Pitch Black

"...Firass Dirani, Sam Sari, Simon Burke, Rhiana Moore, Claudia Black, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Keith David, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell and..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary Nelson. SF icon Sybil Danning. All..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...Kevin Macdonald picked up an Academy Award for 1999’s Black September doc One Day in September and has always..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Christmas

Although this horror remake isn't as suspenseful or emotionally draining as its influential 1974 predecessor, the film almost makes up for that with its overriding weirdness.

"...warped cinematic sensibility, and while this new take on Black Christmas certainly won't wipe the original from anyone's mind,..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.

"...another competitive sport of sorts in the deliciously wackadoodle Black Swan. This drama-horror hybrid, set within a New York..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band

TV on the Radio frontman goes dub, Afropop, and electro-punk

"...the Levitation Tent was surprisingly sparse when Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band kicked off. TV On the Radio vocalist..."

May 5, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...drinking glass into a trashcan lined with a thick, black plastic bag...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Qmmunity: Honoring Black Trans Lives

This Pride Month and always

"...at New York's Stonewall Inn. Without the actions of Black and Latinx trans women, we don't have Pride. We..."

June 5, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Austin Sparkles With Black Pride

ABP's fourth annual Pride Weekend, dykes you should know, and more events for your Summer of Pride

"...The body of Dallas' Chynal Lindsey – a 26-year-old black trans woman – was pulled from White Rock Lake..."

June 7, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...is the subject of a new documentary by Louis Black, Richard Linklater: dream is destiny, co-directed with Karen Bernstein...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Tales from the Black Vault: A Lovecraft Radio Drama Podcast

Austinites are fucking with the elder gods for the World Wide Web.

"...by Marc Majcher and his cohort from the recent Black Vault show at The Hideout Theatre...."

Nov. 18, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Wild Pitch of a Life

No No: A Dockumentary chronicles the legendary life of pitcher Dock Ellis

"...If you know only one thing about the pitcher Dock Ellis, it's probably that he once threw a..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Why They Hate Louis Black

"...Dear Mr. Black and blue, They don't necessarily hate you Louis for..."

March 13, 2006 Postmarks

Everything Went Black: Rewriting Sight & Sound's Top Ten

What, no Polanski?

"...Chinatown may be Polanski's most lauded work, but this pitch-perfect blend of pre-partum paranoia and urban claustrophobia continues to..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Mandy

Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger

"...since the Canadian filmmaker’s well-received first feature Beyond the Black Rainbow had its Austin premiere at Fantastic Fest. That..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Creative Control

This whip-smart comedy received Special Jury Recognition at SXSW 2015

"...If this sounds like an episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, you’re not far off. Creative Control has a..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...– particularly of young women – are at the pitch-black center of first-time feature director Robert Eggers’ slow-burning descent..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alleluia

A Belgian riff on the pitch-black legend of the Honeymoon Killers

"...Alleluia mixes pitch-black psychological horror with even darker strains of humor; watching..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gone Girl

When a lady vanishes, David Fincher holds the moral compass.

"...Gone Girl is pitch-black neo-noir, and part of me would just love to..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

"...Country Priest reimagined by Peckinpah. Cruel and laced with pitch-black humor, it is a film that will needle its..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Filth

Based on a book by Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh, this film keeps close company with a nihilistic character, but unwisely pulls its punches.

"...the job. Through his game of shame, scandal, and blackmail, the film follows his attempts to secure that position..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Riddick

In this third outing, the science-fiction antihero played by Vin Diesel is stranded on an inhospitable planet.

"...third installment in this sci-fi film franchise (after 2000’s Pitch Black and 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick, but not..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Riddick

Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.

"...to his surprise sci-fi sleeper hit of 2000 – Pitch Black – is the opening salvo in what the..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nina Katchadourian's Indecision on the Moon

The Apollo 11-inspired work, housed in a pitch-black room at the Blanton, may tell us how adventurous or conservative we really are

"...to go all the way to space, but the pitch black of Indecision is still daunting. A wall curves..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Review by Dave Randall

Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson is Mr. Plow ... with a vengeance

"...with some appropriately mordant bons mots/morts. A vicious little black comedy masquerading as a generic vigilante justice actioner, Cold..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...one-half of the title sibling duo of Patrick deWitt’s black-comic Western novel. Not Charlie Sisters (he’s the one with..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...and documentaries on subjects from the Grateful Dead to Black Lives Matter...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest: L7

Hammy, hardcore, and as natural as their Nineties heyday

"...big and Pavlovian behind the drum kit on the Black stage Sunday night, daring its namesake foursome to take..."

Nov. 9, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Pastime

"...P-a-s-t-i-m-e. Roy Dean Bream (Russ) is a 41-year-old relief pitcher for a minor league baseball team in central California...."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Running With Scissors

This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.

"...on Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured, unleavened with black-as-pitch gallows yuks and – very nearly its saving grace..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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