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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...The Black Sea (United States, Bulgaria) Director: Crystal Moselle, Derrick B...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...Black Adam has been a long time coming. An idea..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Orphan: First Kill

The cuckoo's nest classic gets a gruesome and surprising prequel

"...When 2009 cuckoo's nest horror Orphan revealed its brain-bending twist, audiences were left genuinely gobsmacked...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luck

Animated adventure is a bright if undemanding pleasure

"...Traditionally in fantastical cartoons aimed at small children, orphans turn out to be monarchs in hiding or magical..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Live Performances to Make You Laugh and Think

From musical spoofs to Broadway classics, the best of the Austin stage

"...1899, when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway "newsies" on a two-week action against Pulitzer,..."

July 8, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Panic Fest 2022: Woodland Grey

Fear in the forest in this subtle psychological horror

"...with a mysterious past (Ryan Blakely, best known as Orphan Black's Reverend Mike), and Emily (Jenny Raven). She disturbs..."

May 18, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw

A nightmare in nineteenth century New York

"...Last Key) and her family's maid, Eleanor (Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan). The era of witchburning is long gone, so subtler..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pain, Pathos, and Prescience: The Work of Agnieszka Holland

AFS and Austin Polish Film Festival celebrate the Polish pioneer

"...boy who fled Germany and ended up in an orphanage in Soviet-occupied eastern Poland, where he becomes a fanatical..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

Luce

High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture

"...a young man destined for great things, a war orphan being raised in suburbia by doting parents. But that’s..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Rooster Teeth Built Meaningful Diversity Into gen:LOCK

Austin studio emphasizes representation in its animated show

"...brought in Austin-based writer Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther) as part of the writers room, and that..."

July 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shadow

Zhang Yimou's period martial arts drama probes the moral grays of life in a royal court

"...Jingzhou (Deng again, in an extraordinary double performance), an orphan rescued and raised by Ziyu's uncle as his duplicate,..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

"...Special Jury Recognition: “The Orphan” (D: Carolina Markowicz) Documentary Shorts Competition..."

March 15, 2019 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Review: Pink Wall

Add another classic to the “Breakup Dramas” genre

"...to shuffle the deck. Leon (Jay Duplass) and Jenna (Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany) have been together for six years,..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...first-time directors in the Midnighters, alongside British filmmaker Abigail Blackmore (Tales From the Lodge) and Roxanne Benjamin (who gets..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The House With a Clock in Its Walls

Eli Roth swaps gore for delightful childlike Gothic wonder

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan and Colleen Camp...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...• Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, Stronger)..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Arty Things to Do: Jan. 5-7

Apocalypse indefinitely postponed; go out, have some fun

"...present the first issue of the Rise of the Black Panther miniseries that’s heralding and backgrounding Marvel’s upcoming feature..."

Jan. 4, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...about the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, and the civil unrest that followed: “Bristling with..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Gifted

A child prodigy gets caught up in a custody battle

"...theatre. Writer Tom Flynn hit the “best unproduced movie” Black List a few years back with this script and..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

“I saw the world” at Pump Project

Imperialism and identity compete in Betelhem Makonnen’s solo show about a 19th century Ethiopian prince

"...what would become an isolated prison, leaving him an orphan. His new caretaker, Captain Tristram Speedy, shooed away his..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Eyelid Kid’s Hyde Park Demons

“Landscape” video introduces ghostly abandoned mansion

"...twins – into a midnight playdate with a ghostly orphan named Ada. The ominous action plays out over Eyelid..."

May 31, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...graphic detail, his abuse by clergy as a young orphan. That alone puts it within a larger global cinematic..."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Orphan Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the appeal of the status quo

"...I would never go so far as to say Orphan Black (whose season 4 premieres on BBC America, Thu., April..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Our new TV columnist wants to believe

"...Canadians, whose only export is being better than us. Orphan Black is the show you have heard about, with..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Top 10 Eateries Bringing Asia to Austin

"...buns stuffed with scallions and tangy hoisin sauce. An orphan Christmas at Din Ho left me and 10 transplants..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Food Feature by Adrienne White

DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story

Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight

"...Steve Hoban, who's also responsible for Splice, and the Black Christmas remake). In a clear nod to that deliciously..."

Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Mysteries Unraveled

Part two of Louis Black's interview with novelist John Irving

"...a gay man and his transvestite lover adopting an orphan? Well, it would take the Virgin Mary's tears, that's..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by Louis Black

State of the Union

A Fourth of July film roundup that goes beyond Independence Day

"..."There's no freedom here. If there is, she's an orphan." – Richard Whittaker There Will Be Blood (2007)..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Peter and the Starcatcher

Zach Theatre's Peter and the Starcatcher brings storytelling magic to the tale of how Peter Pan came to be

"...point in time, poor Peter is merely a nameless orphan who knows little else apart from his hatred of..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

DVDanger: 'Ginger Snaps'

The Fitzgerald sisters unleashed in the werewolf classic

"...are reunited on the equally femmecentric Canadian clone Sfer Orphan Black...."

Aug. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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