Bloody Hell

Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip

"...drama Tiger, he's ricocheted into a realm of scarcely-controlled mayhem that could have easily disappeared into the realm of..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Party Never Stops with the Uncaged New Year's Eve Bash

Meet the Cheddar Goblin in an 8-Bit Alamo as South Lamar goes virtual

"...Year's Eve Bash, a night of simulated cinema, song, mayhem, and general digital merriment...."

Dec. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...This tale of rural mayhem is an unexpected turn for scriptwriter Kurt Wimmer, who..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Unconventional werewolf story turns the beast on its head

"...of Snow Hollow is only cursorily concerned with lycanthropic mayhem. The more interesting conflicts here involve personal surrender and..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

12 Hour Shift

Raucous and wicked organ-theft comedy isn't afraid to get bloody

"...as Mandy, her hazy disaffection to the increasingly bloody mayhem she has to deal with is best described as..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Possessor Uncut

Identity melts in this psychotropic assassination brainblender

"...mind and body and seizes the reins of reason. Mayhem ensues. There’s a toll, however, in the form of..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Will Be Nuked by the 819?

Austinites unleash a new postapocalyptic RPG on Twitch

"...of NUKED! It’s a land of mutants, magic, and mayhem, set in a post-apocalyptic time where most of the..."

Sept. 7, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Minnow Mountain Co-Founder Goes Into the Archives

Animation studio's Steph Swope takes a mountaintop view

"...titular waters. Expect ghost planes, creepy creatures, and swamp-gothic mayhem. Swope said, "I was a big fan of Buffy..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...eye-of-the-storm breakdown on moody closer "Catacombs" before snapping the mayhem back with a relentless double kick beat. Such war..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Fun Playlist: Back Porch Strumming LPs

"...Joe Ely, Love in the Midst of Mayhem: Aptly timed platter from the Flatlander strips down to..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...as Goldman brings her miniature worlds of murder and mayhem to life with tweezers, paint, and resin, and meet..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wendy

J.M. Barrie’s classic flies on new, grimier wings

"...but instead she wants her own taste of the mayhem, of sleeping under trees and swimming in mysterious lagoons...."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Not only is he bringing his newest rubber suit mayhem, PG (Psycho Goreman) for its world premiere, but he'll..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rooster Teeth Drops a Trailer for Its 2020 Offerings

Three new shows and plenty of returning titles

"...of (deep breath) Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures, fantasy matchup mayhem Death Battle, Achievement Hunter Animated and much, much, much..."

Jan. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bad Boys for Life

Not bad, not good, just the same again from the aging action heroes

"...the second installment – is fine, cheesy, Saturday afternoon mayhem, smoothly served with a heaping helping of “We’re all..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW

Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary

"...National Lampoon, it's an important part of bringing the mayhem machine back into the national eye, and there's a..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...hilarious, inventive pranks, pulling its real-life audience into the mayhem. Cast: Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Michaela..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Presses Play on VHS Celebration

Special shows launch first book from Drafthouse's book imprint

"...a celebration of the bizarre corners of magnetic tape mayhem. If you can't catch it today, there'll be a..."

Jan. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wayne Alan Brenner's 10 Favorite Arts-Related Things of 2019

Kinetic performances and galleries mounting great show after great show kept the year exciting

"...in) was a spectacle of mind-blowing movement and moist mayhem we can only hope to experience more of...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Barbara Purcell's Top 10 Only-in-Austin Arts Highlights of 2019

The year seen through a lens of the city, upending the expected and lifting up the unusual

"...the ballet into an odd delight of murder and mayhem...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

"Jesse Narens: Creak, Crack, Creep" at Yard Dog Gallery

This Portland artist's images of nature transmogrified are a perfect antidote to holiday overcheer

"...team become a ravening crowd of ungulates with bloody Kringle-mayhem in mind...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playing With Fire

There's no spark in this joke-free firefighters-versus-kids flop

"...while impishly giggling as they wreak third-rate Home Alone mayhem in a movie only an exorcism could salvage...."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet

Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...1960s. Boundaries will be crossed, reality will fail, and mayhem will ensue. The family our kids come across, this..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Queer Compounds For All

Plus mini balls with Austin Black Pride and Chorizo Funk’s Latinx Turn-Up

"...Magik Boiz! Mischief, mayhem, and mad drag from the Boiz of Austin in..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Rambo: Last Blood

Last blood? We can only hope, as Rambo goes full MAGA

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Documentary charts the global impact of Hong King action cinema

"...glutted 42nd Street grindhouses with mass produced Kung Fu mayhem. At the same time, the cultish David Carradine-starring television..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Riot Girls

Part John Hughes, part Mad Max, all female empowerment

"...Riot Girls doesn’t disappoint in the mayhem department, and as a meta-story about female empowerment in..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...and bloody sensibilities that this kind of manor house mayhem requires, especially as the blue blood family – clearly..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

USA/Mexico

"...it to their standard of shambolic minimalism and linear mayhem...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Rick Weaver

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