Pitch Black

"...a deuce of Mars films on the event horizon. Pitch Black, however, offers precious few twists on its timeworn..."

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

"...Other Worlds as a Defender of the Universe. Now Pitch Black creator David Twohy joins their ranks...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: From the Dark

Star and director talk monsters, mud, and New Kids on the Block

"...writer/director Conor McMahon created new vampire flick From the Dark, he deliberately stripped its down to the barest of..."

April 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Dark Beers in Austin

It's the best time of year for dark roasty ales

"...our loyalty to crispy golden lagers in favor of dark roasty ales like some beer snob version of Lincoln..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Point Austin: Dark Money, Sunlight, and Political Soccer Games

Shadowy funding works its way into Austin campaigns

"..."Dark money" is not exactly new to Austin politics. In..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring

Evan Husney grapples with wrestling's hidden history for Viceland

"...perilous heights, but they're still protecting each other. The Dark Side of the Ring, the new documentary series for..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...Your heart is black as your lungs, black as pitch. I started swimming through the corn to the edge..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Lege Lines: Left in the Dark

Who knew about the ICE raids this weekend? Not your state reps.

"...reign. As reports of immigration raids reached a fever pitch over the weekend, local lawmakers were left as confused..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Pitch

Ted Geoghegan gets gory for We Are Still Here

"...However, the Victorian house they have bought comes with dark and terrible secrets, and they soon realize that they..."

March 15, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Shows in 2003 That Shed Light in a Dark Year

"...The Cry Pitch Carrolls/ tempOdyssey (Salvage Vanguard Theater)..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

U-Turn

"...made in terms of basic sensibilities. Using the already pitch-dark modern noir style of Red Rock West as a..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Into the Woods at Scream Hollow

Behind the scenes at the local destination horror house

"...The woods may be dark and deep. Yet no one calls what lurks behind..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Cedar Rapids

A wonderful cast turns Cedar Rapids into a semisweet charmer that fluxes between edgy comedy and palpable pathos.

"...Smith, Alia Shawkat and Rob Corddry. Although the ads pitch it as being somewhere between The Office and The..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brightburn

What if Superman, but bad?

"...was a serial killer?" sounds like an automatic elevator pitch. Brightburn is exactly what that sets up: the childless..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gone Girl

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

"...Long Goodbye, and so it goes, through a glass darkly and deadly, in David Fincher’s nightmarishly fine Gone Girl...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Filth

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

"...offer up an absolution that, while attempting to be dark and edgy, is just flat and unconvincing...."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Keeping Mum

Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze come together for this dark British comedy.

"...Shadow of a Doubt are but two examples), the black-as-pitch humor of the Ealing films are shivery good fun,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sea

"...Mike Leigh proud, combining family dysfunction with class consciousness, dark humor, industrial collapse, and drunken histrionics – all in..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pumpkin

"...Schizophrenia is never pleasant to observe, but Pumpkin, a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality, probably would..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World's Best Commercials: Cannes 'ninety-Two

"...a permanent fixture on the broadcasting landscape. They relentlessly pitch everything from cars to beer, toothpaste, deodorant, and “the..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Waves

A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift

"...with thunderheads both literal and figurative, but the unreservedly dark and soul-shattering first half – familial storm warning alert!..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ad Astra

Brad Pitt deals with a case of the space ... madness!

"...Now meets 2001" is a hell of an elevator pitch. It's beyond regrettable that Ad Astra, which aspires to..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Night Falls On Manhattan

"...when a hitter can no longer crush his favorite pitch, it's time to consider retirement. Sidney Lumet's latest return..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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

"...Blanton Museum's "Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser" exhibit. It's just a dark room. You are warned of the darkness before you..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Review by Dave Randall

Bad Manners

"...only important plays but successful movie adaptations. Jonathan Kaufer's dark-hearted, corrosively funny film extends that tradition by retaining the..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Record Reviews

"...headphones stapled to my noggin, sitting quietly in a darkened room lit only by the 300-plus gonesh sticks I'd..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Lit-urday: NYRB Classics

Reissue series has some offbeat entries for the literary canon

"...Speedboat (177 pp., $14) and Pitch Dark (154 pp., $14) by Renata Adler: Originally published..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...their options. Down in the 300 block of the dark, quiet street, two pools of light spilled into the..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...Bram Stoker's insectivorous Renfield. Locked away in a small, dark room, sustaining himself on madhouse flies and in thrall..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Demolition

Before she knew there was really something wrong with her brother, Elaine would tell him that their mother had tried to abort him when she was only a month gone.

"...Howard nodded and looked up into the dark sky. "Right."..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Shields

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