Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...You may be done with 2018, but 2018 isn't done with you. While..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Donnybrook, In Fabric Top Fantastic Fest Awards

Plus Danish thriller Holiday sweeps Next Wave category

"...film festival without awards? Fantastic fest has today announced the top honorees from the jury selections, and we've got..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Run Fatboy Run

Funnyman Simon Pegg stars in this soft and plodgy rom-com: Sadly, this by-the-numbers redemption tale careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.

"...Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, India de Beaufort and Matthew Fenton. Anyone hoping for the lean meat of the..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Deadstream

Horror-comedy that gets the laugh/scream ratio right

"...ignore – I find that most films cannot sustain the horror-comedy ratio for a full 90-minute runtime...."

March 12, 2022 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Fantasia Review: Crazy Samurai Musashi

Hour of swordplay sound fun? Have we got the bloodbath for you!

"...There's been an argument for years that modern samurai films..."

Aug. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists

Tarantino, Bong, Scorsese lead nominations

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has announced the finalists in..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...The film festival calendar is a packed, year-round experience (and..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Resident Evil: Afterlife

This 3-D continuation of the video-game-to-movie series sees the virus spread.

"...Miller. It pains me to say it, but Afterlife, the latest installment in this seemingly eternal zombie apocalypse franchise,..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warning: Do Not Play

South Korean horror is really about the terror of filmmaking failure

"...you pull out some old programs, start flicking through them, and think to yourself, I wonder what happened to..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thrill Me, Creep

Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz

"...You'd be excused for thinking the world was coming to its exhaust-choked, living dead end..."

June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Austin's godfather of funk Malcolm..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Music Live: Spoon Nite 1

ATX brand grooves like Prince

"...By the time Tuesday evening’s line to get into the Main..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Capitol Chronicle

The Lege moves to foreclose court access to victims of asbestos exposure.

"...The lethal danger of asbestos exposure to human health, especially..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Festival Announces Preliminary Lineup

Slumdog Millionaire, Synedoche, New York confirmed

"...barely behind us, Fantastic Fest is currently, gloriously redefining the limits of our imaginations (and livers), and as of..."

Sept. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Vodkas and Skulls: Talking to Dan Aykroyd

The comedy great talks bottle design and Newfoundland water

"...spends more time than you might guess in Austin. The man known for his comedic masterpieces like Elwood Blues..."

May 10, 2010 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Layoffs at ME Television

Layoffs at ME TV.

"...The rumors were out there, thanks to some loose lips..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...The bar's gonna be pushed back, and all this is..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Gay Place

Halloween is our fave holiday of the year

"...lie – or surprise – that October 31 (and the weekend closest to) is Gay Place's most favorite holiday..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Freddy. Jason. Dracula. The Wolfman. Icons of horror, all. But is there anything..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...The young, tall black man careens through the dance floor,..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind

"...They mostly come from places you never heard of. They..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

This is the rare horror comedy that near-perfectly balances its blend of grue, guffaws, and gag reflexes.

"...Referencing everything from Deliverance to The Evil Dead to Fargo and nailing its central conceit..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Chenier

This story set within the Cajun community of Lake Charles, La., immerses the viewer in the distinctive culture.

"...far as I know, Little Chenier is unique in the annals of American film in that it is the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angels & Demons

The chase is on, but there's no Holy Grail to be found in this suspenseless trail of decoded symbols.

"...last we saw symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks), in 2006's The Da Vinci Code, he had outwitted Opus Dei and..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Regarding Henry

"...Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn and Mikki Allen. From the Star Warsand Indiana Jones trilogies to Witness and Working..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...In one gargantuan list, South by Southwest programmers have stocked more..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...by: Stiles White. Starring: Olivia Cooke, Ana Cato, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos, Shelley Hennig, Lin Shaye and..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three ... Extremes

This lush and horrific anthology film from three of the finest craftsmen working today – Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park, and Takashi Miike – is an instantly memorable and squirm-inducing assemblage.

"...Kang Hye-jeong. Anthology films are notoriously tricky to pull off. For one thing, they’re almost exclusively the province of..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...Huntley. A friend who was at last week’s sneak of Alex & Emma related to me the story of..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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