Ghost in the Machine

"...Marcoux and Wil Horneff. Exploring new realms of unoriginality, Ghost in the Machine begs, borrows and steals bits and..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

In this final film in the series, found footage causes more trouble

"...The Ghost Dimension is allegedly the final installment, and I was..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghosts in the Machine

The Police conclude their North American tour in San Antonio

"...what Sting announced as 11,000 Central Texans, the first ghost rising up from the stage was Copeland on his..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.

"...collection of circuitry inhabited by a human soul (the "ghost in the machine" of the title), traverses a grim..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

McCoy the Top QB Ever? Talk to the Ghost of VY.

Colt poised to be the winningest college QB

"...be a sacrificial lamb as the Longhorns hone the machine and honor the soon departing. The machine is Defense..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Ghost and the Machine

Marc Bianchi pulls the plug on Her Space Holiday

Aug. 18, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

City Hall Hustle: Ghost in the Machine

The council receives prophecy from an unexpected source

June 4, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Making a Living in Virtual Reality

Local developers brave the uncharted world of the VR marketplace

"...to the whims of web-based communities to survive. Austin-based Ghost Machine VR is going in the opposite direction, selling..."

May 31, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...a world created by a game development company called Ghost Machine. On the surface, it doesn't seem all that..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Pulse

The ghost is literally in the machine in this prototypical Japanese horror film that works primarily with dread and inexplicable phenomena rather than blood and guts.

"...Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo and Shinji Takeda. The ghost has literally gotten into the machine in this Japanese..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tron: Legacy

After touting this reboot for the past year, Disney has finally unleashed this immersive spectacle about man and machine.

"...light and the onrushing notion of “singularity” with the machine. Alas, this machine has a ghost in it, and,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Apostle

"...for the Lord, fervently calling himself a “genuine Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preaching machine,” or humbly acknowledging the folly of..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wilson

A lonely curmudgeon finds out he has a daughter

"...Terry Zwigoff picked up that voice when he adapted Ghost World in 2001, and it is the best adaptation..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...exactly the kind of thing Church of the Friendly Ghost relishes...."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Esther's Follies Meets Scooby-Doo in The Haunting of the Tavern

In this new murder mystery comedy, chasing Emily the ghost leads to some real high jinkies!

"...Is that the Mystery Machine parked in front of the Tavern?..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Game On Austin

The Austin Chronicle and SXSW Gaming show off Austin's gaming bounty

"...River, or put the pedal to the metal in Ghost Machine's Motorsport Revolution. Braver souls can try the free..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...Danish environmental artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen “believes he and..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: Unfriended: Dark Web

More screengrab mayhem in Blumhouse's budding anthology series

"...that added an element of immersion to the standard ghost story. By limiting its narrative to a single computer..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...(7:30) SATURDAY: Transmography (1pm), La Snacks (2), Binary Marketing Machine (3), Asleep Dream Audience (4), the Bill Jeffreys (5),..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Film Review: Upgrade

Cyberpunk action thriller has a few hidden features

"...Science fiction has long posited the idea of the ghost in the machine, Arthur C. Clarke's term for the..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Traveling Barbecue Road

Visiting from Germany, Central Texas barbecue has won me over

"...Where I am from, cooks throw brisket in a machine called a masticator because they do not know how..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Food Post by Takis Würger

Be Like Bastrop: Tour Music Capital Satellite in New Jonas Wilson Long-Form Video

Alliance with Jonathan Horstmann produces virtual in-store + more

"...guitarist’s Science Fiction Post Blues dwells all the right ghosts in the machine. That the aqua reverberator simultaneously courses..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

UT Wind Ensemble

The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin

"...Gershwin made of the piece for the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor) on June 10, 1924, Zenph..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...numerical control," explains Wilson, fixing his eyes on a Ghost Gunner, the aforementioned mill. "You've actually got a moving..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...Ghost Story (Scream! Factory) remains one of the most extraordinary..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Police

"...The PoliceGhost in the Machine (A&M)..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Church of the Friendly Ghost (Austin)..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jumbo

True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride

"...people. Instead, she wonders about the soul in the machine, and whether the newest attraction, blandly titled Move-It, is..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Vintage Machine, www.jackievenson.com..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Summer Wars

Charming anime about families, social media, and summer love

"...unknown and thereby unleashes an artificial intelligence (code-named Love Machine) into the virtual OZ, which then causes a domino..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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