SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: What to Watch This Halloween

Part I: Slugs, zombies, and one-night stands

"...Halloween is upon us. and even if the Austin weather refuses to concede that it should be..."

Oct. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Pontypool

Pontypool review

"...Word up: Pontypool is one of the most original and freakily disturbing films of Canadian..."

March 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Doctor Who' Watch

Recapping "Asylum of the Daleks"

"...Doctor Who returned to TV last night with a bang. Is it unsporting to wish it..."

Sept. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Overstanding

Big Game Hunter

"...photograph by Todd J. Wolfson..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Night of the Hunter

1955's The Night of the Hunter stars the terrifying Robert Mitchum as a reverend with an evil-Elvis swagger, complete with knuckles on his right-hand tattooed with "LOVE" and knuckles on his left with "HATE."

"...The Night of the Hunter (1955)D: Charles Laughton; with Robert..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

DVDanger: Last Girl Standing

Austin horror goes beyond the slasher

"...horror, Last Girl Standing makes a subtle nod to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But that's far from the..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Huey Lewis & the News, who play the Long Center Wednesday, might be..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Airheads

"...downward spiral as Michael Cimino's: one brilliant film, and then... nothing. Or worse than nothing. Cimino had his Deer..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living Among Us

Bloodless vampire found footage should stay in the shadows

"...Thomas Ian Nicholas, William Sadler, Andrew Keegan, James Russo, Hunter Gomez, Chad Todhunter and Jordan Hinson. Contrary to the..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Are You Ready for Plezzure (Island)?

Austin's Wolfpack takes over Galveston Island

"...“Suns out, buns out” has become Plezzure Island’s official motto. The weekendlong event is the first and only..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Faye Fearless

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...and Kevin J. O’Connor. Compared with Richard Roxburgh’s enactment of Dracula, who, with his neatly coiffed ponytail and natty..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...wealthy family. A murder. A mystery. That's a fine night in anyone's book, but throw in Christopher Plummer, Chris..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blockers

Butt-chugging gags can't hide Blockers' big heart.

"...Is there any moment more bittersweet than watching kids on their..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pitch Black

"...once again, what with this opening volley from Twohy (The Arrival) and a deuce of Mars films on the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"..."I can see them swarming you," Lawrence Wright said across the little outdoor..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...They call them reluctant vampires, the ones who live among..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 2011 Film Reviews

"...a very bad day. Those don't seem infrequent in the world of lousy boyfriends, absent parents, daily violence, and..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne Harris

Click

Click is a message movie whose real message isn't "Stop and Smell the Roses, Jackass," but "How to Manipulate the Audience in 12 E-Z Steps."

"...Coraci. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, Joseph Castanon and..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joy Ride

"...Stuart Stone and Jessica Bowman. At one point or another it's happened to all of us: You're driving cross-country..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Arty Things to Do: Dec. 1-3

Lot of notches in Father Time's varmint-poking stick by now, right?

"...… and now it’s the first weekend of the last month of the year..."

Nov. 30, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Guzu Gallery Gives Us Something Spooky

Sneak peeks from tonight's Halloween-themed opening

"...to kickstart your Halloween with some graphic designs. Auteurs of the weird and collectible Guzu Gallery launch their newest..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Twinkle!

Stargayzer busts the queer music doors wide open

"...Last year, the rain, rain, rain made a lot of queers go..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

AFF to Honor Johnny Depp

Depp will receive inaugural acting prize

"...While traditionally a fest devoted to the art of screenwriting, the Austin Film Festival clearly can..."

Oct. 18, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Five Filmmakers to Learn From at Austin Film Festival 2022

The picks of the panels in this year's writers conference

"...films. It's also a conference with an emphasis on the filmmaker's craft, with a particular emphasis on the writing..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Express Cruise, Astros Struggle, Clydesdales Clip-Clop Into Town

"...sleep a little sounder this season knowing that, while the big club has had a little trouble notching its..."

April 6, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...by Southwest programmers have stocked more than a quarter of the music lineup for the March mega conference. Big..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"..."You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension –..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Seek and Destroy

One Swordsman's 'diary' highlights of three months on the road with Metallica

"...so a short preamble to give you some idea of what you may or may not find here...."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Feature by Trivett Wingo

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