'Patrick' Is a Solid Little Creepfest

Ozploitation psychic killer classic remade and revamped

"...so well they could do it themselves. So when Mark Hartley, maker of Ozploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood, turns..."

Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'Machete Maidens Unleashed!'

Q&A with documentarian Mark Hartley

"...a cash-strapped grindhouse moviemaker to go in the Seventies? Mark Hartley answers that very question in Machete Maidens Unleashed!,..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...can some of the filmmaking guests, including the high-kicking Marko Zaror (Mandrill), who returns with his new title, Redeemer...."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Round Two: Israel, Japan, and a 'Field in England'

New Ben Wheatley historical shocker added to 2013 lineup

"...Patrick (Australia, 2013) North American Premiere D: Mark Hartley, 95 mins, Australia, 2013 Nurse Kathy Jaquard didn’t..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Films Gets Cannonized

Drafthouse Films acquires Cannon Films documentary

"...The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films. Directed by Mark Hartley, the filmmaker behind two of our favorite film-related..."

Dec. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...more effective, as if directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz (Better Than Something: Jay Reatard) were a little more..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

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

"...(Mikey Madison) and the son of a Russian Oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn), it arrives having already won this year's Palme..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...austinchronicle.com/pip for an interview with Machete Maidens Unleashed! director Mark Hartley...."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Here They Came (& Went)

"...soundtrack and "one thing led to another," says manager Mark Hartley, resulting in Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Column

Fantastic Fest Review: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Documentary charts the global impact of Hong King action cinema

"...It started with Mark Hartley’s insanely fun Ozploitation examination Not Quite Hollywood in..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Islands in the Film Stream

Recent films from the Philippines unspool for the Austin Film Society's next Essential Cinema series

"...Anyone who caught Mark Hartley's 2010 documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed! will be forgiven..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: Roger and Julie Corman Lifetime Achievement Award

The king and queen of the Bs get the royal treatment.

"...film writer Elvis Mitchell and Machete Maidens Unleashed director Mark Hartley, the official Syfy Imagine Greater Fantastic Fest Lifetime..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Guess Who's Corman To Dinner?

Husband and wife duo Roger and Julie to get lifetime achievement award

"...documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed! on Fri. Sept. 24. Director Mark Hartley (who uncovered the history of Ozploitation in Not..."

Sept. 7, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part Two: The Bane of Michael Medved

Savlov's Top Ten extras

"...the best box set of late '08. And the marketing genii at Sony even saw fit to make this..."

Jan. 7, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...in between the season's heavy hitters there lurks a remarkably diverse selection of movie fare...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...– "In Images We Trust: Hal Hartley Interviews Jean-Luc Godard," Filmmaker, Fall 1994..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...the Throat (UK) Director: Graham Henman, Screenwriters: Graham Henman, Mark Townend Bone in the Throat, based on celebrity chef..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...signs of erosion, yet David still manages to stay remarkably free of cynicism and doubt. Gwen, who is separated..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...its efforts to fix special education services, is the mark of a ... hmmm. Okay, it’s the mark of..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

East Austin Studio Tour, First Weekend

"...Kat Hartley cleans her letterpress whilst wrapping up the EAST studio..."

Nov. 17, 2014 Photo Gallery

Day Trips

The XIT Ranch was to Texas ranches what Dell Inc. is to computer manufacturers

"...organized when the brand first appeared. More likely, the mark was easy to burn on an animal's hide and..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Here Comes the Sun

On a breather from The Sopranos, actress Edie Falco soaks it up in John Sayles' Sunshine State.

"...Oz. But character actress Edie Falco has made her mark in a number of distinguished, if lesser-seen, ensemble pieces:..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Shamier Anderson, Lex Scott Davis, Justin Hartley (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...are: Rogue’s MacGruber, from director Jorma Taccone, Jay & Mark Duplass’ Cyrus, Bernard Rose’s Mr. Nice, Tim Blake Nelson’s..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...information and the attentive daily coverage of last summer's remarkable Quentin Tarantino Tour of Austin. Knowles has an extensive..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...DANISH SHOWCASE: There's a lot more to Denmark than pastries and Legos. This showcase, presented by the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...which the members of the Table will honor David Mark Cohen and John Bustin, both of whom died in..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bait (United Kingdom) D: Mark Jenkin Bait (2019) is a brilliantly original and visually..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'American Fiesta': Big Apple in a Fiestaware bowl

That buzz last summer about an off-Broadway run for Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta? Consider it confirmed: The show opens in New York on April 26.

"...Well, this is turning into a remarkable season for politically oriented one-man shows by Austin writers..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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