Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...a stack of FF veterans returning. But the big news may just be that 2012's breakout star Joseph Gordon-Levitt..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Awards

You're Next and Bullhead come out big winners

"...Best Director: Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil (New Kids Turbo)..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses New Zealand, 2015, U.S. Premiere, 89 min D: David Stubbs..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Goes for the Big 10

Kevin Smith's 'Tusk,' 'ABCs 2' and 'V/H/S 3' in first titles

"...First, the big news: After months of no confirmation, and a year at..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2011: Fantastic Fest Awards

'Bullhead', 'You're Next' win big

"...Audience Award A Boy And His Samurai (Yoshihiro Nakamura)..."

Sept. 27, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Kid

"...Kid combines the basics of kid melodrama (bullied, shy, new kid in school and fifth wheel at home) and..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...New Review..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...largest block of bands to date this morning. The new batch of 498 acts includes psychedelic stoner trio Dead..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...director Rian Johnson, and you've got Knives Out, the new closing night film for Fantastic Fest...."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Judas Priest Co-Founder Ian Hill Wields Firepower

UK metal gods near the half-century mark

"...Central Park after the first show of a two-night New York stand, Ian Hill, 67, apologized for a cold..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...2015, by contrast, is a lot of first-timers and new names, but Neece sees the equation staying the same...."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...Eighties. His funky FM Tribe gives way to the New Yorker's own trio, which at a Waterloo Records in-store..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...gifted cinematic surrealist since Luis Bu–uel and, while his newest film fits more squarely into the category of science..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...New Review..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...sheen of better-faster beating out older-wiser-slower, the victory of new technology over the romance of purist tradition...."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Public Notice

Ceaco

"...fits all sweats, T-shirts, toiletries, socks, gloves, backpacks; For kids: educational toys, books, socks, pajamas. Christmas wrapping materials and..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Crowley and Renee Woodward as Braless (now rechristened the New Hot Damn), but Trish Murphy solo is no slouch...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

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

"...Anthm (New York, N.Y.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...In my book, New Year's Eve celebrations always seem like forced affairs. Partygoers..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...unlikely openly-lesbian-buddy-of-Howard-Stern comes to display her songcraft, old and new. (Cactus Cafe, 9:45pm) -Ken Lieck..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 16-22

"...band, a dog food taster, an art teacher for kids, and a volunteer at a sleep lab researching the..."

June 16, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...Jovanka Vuckovic, 4 min, U.S. Premiere In this luscious new film from The captured Bird director Jovanka Vuckovic, a..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

RoboCop Is Alive and Well and Kicking Ass Onstage

Eighties blockbusters and a 'cardboard aesthetic' courtesy of the Old Murder House Theatre

"...depersonalized, metal-plated cyborg called RoboCop that proceeds to wreak turbo-powered justice on the criminal scum of a future Detroit...."

June 17, 2011 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kar Gawk

Ron Mann's adventurous RIP for hotrod artist and icon Ed Roth

"...created outrageous rolling art out of two-bit jalopies and newfangled fiberglass, thereby securing a place on the American drag..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...all before tearing off the January page of our new calendars. Star Wars: Special Edition, a re-release of the..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots

"...in and proceeded to rip their songs (old and new) apart in hot pursuit. And they found it, especially..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Music Feature

Marc Savlov's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...1) Mad Max: Fury Road Fantastic, turbo-charged imagery and steely, humanistic characters make for the one..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Classic Game Fest Returns

In our day, controllers had one button, and we liked it

"...level three of Battletoads or go against others in newly developed Atari 2600 games. That's right, people are still..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch