Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...last one of them into the mosh. Alongside axe maniac Rasyid Juraimi since 2007 and early days drummer Fitri,..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Heart Eyes

Squabbling coworkers mistaken for a couple attract the murderous attention of the Heart Eyes Killer

"...other. Yet there’s nothing like being chased by a maniac with an armory of nifty devices of death to..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

One of Them Days

Keke Palmer and SZA star in a likable throwback comedy

"...fun fawning awkwardly over the charming but worryingly named Maniac (Cage, Westworld)...."

Jan. 17, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...in the kitchen.   – James Scott Terror Tuesday: Maniac..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Markets, Matheson, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with arts, culture, and a bit of capitalism

"...Stallone completely oblivious to Wesley Snipes vamping like a maniac. Is a star-making turn from Sandra Bullock enough to..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Terrifier 3

Art the Clown comes for Christmas in this extreme gore franchise

"...about their cosmology – most hewing close to the Maniac Cop 2 reasoning of "the producers want a sequel,..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Terrifier 3

The goriest horror franchise in theatres gets mythological

"...about their cosmology – most hewing close to the Maniac Cop 2 reasoning of "the producers want a sequel,..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Strange Darling

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree

"...Me) she’s running in raw fear from a gun-toting maniac known only as the Devil (Gallner, Smile, Scream)...."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...of The Guest (directed by future Godzilla x Kong maniac Adam Wingard and written by his longtime creative partner..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Announces Grow Up, Tony Phillips Anniversary Halloween Screening

Cast, crew of Emily Hagins’ tender Halloween comedy to reunite

"...worry, he doesn't turn out to be an ax-wielding maniac, but he is having a tough time being the..."

Aug. 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Rock Weirdos, Death Metal Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

They're your ears, do with them what you will

"...seethes like Venom on seminal 1980 bow Heavy Metal Maniac. Need proof? Look no further than the headliners supporting..."

July 26, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week's Events

Make your holiday weekday worth it

"...Everyone thought that only a maniac or a creative genius would dare to bring the..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Milli Vanilli Documentary to Get Award Screening at AFS

Austin Film Critics Association honors local film

"...Mojo Nixon, about the career of the Southern fried maniac; Sorry About the Demon, the new horror-comedy from Emily..."

Jan. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thanksgiving

Eli Roth's fake trailer gets a real (and really fun) slasher

"...not to sympathize at least a little with the maniac wearing a mask of John Carver (the first governor..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Strangler

Restored French serial killer flick is more Albert Camus than Freddy Krueger

"...slasher cinema, it is probably the horrifying and tragic Maniac, for its willingness to insert the audience into the..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Haunted Mansion

Second movie based on the Disney ride isn't worth wasting a Lightning Lane booking

"...denying it an opportunity for a Jack Sparrow-esque charismatic maniac...."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sympathy for the Devil

Nicolas Cage goes old school in this unhinged midnight noir

"...seems to have deliberately shied away from invoking that maniac energy: For 2016 heist flick Dog Eat Dog, director..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

More Mondo Departures as Vinyl Leadership Exits

Austin-based soundtrack label sees more changes under Funko

"...release of Jay Chattaway's soundtrack to the 1980 slasher Maniac. That release set the standard for their records: heavy..."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...shuffling percussion, and Jurassic riffing from co-leader and ax maniac Alejandro Rios grooved the quintet deeply. Meanwhile, the vocal..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...shines with unashamed confessions over weeping strings on "Manic Maniac." Locals on the weekend kickoff bill include laid-back rhymer..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Scream VI

The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal

"...speak. Having survived the latest massacre by a knife-wielding maniac wearing an Edvard Munch-inspired disguise in that fifth (albeit..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

This Is Austin, Not That Great Interview: Fugitive

Power Trip's Blake Ibanez talks new Fort Worth metal venture

"...Soon after formation, the band debuted 2022 EP Maniac. "Hell's Half Acre" chronicles a doomed man whose fate..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Katie Karp

She Is Love

Dry love-triangle comedy sacrifices honesty for hollow style

"...this seemingly successful professional should act like a complete maniac, but by the time she’s smeared in commedia dell’arte-inspired..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Urban Heat, Jonathan Terrell, Dayglow, Marcia Ball, and a smattering of metal headline our recommended shows

"...metal song dump by ex-band members summating the quartet's maniac extremity. Even so, ladies' night there at Come &..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid Talks Rock Cycles and Roky Erickson Ahead of Levitation Return

For "anybody that wants to make a bit of a strange noise"

"...I had to be some super animated punk rock maniac or something. I couldn't do it, so the only..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time

"...aid triages the Lost Well when the gasoline-gargling axe maniac fires up solo debut Pike vs. the Automaton. Sludgey,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Column by Kahron Spearman

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol Stays Hungry

A serious band with a silly name and an all-in mentality

"...in a pinch of classic prog rock (refer to "Maniac," which sounds straight-up like Rush) and nestle it all..."

June 24, 2022 Music Feature by Robert Penson

SXSW Film Review: Bitch Ass

A smart and sinister entry into the pantheon of Black nightmare cinema

"...target Bitch Ass (Tunde Laleye), now a hulking masked maniac with an underground lair and still more board games..."

March 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Jurassic Punk: Inside the Tempestuous Career of FX Revolutionary Steve Williams in Spaz

New documentary spotlights the maverick who added CGI to cinema magic

"...is, which is this outrageously masculine, hockey-playing, tobacco-spitting, beer-swilling maniac."..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin-Made Evinced Brings a Message From the Future

Richeler Aladin's Austin-made sci-fi thriller Evinced tells of dark times but was made with joy

"...Oct. 2019. "I felt like I was a crazy maniac," Aladin said. "I literally locked myself in my room..."

March 4, 2022 Screens Feature by Dina Barrish

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