In Production: Found Footage 3D Wraps

Genre-buster is the latest in a long line of Texas gore movies

"...Scott Weinberg – who plays himself in the very meta movie – shows off his own very real war..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Affordability Key to Climate Plan Goals

City task force makes its recommendations for 2024 climate change protection goals

"...recommendation. Together, the affordability and 2030 goals are the "meta-resolutions" of a report that is not intended to be..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Kickstart Your Weekend: A Double Dose of Horror Comedies

"Fun With Hackley" versus "Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains"

"...Gary McClain Gannaway has created what he calls a "meta-comedy-horror." Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains is about an aspirational movie..."

June 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: School's Out!

"Evil Speak" and "Final Exam" vie for murder cum laude

"...gets to indulge in some of the best pre-Scream meta-conversations about real life killers, plus he has some great..."

May 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mikal Cronin

Sun., 8:15pm, Reverberation Stage

"...The line's emblematic of the meta-internal struggle any aspirational twentysomething living in America today might..."

May 2, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

First Quarter

Bradley Jackson and Andrew Disney kick off a festival run of their new comedy about the importance of intramurals

"...Intramural's a meta-type movie, one that unabashedly follows certain tropes and name-checks..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...Joe (Kwanten) is an under-achieving automechanic and aspiring doom metal guitarist who gets dumped by his girlfriend (Margarita Levieva..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'Among the Living'

'Stand by Me' and then die by me

"...gritty leitmotifs. It's a wonderful, totally believable slice of meta-commentary on kids and the movies they love (or grow..."

March 13, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Shadow on the Ground

Matt Muir's 'Thank You a Lot' tackles the tensions of performance

"...songwriter's real-life regrets and anxiety, heightens the film's almost meta exploration of performance...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Picture This

How is our obsession with photography changing an entire industry?

"...McNamara says. "This additional data can shape a new meta narrative beyond the original photo. I guess at a..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Jake Gyllenhaal Is An Axe Murderer

Right now through the prism of actors in music videos

"...traditional LP construct isn’t a proper forum for the meta-narratives within...."

Jan. 22, 2014 Music Post by Lexie Maravich

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Meta & the Cornerstones (New York, N.Y.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Boy, and Bern, and Cho, oh my. (Sorry, no Takai.)

"...of irregulars go deep into all things occult, para-, meta-, dark, dark, dark. Boo! Fri., Oct. 18, 10pm. Elysium,..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Robin Williams and Michael J. Fox: Thursday Night Sitcom Showdown

Two old-school comedians go different ways with new sitcoms

"...is never exploitive and really, Michael J. Fox’s manic, meta energy comes from a similar headspace that made Tina..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Hugo Rising

The nominees for science fiction's best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old

"...a late-night giggle session, the plot eventually disintegrates into meta-meanderings, some written in a blog format that looks somewhat..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

DVDanger: 'Hatchet III'

Gleefully signing up for the Hatchet Army

"...Do not expect metaphor, subtext, meta-comedy (OK, maybe not too much), deconstructionism, in-jokes..."

Aug. 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Sunset Limited

Trinity Street Players production lightens heavy load.

"...play. And the play is full of these little meta moments: White says to Black, "You're so black-and-white." Black..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Kickstart Your Weekend With 'Lioness'

Experimental adventure game will have you questioning life

"...own, which gets into a whole nother slew of meta mess. That said, companies can send a rep of..."

July 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Playback: Zorch Paaarties

Zorch for hire, Ancient VVisdom on loan to Satan, and Charlie Faye updates her relationship status

"...Evil reigns when seemingly indestructible heavy metal dark horses Pentagram hit Emo's next Friday, joined by..."

July 26, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

There Will Be Food

Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.

"...movie-world is reality. James Franco doesn't make art this meta...."

June 14, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Red Left, Blue Right

GrayDUCK group show examines the degree to which the art object affects the senses

"...on the sides in red and blue. It's so meta, right? But Niemeyer's pieces also speak to the concept..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Summer Fun: Season’s Screenings

Austin filmmakers pick their favorite summer movies

"...an ice cold Coca Cola. – Kat Candler, “Black Metal,” "Hellion" Stand By Me (1986)..."

May 14, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Doing 'Wrong' Right

Double Dupieux? Don't mind if we do.

"...the time, Marc Savlov described Rubber as "part post-modern meta-thriller, part audience-baiting, fourth wall obliterator, and chock full o'..."

March 20, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Four-Hour Guru Tim Ferriss on the Path to Perfection

Meta-learning explored through the art of the kitchen

"...Saturday, sharing his approach for “Acquiring the Skills of Meta-Learning” through the lens of his new book The Four..."

March 11, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

'Far Marfa' Captures the Romance of West Texas Outpost

Stateside Independent hosts film's Austin premiere tonight

"...a layered film - a human comedy and a metaphysical mystery as well as a consideration of art and..."

Feb. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

This Week's Waste of Time

Three browser games to keep you occupied and unproductive

"...encouragement of mouse antics to being clever in a meta way. His previous game, Parameters, stripped away all of..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Goodbye to This Millennium's Must-See TV

How '30 Rock' reshaped the sitcom for the digital age

"...they did it by replicating the way it works – meta, in the funniest way...."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Aleksander Chan

DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'

Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends

"...a pretty loaded selection of extras, like the very meta Skype chat between Swanberg and Rogers. Any rising film..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: December 4

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Is it considered too meta if you link to your own story? Am I..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...Window. But I’m primed for gotchas, finger-wagging diatribes, and meta-horror-comedies – when I think thrills, I imagine Jason Bourne..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

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