Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Ask Michael Madsen about the toughest part of filming Reservoir Dogs,..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter, Rock Star

Filmmaker as synth-pop pioneer horrifies the Moody Theater June 23

"...Howard Hawks, one of John Carpenter’s muses – ghost director of 1951’s The Thing From..."

June 15, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

"...Go rent the new Criterion laserdisc version of John Carpenter's original Halloween instead and ignore everything else...."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carpenter's Apprentice

Robert Rodriguez on "Planet Terror"

"...Michael Medved's head is going to explode, exactly like one..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...don't come much more classic or scary than John Carpenter's 1978 frightener Halloween...."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Mouth of Madness

Clearly having a ball, Carpenter fills the screen with equal amounts of unsettling atmosphere and shameless jolts, while at the same time successfully walking the tightrope that separates the horrific from the hilarious. ? Joey O'Bryan

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Secret Ingredients

Meet the best chefs you've never heard of.

"...own interests, and the kitchen was taken over by Michael Carpenter. Carpenter, born and raised in Britain, earned degrees..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Halloween II

Rob Zombie's sequel to his 2007 remake of the original Halloween features Michael Myers coming back to town to wrap up some family business.

"...Hesseman and "Weird Al" Yankovic. Each generation gets the Michael Myers it deserves. John Carpenter's original vision of the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween Ends

Jamie Lee Curtis stars in her umpteenth face-off with a retirement-age Michael Myers

"...clean scope compositions and general economic plotting of John Carpenter’s classic. Last year’s Halloween Kills relegated Laurie Strode (Curtis)..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Halloween

Michael Myers is back in this "reimagining," courtesy of Rob Zombie.

"...Trejo and Bill Moseley. Almost 30 years ago, John Carpenter's classic Halloween ended on an intriguingly ambivalent note, with..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween: Resurrection

"...Like the more homicidally inventive Jason Voorhees, Halloween boogeyman Michael Myers (Loree) - forever doomed to look like William..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Village of the Damned

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween

The night he came home again (for the first time)

"...(Curtis) survived the massacre, and has lived knowing that Michael Myers is still alive in a state-run mental institution...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

"...Batty!?), she manages to dupe a wandering Billy Ray Cyrus/Michael Bolton look-alike named Austin into accompanying her through the..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Legion

God loses faith in humanity and sends a legion of angels to start the apocalypse.

"...fucking with us, Legion casts Bettany as the angel Michael, wings and all. This being another Biblically-inclined horror show,..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brainscan

"...Not that they don't try, though. T2's Furlong is Michael, a rabid computer/horror buff, so hip-deep in high school..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween Kills

The Shape is back from the dead again

"...Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Airon Armstrong, Nick Castle, Anthony Michael Hall and Will Patton...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool

The restaurant within Carpenter Hotel is a conceptual ode to German, Czech, and Texan cuisines

"...Carpenters Hall, the Carpenter Hotel's on-site restaurant, has only been..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Turistas

Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.

"...Stockwell from his role as good-guy Dennis in John Carpenter's adaptation of Stephen King's killer car opus Christine (or..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sultan of Scotch

At 18, Michael Parker had his first sip of whiskey at a Bennigan's. Two decades later, Austin has Opal Divine's Freehouse.

"...Michael Parker's passion is the whiskey of Scotland. You can..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Rebuild the Guild

Michael Yates and his fellow artisans bring new life to Austin's cadre of craft

"...Michael Yates of the Guild of Austin Artisans is building..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gone

Is Jill really the victim of a serial abductor or is she just very troubled?

"...Directed by: Heitor Dhalia. Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Michael Paré, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Music Sucks

Michael Corcoran's infamous 1986 music column

"...This infamous and inflammatory music column by Michael Corcoran ran in the April 25, 1986, issue of..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Corcoran

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...but throw in Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, and Jamie Lee Curtis, plus Star Wars: The..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncle Lucius

"...led by the robust yet never flashy guitar of Michael Carpenter and dynamic vocals of Kevin Galloway. Southern rock's..."

April 17, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Screamlines

"...D: John Carpenter (1982) w/Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysartlaserdisc..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter celebrates the legacy of the legendary Austin writer and..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Music Staff: Margaret Moser, Michael Corcoran, Richard Dorsett, Luke Torn, Jay Trachtenberg, Michael Whittaker,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Michael Paxton...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Live Shots

"...Hammer at the Electric Lounge, May 9 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER..."

May 16, 1997 Music Feature

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