DVDanger: 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

Can the WWE make an action star out of Dean Ambrose?

"...the Walking Tall remake, and John Cena closed out 2015 with some great notices for his self-deprecating comedy chops..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crunch Time for Rooster Teeth

Love, science, and Starship Troopers

"...The six-episode show is the latest programming expansion for..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mohawk

Ted Geoghegan on blood and lessons in his historical drama

"...We Are Still Here (see "The Pitch," March 15, 2015), for his second film Geoghegan kept the location, but..."

April 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“World of Tomorrow Episode Two" Warps to VOD

Don Hertzfeldt's beloved animation on Vimeo now

"...just released the sequel to his strange and sweet 2015 Oscar-nominated smash "World of Tomorrow" on VOD...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Movies, and in Moments

What didn’t make my Top 10

"...I filed my Top 10 list this year, as..."

Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...gift for playing with classic tropes. Much as his 2015 SXSW Midnighter Pod keyed in to an alien X-Files..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: What to Watch This Halloween

Part I: Slugs, zombies, and one-night stands

"...For this Fantastic Fest 2015 title, Mikkelsen moves the flesh-craving apocalypse into..."

Oct. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to Carnage Park

Director Mickey Keating's SXSW shocker reaches VOD

"...The film, which screened at SXSW and reaches VOD..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future is Uncanny

Director Matthew Leutwyler on AIs, charity, and surgery

"...The film, which receives its Texas premiere as part..."

Oct. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2016 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and what that line’s going to be like

"...get you from here to there to your best fest ever...."

March 7, 2016 Screens Post

Tales of Halloween Aims for Spooky Fun

New horror anthology screens this weekend

"...full-blown franchises, while hell-headed road trip Southbound was a Fantastic Fest 2015 hit, and all-female directed XX is one..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playing The Sacrifice Game

Director Jenn Wexler and producer Heather Buckley on seasonal scares

"...It’s the idea of being away from friends and..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces Opening of New Creative Media Center

Former National Guard armory will provide sound stage, office space

"...AFS opened Austin Studios in 2000, when the city..."

Nov. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Pyewacket

Classical witchcraft drama gets a bleak, contemporary twist

"...It's not that MacDonald is rewriting the spell book..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Beyond the Gates

Throwback horror resurrects the VHS board-game phenomenon

"...However, the most famous and beloved was Atmosfear, a..."

May 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...For his first movie after the political and distinctly..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...a feature with Oliver Platt and Rene Russo in 2015. And now he's under the tutelage of Corman...."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Owen Egerton Gets Spooked Writing The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin author on his new haunted house movie

"...even had two screenplays – 2008's Bobbie Sue and 2015's The Boy – make it onto the prestigious Black..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: I Am a Hero

Japanese zombie flick takes Midnighters prize

"...That's a core joke in I Am a Hero,..."

March 23, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Jack's Apocalypse

Armageddon and addiction, Texas-style

"...That's the premise of Austin-shot drama Jack's Apocalypse. Jack..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live-Tweet The Devil's Candy With Us

Crank it up to 11 for this horror-metal medley

"...A smash at Fantastic Fest 2015, the cranked-up horror stars Ethan Embry as..."

May 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nacho Vigalondo on Colossal

Combining the mediocre and cosmic with the creature feature director

"...for Nacho Vigalondo. Last night he'd been at the Fantastic Fest Karaoke Apocalypse, but the Spanish director had bailed..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Dead Ringers

Re-examining Cronenberg's overlooked masterpiece now on Blu-ray

"...Fantastic Fest 2015 selection Tikkun (Kino Lorber) begins with a..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Maggie

Arnie goes zombie

"...Nobody ever claimed Arnold Schwarzenegger is a great actor...."

July 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...and geographic. In many ways, it's a successor to 2015's México Bárbaro – and not just because both draw..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...we'll be living with the legacy of its film festivals for months to come. Here's a completely arbitrary selection,..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Synchronic

Anthony Mackie takes a long, strange trip to find himself

"...continues in Synchcronic. Expanded by eight minutes since its Fantastic Fest 2019 debut, the writer/director duo's fourth film is..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

American Genre Film Archive Expands

Local film preservationists add Severin, Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome

"...Its biggest boost came in 2015, when the nonprofit announced that it had struck a..."

Jan. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...truly panamerican project. After a smash run on the festival circuit and a rare (for anthologies) theatrical release in..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...It has the makings of a standard homecoming dramedy,..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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