The Broken Circle Breakdown

A powerful romantic adventure drives the heart of this Belgian melodrama about family and bluegrass music.

"...and the family’s interactions begin sweetly, only to become haunted by illness and death...."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM: Wake of the Red Witch

Everything that begins also ends

"...of the Red Witch is a 1948 movie that's haunted Allen as it's haunted me, but in the dark..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Nine Inch Nails Jolts ‘Austin City Limits’

Trent Reznor’s reunited mob go even deeper for PBS

"...yesteryear, of course. Starting with a thunderous “Came Back Haunted,” drummer Ilan Rubin’s curly halo of hair swirled into..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...act, and including the underrated and often overlooked The Haunted Palace more than makes up for its absence. Moreover,..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Frankenstein's Army'/'Hammer of the Gods'

Two different historic takes on the 'squad on a mission' tale

"...a horror film: He's made a severely kick-ass Halloween haunted house...."

Sept. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

En Garde and Armed With Latex and Brushes

Three Austin special effects makeup artists compete on SyFy's 'Face Off'

"...artistic directors at the nationally acclaimed House of Torment haunted attraction to their FX company Global Fear Enterprises. Even..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...wonders. Whether they're destroying priceless antiques, stumbling through a haunted house or tossing a pie in aristocrats' faces, this..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Dead Are Speaking with the Tongues of the Living?

Yes, and it's all because of those creepy Blackbower Mediums

"...– is something that can actually happen in this demon-haunted world?..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Decade of Aggression at the House of Torment

Austin's top-rated Halloween haunt looks back on 10 years of scares

"...The haunted attraction has come a long way from where it..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Halloween Cocktails

Cocktail recipes for Halloween 2012

"...at Drink.Well on East 53rd came up with the Haunted Honeymoon, a complex, smoky variation of the classic "Honeymoon"..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Day Trips

The Berclair Mansion offers haunted tours

"...Berclair Mansion in Berclair, Texas, doesn't look like a haunted house from the wrought-iron gate...."

Oct. 26, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Master

Philip S. Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix act out the internal (and eternal) war between the analytical and implusive that is the principal inquiry of P.T. Anderson's film.

"...a Pacific island like a sex-obsessed monkey wearing the haunted sneer of post-car-crash Montgomery Clift. He hangs around the..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Parties On

Time to plan your FF drinking, plus two sneak announcements

"...its veins, there's no surprise that there'll be a haunted house created by Manny "The Halloween Guy" Souza, star..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prometheus

In his return to science fiction, Ridley Scott's stunning, ambitious visuals are waylaid by his quasi-metaphysics.

"...H.R. Giger-designed, chest-bursting predator. Frequently referred to as a "haunted house in space movie," the multiple sequels have familiarized..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...
Spooktacular! The House On Haunted Hill (Stateside)
Tues-Thurs, July 24-26
..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Delicacy

This French-language dramedy stars Audrey Tatou as a grieving widow who is trying to re-enter the flow of life.

"...Nathalie's evolution from schoolgirl to skittish twentysomething to the haunted widow he now knows. The scenes are, in turn,..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Face Off Recap: All This Horror Business

FX god Tom Savini makes his SyFy judging debut

"...a flashing light (what do you expect from a haunted house master?) Turns out the crew have been dumped..."

Feb. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...intimations of the supernatural (the kids declare the mortuary "haunted" as they voyeuristically spy Ely dancing with, presumably, his..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween Events

Don't be scared, boo; it's good to have options

"...W. Braker) invite you to dress up for their Haunted Open House where they’ll have samples of new seasonal..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

A Serbian Film

Notorious for its disturbing content, this film has been slightly edited for its American theatrical debut.

"...– enough for Milos and his family to leave death-haunted Belgrade behind forever – if only he will agree..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battle: Los Angeles

Aliens fight the U.S. Marines in a gritty urban war. Viewers are the losers.

"...ease but far too much shopworn obviousness. Nantz is haunted by memories of the men who died under his..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Authors

"...The AuthorsGet Haunted (WRKR)..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Hereafter

Clint Eastwood looks into the great beyond and sees dead people – lots of them, and chatty souls they are, too.

"...the intensity of that opening set-piece) and is so haunted by her near-death experience that she is no longer..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On Bomb Defusions and Boner Ghosts

MacGruber's cast and crew tell all, or at least a lot

"...Forte, Solomon, and Meyers had to spend in a haunted house. “I went to bed in this bedroom, and..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Departures

This Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a gentle and comedically nuanced exercise in mourning from Japan.

"...golden icon. But now, having finally watched the somber, death-and-comedy-haunted Departures, I understand why Takita's gentle and comedically nuanced..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asterios Polyp

Mazzucchelli's masterwork is by no means an easy read, but it is a transcendent one

"...of mystics and rednecks. But Asterios is still a haunted man: haunted by his lack of humility; his stillborn..."

July 17, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Murnau

This set features six of the expressionist's most famous movies from his early years in Germany, each a masterpiece of symphonic chiaroscuro

"...early years in Germany (before Hollywood and Sunrise): The Haunted Castle, Tartuffe, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Mining the Soul Part 2

Reissues, continued

"...the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Live at the Haunted House, May 18, 1968 (Rhino Handmade)..."

Jan. 15, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in what could be a perfect career-capper due to the perceptive way the character he plays seems to be a culmination of all the roles he's played before.

"...own redemption (rectifying, among other things, wrongs that have haunted him since his time fighting in Korea). As director,..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who is Mr. Creep?

How an Austin horror icon began

"...day itself. But before the haunting season began, local haunted house attraction The House of Torment gave us some..."

Oct. 28, 2008 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

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