The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...horror shorts pulled from mythologies and folklores around the world. Produced by Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League and New..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona

An overdose of jump scares in this latest Conjuring spin-off

"...to folklore with The Curse of La Llorona. A ghost from Latin America, La Llorona (Marisol Ramirez) haunts families,..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

The Dead Boy Detectives

Vertigo's adventurous adolescent apparitions are an appealing throwback to the junior sleuths of the past

"...Most of the time, ghosts are a mystery; on occasion, however, they help solve..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...1957, where he was exposed to a variety of otherworldly audiovisual phenomenon...."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

A Chilling Time at the Drafthouse

The BBC's classic ghost stories haunt the screen

"...full name, is the acknowledged master of the Christmas ghost story...."

Dec. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Their Satanic Majesties

Dark knowledge and Jäger shots with Austin’s Ancient VVisdom

"...and all the way across the globe bands like Ghost BC are writing material with similar content and a..."

July 25, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...third season.) The band's glam debut was produced by Ghostland Observatory beatsmith Thomas Turner. – Austin Powell MIKAL CRONIN..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...Dignan (MCalifllen, Texas) Dirt Nasty (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Dirty Ghosts (San Francisco, Calif.) Marianne Dissard (Tucson AZ) DJ Abrantee..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

HBO presents 'Treme'

"...HBO presents 'Treme'Ghost Room, Thursday, March 17..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Why Archive?

The Harry Ransom Center explores its own raison d'être in a new exhibit

"...brilliantly meta: The Harry Ransom Center, one of the world's great cultural archives, has created an exhibition about ......"

Sept. 5, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

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

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season

"...Powerpuff Girls; two early adventures from the Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons; McCracken's appearance on Space Ghost Coast to..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Pulse

Pulse, the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film Kairo, is the McDonald's Unhappy Meal to the original's elegantly obtuse sashimi o' sorrow.

"...that you find yourself returning to Kurosawa's bloodlessly neutered world: Kairo gnaws at your thoughts for what might seem..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

"...all -- in which Reynolds is clearly channeling the ghost of Seventies-era Chevy Chase. (Chase may still be alive,..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Recviews

"...The Worldhood of the World (as Such) (Alternative Tentacles)..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...to mostly solo recording (plus Gabby Smith of Gabby's World on backing vocals), latest "Races" continues oblong and pleasing..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

6 Austin-Based Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

These homegrown podcasts are original, diverse, and sure to entertain

"...written and narrated by Black creatives from around the world. The show boasts an “immersive, binaural experience” as it..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...previous AFS Grant recipient David Lowery, and his A Ghost Story producers Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston) and..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 25-27

Your auditory agenda for the next three days

"...Threadgill’s World HQ Fri., Aug. 25, 7pm..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

DVDanger: House on Willow Street

Kidnapping meets possession, plus more home releases

"...via Urotsukidōji, and then smashes joyously straight into full-blown Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance territory. Logic, schmogic, there's possession..."

March 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Ghost Magnet Roach Motel 9pm, The Hideout Mexican, Japanese, and..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Game On Austin

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

"...see how they fare against baddies in a fantasy world...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Fusebox Festival Schedule

"...(Brooklyn) presented by testperformancetest and Arthouse. Ballroom at Windsor World, 1702 Windsor...."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...on that quasi-debauched Valentine's Day months earlier, Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt its chaser. The morning..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Film Society's Sublime Lines

Essential Cinema series: Japanese Animé

"...In a colorful post-World War I world, where air pirates rule the European..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

TCB

Halloween tricks and treats from the Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, White Ghost Shivers, and Palm School Choir, while yet another Austin outdoor festival is born

"...nine-story, 300-ton stage compared to a parking garage, Disney World hotel, and a spaceship – an enthusiastic crowd of..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Decameron Day 7: REVENGE!

The Rude Mechs' 'Decameron Day 7:REVENGE!' is a meditation on vengeance refracted through the lens of ghost stories, how-to guides, 'Star Wars,' and soap operas

"...lens of pop narratives of our era: urban legends, ghost stories, the how-to guide, Star Wars, and soap operas...."

April 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...and more into an irresistible sound that's moved feet worldwide. – Jim Caligiuri BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO3pm, Town Lake Stage @..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Shakespeare, it's about life and death struggles: All the world's a stage. But it was important to me from..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Day Trips

"...to meet journalist H. Allen Smith in the dusty ghost town of Terlingua in the Big Bend to see..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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