Austin Film Festival: The Golden Ages of Matthew Weiner

Mad Men auteur enters the Twilight Zone

"...chosen by Weiner, tells the story of a terrible monster who has utterly disrupted the life of a small..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...glaciers melt, it's released, but it's not some shambling monster. Instead, it's a disease that rewrites DNA. Yes, with..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

William Dear Says Freedom, R.I.P.

Biker tale 'The Northville Cemetery Massacre' revs at Weird Wednesday

"...saw it, I knew we didn't just have a monster. We had a movie monster." And, like a proud..."

July 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...the way Twitter is handled in several of the movies in a very substantial way, as well as texting...."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...But back to the main point. My favorite vampire movies always center on the mythical monster as an affliction,..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...Housecore Horror Film & Heavy Metal Festival, a two-headed monster of movies and metal, devised by Texas metal legend..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: 'Hatchet III'

Gleefully signing up for the Hatchet Army

"...eight, which makes it the Axe Cop of slasher movies...."

Aug. 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Parties On

Time to plan your FF drinking, plus two sneak announcements

"...it becomes the good Dr Frankenstein's lab for a Monster's Ball (black and white attire recommended, natch). Closing night..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'From Beyond'

Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs share some Lovecraft

"...In total, they've made 11 movies together. Gordon put the strength of their working relationship..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Essential Man-Thing: Vol. 1 and Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier

No nostalgia: discovery and rediscovery

"...appearances of the lesser known of the 1970s "muck monsters." Created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

The Spirit of the Beehive

"They felt the film was ... simply unendurable. That no one would go see it."

"...by a photo from 1931's Frankenstein, in which the monster kneels lakeside with a young girl, Erice's wonder and..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a real horror show, making the clash of Edward Albee's middle-aged marrieds George and Martha both titanic and terrifying.

"...has since become what her husband calls "a subhuman monster," a brazen, braying brute who bites until she draws..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...World War II is what they have seen in movies...."

March 28, 2003 Column

TV Eye

Don't know what gift to get your couch potato? Well, why not buy your spud-butt a book? Yes, a book.

"...road maps. Related books include The Essential Angel, The Monster Book, and The Sunnydale High Yearbook. I may add..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Blood Freak

Blood Freak

"...Randy Grinter, Tina Anderson. I watch a lot of movies. A lot of my movie-watching time is admittedly spent..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

Alice in Acidland

"...narration in this stiff educational yarn. --Jerry Renshaw The Godmonster of Indian Flats..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature

The Horror,The Horror!

"...AIP and William Castle. Subsequent chapters cover subjects by monster (Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein, ghosts, miscellaneous vampires) or literary source..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Books Feature

Record Store Day, Formula 1, Dyke March, and More Event Recommendations

Your weekend is spoken for

"...The greatest lie about the movies is that you can’t make a great film without..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...ourselves? Okay, most of us haven’t, but damn if movies don’t overrepresent this experience. This month, the cinematic-minded queer..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Comfortable Carnage at Pallbearer Press

Horror experts Pallbearer Press make gore fashionable

"...from our love of horror, and the kind of movies we like ... more eclectic movies, not just the..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Robert Penson

A Twisted Family Reunited in Southern Gothic Horror What Josiah Saw

Director Vincent Grashaw discusses the versions that almost were

"...road into hell, and the challenges of casting a monster like Josiah...."

Aug. 6, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...was saving the world; the Grabber is a child-murdering monster, and that's the kind of role the Before Sunrise..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2021

Which films did you care most about as the pandemic rolled on?

"...if fascinating and possibly inadvertent homage to 1950s proto-environmental Z-movies like The Monolith Monsters. It's like calling it the..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020

Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories

"...of the landmark 15th season of the CW's beloved monster-slaying series went on hiatus, but that was the perfect..."

Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: A Little Bit Metro

Some people defy sterotypes

"...I once worked for a company that had a..."

June 14, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...Ever gone to the movies and found out you're in the wrong theatre, and..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...This Christmas Eve, Turner Classic Movies stays up late for one of the first great..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...Taken or Mel Gibson in Blood Father, he's a monster in it."..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...It's not all movies, either. LA-based VR studio Dark Corner (responsible for breakout..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Fringes of Cinema

Zack Carlson celebrates the creative spirit with new Vice series Outsider

"...Carlson said, "I always think the filmmakers behind these movies are as compelling and/or bizarre as the movies themselves."..."

June 3, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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