Film Flam

Fanning the Fantastic flames of P.T. Anderson's 'The Master'

"...Yesterday the Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of its 2012 festival programming,..."

July 25, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Heart Transplant

The future of Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas Music, Austin Vintage Guitars, and the HighBall called into question.

"...the Drafthouse. He's been instructed to book entertainment through Fantastic Fest, which begins September 20...."

July 6, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ass Paddling the Danish Way: 'Klown'-Style

The 'Klown' Rolling Roadshow Canoe Trip gets crunk, drunk, wet

"...Drafthouse Films written all over. (It premiered Stateside at Fantastic Fest 2011 and was immediately embraced as "wildly inappropriate,"..."

July 1, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

This Is Your Mind on Black Rainbows

Beyond the Black Rainbow

"...all these films from the 1970s, and made in 2010. It's a vision of the already-passed future from a..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...Alamo Drafthouse]. I think that between the anchor film festivals like South by Southwest, Austin Film Festival, Fantastic Fest,..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves

An increasingly unwelcoming Texas leads to a big goodbye

"...And not just through his support for the written..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Orbiting Game Culture

Brandon Boyer launches Venus Patrol

"...by his appointment as chair of the Independent Games Festival back in May of 2010. (Boyer, busy man, also..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Michelle Rodriguez, Noah Hawley, and the Leagues to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

AFS to hold its biggest fundraiser at March 6 ceremony

"...• The epitome of the cinematic badass, San Antonio..."

Jan. 29, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...The film debuted at Fantastic Fest this year and arrives this week on 4K..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Films at … Not the Drafthouse

Austin Film Society hosts four favorites from the collection

"...back catalogue, plus a sneak preview of a forthcoming festival favorite – are no exception...."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Adam and Joe go to 'Holliston'

FEARnet launches first original sitcom tonight

"...Think of it as the show you hoped The..."

April 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF's 2017 Lineup Announced

Celebrating 30 years of queer entertainment with films for everyone

"...Austin’s first and only queer film festival celebrates its 30th anniversary next month and if today’s..."

Aug. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Iman Shah

'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

In the latest chapter of this sci-fi spoof's success story: an international tour and Broadway!

"...over the heads of its performers. That was in 2010, and over the past three years, The Intergalactic Nemesis..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Dan Brown Created Neo-Noir Your Lucky Day

Director and his star and composer on the twisty thriller

"...The Christmas neo-noir (which debuted at this year's Fantastic Fest and is on VOD now) is the story..."

Nov. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Victor Crowley

Adam Green and Kane Hodder head back to the swamp

"...happen, with the final moment of 2006's Hatchet opening 2010's Hatchet 2, and then Hatchet 2 segueing straight into..."

Feb. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Digging Up the Marrow

Adam Green on the long and very personal path of his new feature

"...With Green's beloved retro-gore franchise Hatchet, the beloved horror-comedy..."

March 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lars Nilsen Steps Back From Full-Time Alamo Duties

Longtime programmer will stay on as adviser and Weird Wednesday host

"...an instrumental figure in the shaping of Alamo offshoots Fantastic Fest and the American Genre Film Archive...."

Feb. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Zack Carlson Leaving Drafthouse

Booker behind Terror Tuesday headed for creative career

"...The man behind the long-running Terror Tuesday horror series..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Go Big or Go Home

Drafthouse Films gets into the distribution game with Four Lions

"...film distibution] for a while, as a channel for Fantastic Fest and films that get left on the vine,..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sunday Survey: 8/29/10

Worst. Monday. Ever.

"...reminder: It's the 20th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival today at Waterloo Park. The event benefits the Capital..."

Aug. 29, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

"...South by Southwest 2010 kicks off Friday, March 12, the cover date of..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Get ’Em While They're Hot

Acquisitions left and right in the Austin film scene

"...when we can report on our favorite picks from festival lineups, but it's even sweeter to see them picked..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...South by Southwest or the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Locals willing to rent out a room or an..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Tribeca Film Review: Suitable Flesh

Heather Graham and Barbara Crampton bring sexy back

"...Not just that, but Lynch remembers that one of..."

June 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Secret Splendors of Black Emanuelle

New box set and a special AFS screening set to reappraise the Italian sexploitation series

"...The former Alamo Drafthouse booker and Woodlands Dark and..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mystery Switches and Other Hidden Secrets of Shin Ultraman

How director Shinji Higuchi made a very loyal reboot

"...Alamo Drafthouse that doubles as a press suite during Fantastic Fest, he grins as he grabs a Sharpie, some..."

Jan. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...deviant, disturbing masterpiece. Marcel – spinning out from the 2010 short and its two sequels that Fleischer-Camp made with..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Lynch/Oz

Six different paths from Kansas to Wild at Heart

"...True, his debut feature, The People vs. George Lucas,..."

June 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Renamed Bong Joon Ho Cinema

Home of Fantastic Fest honors the South Korean director

"...And so no one forgets in the aftermath of Fantastic Fest (which director Bong is attending with his new..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...His first viral success came in 2010, when singer-songwriter and friend Jeremy Messersmith asked him to..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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