release, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has achieved legendary status in the Pantheon of the Intense. Directed..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Screamlines

"...The notion of extend-ing "Scanlines" for Halloween seemed like a good one before it turned into a..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Panic Fest 2022: Rondo and Bob

Austin-made history of an Austin original, and his obsession

"...Saw Massacre and not just a Rondophile but the self-declared world authority on Rondo Hatton. And who, you may..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...(William Vail) after he helps kick the maniac hitchhiker (Ed Neal) out the van...."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw

'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy

"...The Housecore Horror Film Festival had already announced that it will be the location of the official..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Star Marilyn Burns Dies

A sad farewell to Texas' original scream queen

"...cinema's great lights has gone out. Marilyn Burns, who played Sally Hardesty, the defining last girl in The Texas..."

Aug. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A 'Texas Chain Saw' Pedigree

‘Butcher Boys’ are after you, and on DVD today

"...tale about a Texas Bigfoot monster for which Graves shared directing duties with Justin Meeks, a pal from Texas..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Scream Queens and Head Cheese

Rolling Roadshow slices up 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

"...Who moved The Texas Chainsaw Massacre house? Formerly on Quick Hill..."

June 7, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...the one he's doing this time – Thom Pain (based on nothing), by Brooklyn playwright Will Eno – was..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 21-Thursday, Sept. 28, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

"...to see at the fest (VIP badge holders are guaranteed a seat at any show as long as they..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature

It's Alive!

Texas (finally) gets a horror-film convention to call its own

"...my life, and, so, this is something that I've kicked around for a few years now before deciding to..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

"...Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Starring: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen and..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

The history of the intermittent Halloween mask covers and of burgeoning staff dinners.

"...Eight weeks or so into the experiment that has matured into what is ink staining your hands right now,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Esther's Gene Pool

"...homes: the original Pool, 515 E. Sixth, which was destroyed by a fire on October 12, 1983; The Ritz,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...Hill Country gateway of Dripping Springs. From where Denver O'Neal stands, eight rows of solar panels lay out along..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.

"...Directed by: Neal Brennan. Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Good Burger

"...Directed by: Brian Robbins. Starring: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

A cupcake caper, and more sweet news

"...After her investor partners in Aquarelle decided to sell the prime Downtown property that was home..."

June 20, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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