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Director Mickey Keating's SXSW shocker reaches VOD

"...The film, which screened at SXSW and reaches VOD today, is..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Harry Dean Stanton – Partly Musician

The actor partly reveals himself in song

"...and made its U.S. premiere last March at the SXSW Film Festival...."

Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Adds Terry Gilliam And Metallica

Final round of films includes surprise big names

"...genre festival fans: First Housecore Horror released their initial film lineup, now Fantastic Fest has unleashed its final selection,..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: On the Campaign Trail With Beto O'Rourke

Plus: More TribFest picks, and our favorite movies made by women

"...contemplate Beto, the blue wave, and our favorite women film directors...."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...of what happened to Owen Egerton this year during SXSW. Only it wasn't him, it was his second film..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mohawk

Ted Geoghegan on blood and lessons in his historical drama

"...(see "The Pitch," March 15, 2015), for his second film Geoghegan kept the location, but moved back much further..."

April 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'The Act of Killing'

Drafthouse Films releases Joshua Oppenheimer's complicated doc

"...One of the most important festival films of 2013 is out on DVD and Blu-ray today..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Double the Funny

With new venues and showcases, SXSW Comedy keeps giving Austin more to laugh about

"...SXSW Comedy has been an adjunct to the Music, Film,..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

'Sinister' Times A-Coming

Austin-linked horror getting film fest action

"...Massawyrm. He's made that rare jump from writing about films to writing films with upcoming shocker Sinister. Even bigger..."

July 8, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SeX and Violence: Ti West Returns to Cinema with X

SeX and violence in his seventies porno-horror flashback

"...joke in horror circles that the South by Southwest Film Festival should be renamed South by Ti West. Since..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse

As "Oculus" opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises

"...If there's one constant in Blumhouse films like Paranormal Activity and Sinister, it's this: Never move..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Troublemaker Wants No Trouble in Texas vs. 'Machete Kills'

Director Robert Rodriguez distances himself from incentives suit

"...Do the rules for Texas’ film production incentives violate the US constitution? That’s what one..."

March 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99

The fifth installment in the found footage horror anthology series gets the Y2K jitters

"...The V/H/S films have always been a murderers' row of horror talents,..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek revise the poet's life and loves

"...Was Emily Dickinson queer and does it matter? Filmmaker Madeleine Olnek says yes and yes: “It matters that..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

RTX Adds Meow Wolf, Overwatch, and More

Exclusive first look at gamer con's 2018 schedule, guests

"...massive celebration of all things relevant to gamers, from film to animation to comedy and, yes, games, that takes..."

June 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drowning in Mystery on The Midnight Swim

The water calls to director Sarah Adina Smith

"...Adina Smith? It's not jump scares or gore. It's films like Australian metaphysical mystery Picnic at Hanging Rock, where..."

July 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Peace Officer

SXSW documentary on police violence needs finishing funds

"...Officer. A collaboration between two associate professors in documentary film, Scott Christopherson at St. Edward's and Brad Barber at..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Incentives and R-Rated Entertainment

Amid bigger scandals, lawmaker plays the movie morality card again

"...of corruption, try the old conservative whipping boy of film and video games instead...."

Jan. 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

So, Basically, Breakfast Tacos and Free Beer

Enjoying good food and drink for $10 a day during SXSW

"...be enough to see them through five days of SXSW...."

March 9, 2007 Food Feature by Kathy McCarty

I'll Sleep When I Figure Out Why I Can't

Analyzing Alan Berliner's most personal documentary yet

"...latest effort, Alan Berliner has created the Personal Essay Film. No small feat that, given the expanse of personal..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Braving the Wintry Mix of The Baltimorons

Jay Duplass gets back to directing with an unlikely Christmas movie

"...Duplass breaks new ground: The Baltimorons is his first film as a solo director...."

March 14, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Ties That Bind in Things Will Be Different

Michael Felker’s temporal noir is all about friends and family

"...and a noir. But at its heart it’s a film about, and birthed from, family...."

March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...sex and cars, will be this year's opening night film...."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

All in the Family With Alan Berliner

Chronicle Editor Louis Black introduces 'First Cousin Once Removed'

"...Berliner will be in attendance, and he and his film will be introduced by Chronicle Editor Louis Black...."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

'Leslie Vernon' Needs You

Director Scott Glosserman talks sequels and theatrical on demand

"...tonight, Austin gets a special sixth anniversary screening of SXSW 2006 horror smash Behind the Mask: The Rise of..."

April 23, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Couch by Couchwest

Previewing SXSW’s all-virtual Conference and Festival, Austin FC’s spring training kickoff, and other stories on the web

"...the world's largest commingling of cutting-edge technology and culture. SXSW 2021 is a 100% virtual affair, to be experienced..."

March 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Now Streaming in Austin: "Stop"

Austin short film portrays the terror of racial profiling

"...seem like the most likely next project for Austin filmmaker Steven DeGennaro. However, he felt driven to make "Stop"..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. In..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Heading Down to Rock Steady Row

Director Trevor Stevens on his post-Apocalyptic college comedy

"...Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and Yojimbo, the film gets its Texas premiere tonight as part of the..."

July 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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