DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...There are two kinds of vampire. Sexy and pained, or..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: Kiss of the Damned

March 12, 2013. 11 photos.

"...Xan Cassavetes at the Kiss of the Damned red carpet at the Topfer..."

March 13, 2013 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film: The Audience Has Spoken

Audience Awards and tonight's reprise screenings announced

"...The votes are tallied; the film fest is almost over,..."

March 16, 2013 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Conjures Up 'Lords of Salem' and 'S-VHS'

Midnighters lineup loaded with premieres and a surprise return

"...unleashed its Midnighters list, with Rob Zombie's new nightmare The Lords of Salem, anthology sequel S-V/H/S and the unexpected..."

Feb. 6, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Legend of Hercules

Kellan Lutz muscles his way into classical mythology.

"...The end of this film was truly shocking. Not the..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...If you made a mashup of this year’s most memorable film scores and movie soundtracks,..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Nihilism and the Great Whatsit: Richard Hell at Cinema Club

Richard Hell joins the Alamo's Cinema Club

"...Guantanamo: two thrilling, beautiful movies whose characters were, for the most part, nihilistic, amoral, and utterly ireedeemable. Robert Aldrich's..."

May 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Ice Cream of Genius (with the Light Brown Caramel)

Forgive us, Stephen Foster, but we like Lick lots

"...My friend Julie Holden makes some damned good ice cream, tell you what. Regular flavors, the..."

July 25, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Depths of 'Desire'

Curator Annette Carlozzi invites art lovers to dive down into images of longing

"...The first sign that the exhibition "Desire" is something a..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Auld Lang Syne at the Cinema

How Hollywood has created a holiday of unreasonable expectations and why we should probably stop buying in (but never will)

"...During the three years I lived in New York City, I..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Enter the Tangent

This has very little to do with Othello, and everything to do with Bob Dylan

"...Bob Dylan's gotta be a Shakespeare guy: He took the title to his 1997 album Time Out of Mind..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest spins at Turntable.fm, Zorch goes viral, and other digital delights from Bali Yaaah and the Meat Puppets

"...South of Heaven..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW 2013 Film Awards

Jury awards for this year's Festival announced

"...Congratulations to all the winners. Stay tuned for the audience awards...."

March 12, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

DVDanger: Lace Crater

Ghostly romance reinvented, plus more DVD and VOD releases

"...defined by gargoyles and dark moorlands. It's a sense of mystery in an unsure universe, that subversive thrill of..."

Aug. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You're Going to Get Red On You...

Blood Over Texas holds debut meet up

"...can derive sticky crimson sustenance from tomorrow's "Murder Night," the first meeting of the recently incarnated "Horror Social Group"..."

Feb. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...that look like skeletons in winter, darkness, and everyday clothes that could pass as funeral weeds. All part of..."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Reviews: 'Kiss of the Damned'

Xan Cassavetes tries to revive the erotic past of vampire movies

"...Kiss of the DamnedMidnighters, U.S. Premiere D: Xan Cassavetes; with..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...Method Man. "I am thinking it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aces High

The Return of the Texas Tornados

"...You heard of the New Kids on the Block?" asks 56-year-old Vox..."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Editor’s Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in the moment you’re..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film 2015 Rundown

Reviews, interviews, photo galleries, and more

"...Over nine days of SXSW Film, we churned out so many reviews and..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Right before all those, you know, festivals rock the city sideways

"...So. This weekend, then. Before there’s just too damned much going on every..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Watermelon Discography, 1989-1999 (In Chronological Order)

"...Austin Lounge Lizards, Creatures from the Black Saloon..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Two Snacks, Sweet and Savory

They’re gluten-free and ready to elevate your nomming pleasure

"...Two classic snackers, these cookies and these crackers. Two new treats, both the..."

May 6, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Obituary & Abbath Lead Clockwork Decimation

Wall to wall extremity puts over the Sabbath

"...minutes. Bad backs, aching feet, and deep satisfaction exited another century’s Back Room arm in arm at the stroke..."

Sept. 30, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ziki Plots Global Culinary Domination

Local startup of Greek/Mexican cuisine potentially unstoppable

"...Sometimes you can tell a lot by the little things...."

Jan. 16, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Asked Writers To Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Free Week in Austin

First looks at Dregs, Chief Cleopatra, Exotic Fruits, Nuclear Daisies

"...Whether by generally balmy weather or lighter viral counts than..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Nayeli Portillo

Argus Cidery Returns, Lou’s Comes to Barton Springs Road, Hip Hotels Hype that Hemp, Fierce Whiskers Hosts Loro, Chi’Lantro Goes South, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

May 18, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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