Into the Woods With <i>Penelopei>

Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn unplug for their new Netflix show

"...Back during this year’s South by Southwest, Mark Duplass and Duplass..."

Oct. 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

<i>Call Girl of Cthulhui> Comes Knocking

Director Chris LaMartina on puns and Lovecraft

"...In the history of indie horror-comedy, the name Call Girl..."

April 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With <i>Mapplethorpei>

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable, so..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Coralie Fargeat Gets <i>Revengei> on the Male Gaze

Writer/director flips the script on action movies

"...Revenge, the debut feature by French director Coralie Fargeat, has been lauded for upending the grisly..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Angela Strehli's Comeback <i>Ace of Bluesi> Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...Crack open the gatefold sleeve to Angela Strehli's brand-new Ace of Blues, and her genre's ancient book..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: <i>The Hoarderi>

Matt Winn and Emily Atack on storage nightmares

"...Ever wondered how many storage lockers there are in America? There's enough square footage that you could store..."

April 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernest Cline Is Taking <i>The Bridge to Bat Cityi>

Ready Player One author making kid lit debut

"...With his signature deep dives into nerdy pop culture futures,..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: <i>The Bob Zulai> Returns

Coming-of-age comedy-drama comes to Amazon

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in <i>Jojo Rabbiti>

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...If you can't laugh at evil, what can you do?..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Riding <i>The Wavei> With Justin Long

The actor talks psychedelics, jobs, and ... rabbits?

"...Talking with Justin Long is a rollercoaster of digressions, diversions,..."

Oct. 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nacho Vigalondo on <i>Colossali>

Combining the mediocre and cosmic with the creature feature director

"...It's an early morning for Nacho Vigalondo. Last night he'd..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Onur Tukel Talks <i>Applesaucei>

The actor/director redefines comedy-horror

"...There's self-deprecating, and then there's Onur Tukel. When the actor, screenwriter,..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Party Girl, Interrupted

Sandra Bullock's 28 Days

"...Sandra Bullock walks straight to the buffet table. "Now what I have to..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...It may be hotter than hades outside but the news..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...Grown Up All Wrong by Robert Christgau Harvard University Press, $29.95 hard Pop culture aesthete/connoisseur and..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Ana Lily Amirpour on Her New Film <i>The Bad Batchi>

Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship

"...Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour, whose first feature was the 2014..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

Fantastic Fest Review: <i>Ride Your Wavei>

Surfing romance becomes a smart, lovely story of loss and growth

"...When boy meets girl and girl meets boy and they fall in love..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Megan Thee Stallion Was More Than a Hot Girl at Moody Center

It's the summer, so we had to get hot with the stage titan

"...In the sultry early evening of a mid-June Thursday, ladies..."

June 14, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

The Byrds' <i>Sweetheart of the Rodeoi> Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...curve, and they taught many how to play country music."..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW 2025 Heads to <i>The Studioi> With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...I have a tattoo of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdly accurate line..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Behind the Scenes of <i>Legally Blonde the Musicali> at Zilker Park

The cast and crew gear up for the 65th annual free summer musical at Zilker’s Hillside Theater

"...On a hot and humid June evening near Barton Springs Pool, a piano and..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Aaron Sullivan

Jeff Nichols on the Tragic Romance of <i>The Bikeridersi>

The Austin filmmaker on finding the right POV for his new film

"...There are few more iconic and emblematically American images than the biker gang. The..."

June 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Very Gen Z Road Trip in <i>Egghead & Twinkiei>

Austinite Sarah Kambe Holland on her heartfelt queer comedy

"...Ah, youth: Many call it the best years of our lives, but the real..."

Oct. 26, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Comic Creator Spotlight on Kristin Hogan: “I Absolutely Love the STAPLE! Community”

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...Essential bibliography: Dead Squirrel Girl (self-published)..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Adrianne Palicki, Your Newest Disney Princess in <i>Quasii>

The Austin actor teams up with Broken Lizard for their new comedy

"...Well, somebody paid attention. Austin's own Adrianne Palicki is finally a Disney..."

April 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up <i>Bodies Bodies Bodiesi>

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...When a director makes a film, the most obvious first question is,..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...April 17, 1976: Saturday Night Live, NBC’s controversial new late..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

How Robert Rodriguez Saved <i>Alita: Battle Angeli> From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...Robert Rodriguez had touched down in Austin. It was less a..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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