Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese

Recounting of legendary Dylan tour is best when the details blur themselves

"...analysis of Dylan's early life and success, No Direction Home...."

June 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your 2019 Guide to Film Festivals in Austin

Mark your calendar for these celebrations of cinema

"...8-17: SXSW Austin's A-list festival, with screenings and filmmaker conversations, and mentor sessions. www.sxsw.com..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Let's All Go to the Movies

Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea

"...present a truly kickass moviegoing experience. This is the home of “don’t talk, don’t text” (the Drafthouse’s PSAs are..."

March 3, 2017 Screens Post

DVDanger: I Am Not a Serial Killer

Director Billy O'Brien on adapting the story of a young monster

"...A diagnosed sociopath, raised in a North Dakota funeral home, he's trying very hard to not become the monster..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Meet the Interns

COVID may have robbed our summer interns of the hands-on experience of putting out a paper, but they're making the most out of their virtual internship

"...Wesley's recent profile of East Austin farm Urban Roots' cook-at-home virtual series. It's good stuff, all of it –..."

July 10, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...Nicks, Maria McKee, and Tom Petty. But audiences stayed home, or went to see The Natural instead...."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Midnighters Bring the Fear

"Exists", "13 Sins" and "The Guest" kick down the door

"...its Midnighters, and it's all fear and nothing but. Festival producer and senior programmer Jarod Neece said, "There's no..."

Feb. 5, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Feeding the 'Afflicted'

Clif Prowse and Derek Lee have a new angle on found footage

"...Canadian indie horror has become a surprise success of Fantastic Fest. Coming in after being acquired by CBS films,..."

Sept. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Vanishing Waves'

Tender, shocking, erotic: Maybe not what you expect from Lithuania

"...an omission that the burgeoning Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and market is trying to rectify, and now director..."

July 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jeepers Creepers

"...fine, tight editing, which, I suspect, is how this blood-fest managed to garner its surprising R-rating), the film is..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...or are one of the valiant souls at Laika, home of Kubo and the Two Strings) it's rare that..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cobweb

There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare

"...that kids can feel safe being scared. But the home of little Peter (the wide-eyed and pallid Norman) looks..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...example, goes for the thematic resonances between Dorothy's journey home and Diane's delusions in Mulholland Drive. John Waters, the..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

John Wick: Chapter 4

Can the killer franchise give its dog-loving hero the ending he deserves?

"...John Wick to Austin for its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, and the rest is history...."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...Saint Maud tore its way through North American film festivals, the British film’s legend has only grown. Critics –..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Breaking Surface

Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension

"...Christmas while her sister, Ida (Gammel), visits the family home for Christmas. She's headed for literally warmer waters, away..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Prey

Vietnamese cinema is back with a vicious bang

"...last time I was in Phnom Penh I came home with 32 stitches and a four-inch-long scar on my..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Becky

Because sometimes you just have to deal with a few neo-Nazis the old-fashioned way

"...Neo-Nazi who breaks into the wrong house in unhinged home invasion thriller Becky...."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Portals

SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs

"...O'Donnell (who shot much of Beyond Skyline in Tjahjnato's home country of Indonesia) takes on "The Other Side." By..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Love

Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic

"...Charming to rescue you from your cruel life at home. Or it could be a sport you’ve been training..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Cam

Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller

"...the local convenience store makes the appeal of her work-from-home gig very apparent). But it's a living that, in..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Knuckleball

Southern Gothic in in the Canadian heartland

"...you don't want you inviting over for soup. The Home Alone-esque denouement as Henry fights for his young life,..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Colossal

Toxic masculinity melds with a monster movie

"...Fantastic Fest’s favorite filmmaker and a guy who really, truly..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...just gave her the worst STD imaginable. She returns home freaked out, and soon enough is benignly stalked (it..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: '+1'

Teen parties and time loops merge to surprising effect

"...You're Next's Sharni Vinson, an alumnus of Australian soap Home and Away), plays David, a Dawson-esque floppy-haired teen who..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio

Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears

"...Berberian Sound Studio, which screened at Fantastic Fest 2012, is frustrating, shattered, brilliant, and entrancing. The..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Freaked'

Alex Winter talks cult classics and the Butthole Surfers

"...it down a litle." Instead of a an underground horror-fest, they sold the idea to 20th Century Fox as..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

News from Elijah Wood, Ron Howard, and AFS

"...Wilfred) has finally left Hollywood in favor of a home in Austin. Wood has long been seen around town..."

July 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Holy Motors

Holy Motors; hot damn. This French firecracker is set to detonate.

"...Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Elise Lhomeau, Michel Piccoli and Jeanne Disson...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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