Exorcist: The Beginning

Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.

"...Izabella Scorupco and Remy Sweeney. If you’re like me, then you’ve probably been saying to yourself, "Gosh, where on..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wailing

South Korean movie adeptly blends a variety of genre tropes

"...strange, in South Korean director Na Hong-jin's new film The Wailing. With two features under his belt – 2008's..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Exorcist: Believer

David Gordon Green moves from Halloween to another massive horror franchise

"...safe pair of hands to handle a well-known IP: The writer and director of Joe and Prince Avalanche is..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Horror, the Horror

William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and screenwriter of the infamously terrifying film, discusses the recently released The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen and his life on both sides of the camera.

"...soup: That's how most people remember William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin in 1973 from Blatty's..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...There are scenes in The First Omen that will restore..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics

"...6/12 8:00 The Dirty Dozen..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

The Exorcist

Mexican filmmaker Jaime Hermosillo thrusts his personal life into the public domain of cinema.

"...Homosexuality. Transsexuality. Religious hypocrisy. Fratricide. Pornography. Incest. Bigamy. These are but a few of the controversial subjects that..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

'Tis the Season

Something wicked this way screens

"...So, it's October, which means there is an inordinate amount of spooky and scary fare..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Teeth determine the grin. Self-conscious hardware hides in pursed smiles...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rampage

"...Dirty Harry were a real person who lived and breathed and went to the movies, Rampage might be his..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fede Alvarez Says Don't Breathe

On Detroit, Uruguay, and shooting that scene

"...Alvarez/Ghost House Thriller, but after its Midnight world premiere, the secret was out: His home invasion horror was called..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...has announced its first wave of programming for 2021. The headliner? Titane, Julia Ducournau's Cannes Palme D'Or award-winning story..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

'Tarnation' Sensation

Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

"...long, long while – a film arrives that has the ability to change the way the art form is..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Long, Strange Trip

The long, strange trip of The Saragossa Manuscript, Jerry Garcia's favorite film.

"...Most people have seen them, but few know their name. Originating from Eastern Europe..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by David Lynch

They're Baaack: Austin Hosts Limited-Run Revivals

"...THE EXORCIST: THE VERSION YOU'VE NEVER SEEN..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guidance for Parentals Suggested

George Ratliff on Joshua

"...The last time I saw George Ratliff was over dinner..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...Two weeks ago on Friday the 13th, as it simultaneously screened during the Austin Film..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director. His award-winning 1993..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and the old movie channels on..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...him. After all, Emo's East now rises up from the side of the tracks where the majority of local..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

TV Eye

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

"...new guy Richard Roeper, recently named Ebert's co-critic on the movie review series Ebert & Roeper & the Movies...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Five Degrees of Chinanine

Thirty years of the Austin Music Poll, five layers of Chinanine, and a fistful of Austin Music Awards confirmations

"...No, the Music Poll deadline was Jan. 31, but the numbers..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Video Box Sets

"...All the warning signsare here: brightly colored lights on houses, plastic..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Live Shots

"...The Red Elvises at the Continental Club, October 18 photograph..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature