DVD Watch: 'Grand Piano'

Elijah Wood's thriller heads up this week's releases

"...of Salem (Anchor Bay) A steelbook Blu-ray release for Rob Zombie's controversial and divisive supernatural schocker, which Marc Savlov..."

May 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Carpenter's Apprentice

Robert Rodriguez on "Planet Terror"

"...The brainchild of Troublemaker Studios' big boss Robert Rodriguez and co-conspirator-cum-Austin-B-movie-A-lister Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse returns audiences to..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thanksgiving

Eli Roth's fake trailer gets a real (and really fun) slasher

"...see someone get to finish something. Back in 2007, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino invited friends and fans to..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Long Night

Evil rules in the occult South

"...you go "couple go to some remote rural location, probably in the South, and find themselves trapped in a..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beaumonster: A Memoir by Jesse Dayton

The rockabilly rebel, outlaw country artist, session guitarist to the legends, and low-budget horror auteur looks back

"...Vol. 1 covers album converted the Clash's reggae groover "Bankrobber" into a Bobby Fuller Four-style West Texas rocker, the..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Wild Indian

Searing and brutal tale of two Indigenous men bound by bloodshed

"...with one of the most brutal, tough-to-watch scenes since Rob Zombie’s Halloween. The film sets the scene in 1980s..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Halloween

The night he came home again (for the first time)

"...Matichak, Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Virginia Gardner, Miles Robbins, Will Patton, Toby Huss and Jefferson Hall...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Psychopaths

More murder and mayhem from Mickey Keating

"...into pure blood-splattered sleaze in the razor-opened vein of Rob Zombie, Natural Born Killers-era Oliver Stone, or David Lynch..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Celebrate the living while remembering those we've lost

"...Die Felicia Presents: A Rob Zombie Tribute Louisianna Purchase and Zane Zena bring on..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...itself, but here he dispenses with any of the Rob Zombie-esque humor that characterized his first film. This film..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"...and celebrities alike. White had no compunction about correcting Robert Plant's form, for instance. And yet, country dancing seems..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Announces Midnighters, Shorts

U.S. premiere of Rob Zombie's 'Lords of Salem' among after-dark selections

"...Rob Zombie's latest scarefest, The Lords of Salem (pictured), was..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature

Prom Night

A remake of the Eighties horror film in name only, Prom Night is a nearly bloodless slasher film with few surprises.

"...more times than Jason Voorhees (via Wes Craven and Rob Zombie, among others). Hairspray's Snow plays high school senior..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two of a Kind

Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh, Austin's new George and Tammy coupling, more or less

"...there and sang for like six hours. We were probably driving the staff crazy."..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Film News

Incentives, the end of Sinus, Screen Door, and more

"...up at www.txmpa.org.Two fests, two cool events Folks like Rob Zombie have made fake grind house trailers for Robert..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A Convenient Truth

Kevin Smith on 'Clerks II'

"...angle, slipping back into that head space wasn't a problem at all. I've never left that head space. Getting..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

That's All, Folks!

"...to meet me because of something I'd written on Rob Zombie. I felt really old even though I love..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

DVD Watch: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'

The TV show that spoofed cinema, then became a movie, comes home

"...over the world. So the token human builds three robots to keep him company and trash these terrible movies:..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...If you haven't heard of Jollyville Pictures, well, that's probably going to change pretty soon. Right now though, chances..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...Clark, Ted Jarrell, Russell Porter, Paul Wright, Chad Holt, Rob Gasper and Louis Olmeda. This bracingly sordid slice of..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...down, they've focused on their increasingly hookier songwriting prowess. Rob Cohen Callmekat..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...film about a futuristic cowboy theme park in which robot gunslinger Yul Brynner short circuits and starts plugging real..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...On the slightly nerdier side, indie film fans will probably be intrigued by Clerk, a new documentary on Kevin..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Death Proof

Watch Tarantino's grindhouse road trip with us tonight

"...movie started off as one segment of Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's gloriously sleazy Grindhouse, a throwback to the glorious..."

April 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Which is Your Leatherface?

The SXSW three R's of horror panel takes an axe to film stealers

"...a pass, and that included the now-mandatory ragging on Rob Zombie's Halloween reboots. Ironically, the case was made for..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Trailers From Hell

Local horror stars start building their buzz

"...Proving she is a lot more than simply a Zombie Girl, Emily Hagins debuted her third movie My Sucky..."

Dec. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...from the artist/management tandem of Neil Young and Elliot Roberts results in equal doses for the A&R recruitment of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

Can you hear me now? Local musicians and OTR get some much needed hearing aid while Jody Denberg signs off from KGSR.

"...Much like Riverboat Gambler Mike Wiebe's Chronicle-sponsored trip to..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Friday SXSW Picks

"...with floppy hair and black clothes to dream of Rob Tyner-style afros and buy used Rush LPs. Always the..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

TCB

Hanging with the Devil's Rejects, dodging downtown water-gun fire, mourning two more fallen rockers

"...a little twitchier than usual, he or she is probably wondering if you're about to whip out a water..."

July 22, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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