Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...FOLLOW HER D: Sylvia Caminer Follow Her is a psycho-sexual thriller. Jess Peters, a struggling actress and live streamer,..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Before the movie Psycho, films were shown without set start times. Alfred Hitchcock..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

aGLIFF Review: Erica's First Holy Shit

Austin's alternative fitness superstar hits the big screen

"...Erica Nix it is, as Satan describes it, "a psycho-sexual journey of self-discovery" for the very famous (Austin-specific) workout..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...response, amplified by the premiere the following year of Psycho spinoff Bates Motel, that the festival added a full..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gov. Abbott Says Hell Yes to Probably Violating More People’s Civil Rights

Updated: While feds investigate border initiative, he goes all in

"...violations like any well-intentioned, deeply concerned father of a psycho would: He poured another 30 million of our tax..."

July 7, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Qmmunity: Bodies on the Brain

Defy the Supreme Court's creepin' on body autonomy and celebrate the queer flesh

"...their fabo lineup of performers: Ms. Girl 6, Johnny Psycho (HTX), and Dreamiecloud. Plus: back-to-back DJ sets from Lavender..."

July 1, 2022 Column by James Scott

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Lynch/Oz

Six different paths from Kansas to Wild at Heart

"...about the xenomorph origin story, while78/52's scalpel-fine dissection of Psycho's shower scene was too brilliant to be dull, and..."

June 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...sidemen; and a notorious 1997 appearance by the Japanese psycho-garage trio Guitar Wolf, which I reviewed in Rolling Stone..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday

Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights

"...ripped the crowd a new one through an unstoppable psycho-punk rampage that refused to be thwarted, even by the..."

March 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...musical fusion innovator, is fellow keynoter Beck, whose inimitable psycho-soul-folk-funk-electronica fusion has won him eight Grammys and a 2022..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Interview: the Hives Wax Deep ATX Roots

Plus Halloween, human sacrifice, and psychedelia (sort of)

"...gave me the Sonics record – it was called Psycho-Sonic, so he thought it would be a psychedelic record,..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

The Luv Doc: Blowing Smoke

Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a lot more work.

"...to have that awkward confrontation that might flip her psycho switch. Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Fantasia Review: Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

An overdue tribute to one of the greats of animation

"...Kon made movies about mental collapse, identity, stardom, stalkers, psychotherapy, the universal subconscious, insidious technology, and the line between..."

Aug. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Psycho (the 1959 book by Robert Bloch), the 1974 film..."

June 11, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Panic Fest Review: Vicious Fun

Serial killer comedy gets to the bloody point

"...Callahan throws in oblique references to Drive alongside American Psycho, even Jaws, and somehow makes it work. There's even..."

April 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Review: Yard Act, Do Nothing, Squid, and the Art of the British Post-Punk Soliloquy

SXSW Music’s bread-n-butter: cutting edge UK rebellion

"...the keyboard sounded like the stabbing sound from Hitchcock’s Psycho. The group’s family style approach to songcraft peaked with..."

March 19, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Glitter & Gore. Taking notes from Alfred Hitchcock for "Psycho Mama," and influenced by all things spooky, the local..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...lumbering and pointedly indignant. On the flip, long-running Detroit psycho-jazz noiseniks Wolf Eyes distill over two decades and hundreds..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2020

The pandemic picks you wanted to read about

"...were most interested in this year was a bonkers psycho-melodrama in which Anne Heche and Thomas Jane go RVing..."

Dec. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music at the Movies With Sound Unseen

Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival becomes a virtual tale of two cities

"...of "Stayin' Alive" – a sequence he compared to Psycho deconstruction 78/52 and its revelatory analysis of Hitchcock's infamous..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: The Creatures of the Night Make Beautiful Music in Bloodthirsty

Director Amelia Moses on the allure of the werewolf

"...Her first feature, modern vampire psycho drama Bleed With Me, played Fantasia. Her followup, werewolf..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...just as thrilling as the fact that there's a psycho villain hiding in the shadows." Adding depth to the..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Rodriguez Brings His Next Project Back to Austin to Trailblaze Safe Production Protocols

Troublemaking in the time of pandemic

"...by the director's use of one-word titles: "He did Psycho, he did Vertigo, and I tried to come up..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Will Local Shows Look Like in the Future?

What will shows look like in the live music capital? That's all local club owners can think about.

"...also got all new tables and bases in there. Psycho­logically, it'll show the customer that we're cleaner and, for..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: The Well’s Ian Graham Skateboards Through the Storm

“Only time we leave is to visit the store and we wear a mask and gloves”

"...Then the Psycho Smokeout festival in L.A., the Stoned & Dusted festival..."

April 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Post Malone Loosens Fireworks Fit for the Fourth of July on the Erwin Center

Dallas-reared megastar packs arena with hits, moves, and pyro

"...Now” “Saint-Tropez” “Goodbyes” “Die for Me” “Allergic” “Candy Paint” “Psycho” “Enemies” “Wow” “Paranoid"/“I Fall Apart” “Over Now” “Take What..."

March 11, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Everything I Know About Rejection I Learned From My Cats

He's just not that into mew

"...to turn sour, but I'd look like a total psycho screaming, "Love me, you asshole!" at an 8-pound tabby...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Levitation Live Shot: Brutus, Russian Circles, Deafheaven

Like a hurricane

"...metal – all death defying hair whips and American Psycho screams – in closing down the Empire Garage...."

Nov. 9, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Levitation Live Shot: High on Fire, Power Trip, Devil Master, Creeping Death

Sold-out metal four stack kept widening the mosh pit

"...of it. After a handful of scattered warm-ups, including Psycho Las Vegas, the band erupted back to life Thursday..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Visual Metaphors of Parasite

Bong Joon-ho talks stairs, smells, and Psycho

"...was a little kid in elementary school I watched Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock’s [film]. The Bates Motel is fascinating, but..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

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