Why Darren Lynn Bousman Came Back For Spiral

Rock, racks, vices and games: the story behind the new Saw

"...the the infamous body-mangling, limb-wrecking, jaw-splitting traps of the Saw movies. "They work the way we say they work."..."

May 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...Room -- Last year, God rang up Doyle Bramhall II on his cell phone...."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...There's a moment in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that marks the end of an era. "I'm..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Midway

Roland Emmerich goes all guns blazing recreating the pivotal sea battle

"...certain makes this the most comprehensively crowded World War II “Based on True Events” film not directed by Ken..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...light as possible. In 2011, the powers that be saw that what was supposed to be contemporary now felt..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Way

This South Korean epic is a gory and realistic portrait of the horrors of war.

"...depictions of the horrors of war, specifically World War II, global cinema has ever produced. It makes the Normandy..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Destination

This new addition to the ongoing film series takes a terrific premise and turns it ho-hum.

"...– rather than an anthropomorphized death-surrogate, à la Halloween II – is in its own way a stroke of..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters From Iwo Jima

In his companion film to Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood again shows the process by which young soldiers become unwitting fodder for their country's war effort.

"...looks at the story of the 36-day World War II battle for the island of Iwo Jima from the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Express

The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.

"...corrupt cops, your femme fatales, and your World War II sharpshooters. For my money, there’s no juicier role out..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Captivity

Captivity, wherein 24's Elisha Cuthbert is abducted and tortured, is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name; it's just soulless, hateful, and freakishly monotonous.

"...good way, either. Captivity makes Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II play like a down-market The Adventures of Tintin. It..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet again. Few other film..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet again. Few other film..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

A Fake Disease That Saved Real Lives in Syndrome K

New documentary reveals a secret history of Italian resistance

"...insidious lie Nazis spread about Jews during World War II was that they spread disease. As new documentary Syndrome..."

Aug. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Supernatural Horror Brooklyn 45 Wrestles With Good People Committing Terrible Sins

Ted Geoghegan conjures the ghosts of World War II

"...piece set as the last echoes of World War II start to die away. [inset-1-right]..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nathaniel and Li'l Nate

The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II

"...Austin charter school for at-risk youth – Nathaniel Sanders II, then 17, wrote words of encouragement for younger students:..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The 'Human Centipede' Escapes

Director Tom Six talks about the UK cuts

"...Even by Fantastic Fest standards, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) was not for the squeamish: So much..."

Oct. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...iii...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Tales of Halloween Aims for Spooky Fun

New horror anthology screens this weekend

"...a cabal of horror enthusiasts, including Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV), Adam Gierasch (Toolbox Murders), Lucky McKee (May, All..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hank, Harry, and Jesse James

Sitting in with Jimmy Grabowske, steel guitarist to the stars

"..."That was the last time I saw him."..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Alternate Reality Gaming Gets Scary

Darren Lynn Bousman's immersive horror project the Tension Experience

"...he pioneered a new wave of extreme horror with Saw II-IV. Next, he threw himself into the modern midnight..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Phoenix Keeps Austin Weird

French quartet wows ‘Austin City Limits’

"...I first saw Phoenix on the Friday of ACL Fest 2009. The..."

May 8, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Sound of the City

Celebrating the release of 'Austin Music Vol. 10'

"...crowd has Gerard Cosloy's Casual Victim Pile I & II (the latter reviewed in tomorrow's paper). For everyone else,..."

Feb. 23, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Daily Hustle: 7/30/10

No settlement in Sanders case

"...rejected any settlement with the family of Nathaniel Sanders II yesterday...."

July 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

After the Deluge...

Comes the fall flood

"...coming faster than ever considering the Christmas decorations I saw at Lowe’s this week – lots of Geezerville favorites..."

Oct. 14, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Recounting Recount

Laura Dern's outrageous "Kitty" Harris hits the mark.

"...and the U.S. Supreme Court's coronation of King George II (paint me donkey and color me biased). Sydney Pollack..."

June 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Gore to Go

Roth laid low by mystery illness, the Borderland team fill out today's horror panel.

"...so hot - because the world has been gorey. "Saw will be looked back on as a classic movie..."

March 11, 2007 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

Learning about "manhood" from the movies

"...Well ... Dave and I saw Ocean's Eleven when he was 16 and I was..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

What Is This?

"...to me one day and said, 'You know, I saw that there Iggy Pop fella.' And I said, 'Really?..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Fri. 16, Half Step, 9:30pm; Sat. 17, the Main II, 10:15pm Colombia rapper/producer Ali Rey Montoya came up on..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Shooting Star

"...Curt says the last time he saw Cris, his brother was probing inside an abscess on..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

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