What They Saw at the 69th Lege

The issues facing Texas, then and (still) now

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

"...beset by a family of cannibals, including the legendary, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface...."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...the primary location for Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a shoestring production of such creative vision that..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

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

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

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...indelible bloody thumbprint on cinema with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: not just for horror, but for independent moviemaking..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask

Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday

"...a little independent horror film called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as the hulking butcher Leatherface. One thing stayed..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jigsaw

The Saw character returns

"...When it comes to gore-heavy franchises, Saw’s original helmer James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell initiated..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

The Collector

From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.

"...with an eye toward the crimson-drenched ultraviolence of the Saw films, The Collector gets off to what appears, at..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking

The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard

"...be no Austin filmmaking scene without The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974 freak-out horror put ATX on the..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Chainsaw

Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.

"...the remakes, reboots, and sequels of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which was first made in 1974, this new..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...While the city's HHS budget saw a historic increase overall, the housing budget within Neighborhood..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Dead Silence

A supernatural thriller about a ventriloquist who goes mad, from the team that brought us Saw.

"...got to hand it to writer/director Wan: His hypersadistic Saw films, along with those of fellow gorehound upstarts Eli..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lakeboat

"...Tony Mamet, Jack Wallace and George Wendt. “So I saw this movie.” “You saw a movie?” “Do I fuckin'..."

Dec. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maudie

A Canadian folk artist falls for a fishmonger

"...populated by the birds, oxen, horses, and cats she saw around her. She painted on her walls, oven, food..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Collection

This follow-up to the horror/torture film The Collector seeks to mold a new franchise.

"...will have the legs to compete with its prodigious Saw predecessor. Director Marcus Dunstan and his co-screenwriter Patrick Melton..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U18 and U21 Top 9s, Part 2

Next Up bloggers weigh in on the year in music

"...Austin is renowned for its music festivals. 2009 saw yet another booming Austin City Limits Festival and a..."

Jan. 11, 2010 Music Post by Aaron Miller

Invictus

Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in this true story of the leader helping to heal a nation through rugby.

"...release from prison and ascension to the presidency, Mandela saw a means of bridging the fears between his newly..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aquamarine

Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!

"...McDorman and Arielle Kebbel. Omigod, you guys! I just saw, like, the cutest movie! It’s based on a YA..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Encino Man

"...like, say, a plot, but the teenage audience I saw this with didn't particularly seem to mind too much,..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Griffon Ramsey Carves Up the Food Network’s Outrageous Pumpkins

Visiting the Texas pumpkin chain saw massacre

"...The award-winning Austin-based chain saw artist, who has built an international fan base around..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Now Streaming in Austin: Eggshells

Let's get weird with Tobe Hooper's first film

"...If anyone tells you that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was Tobe Hooper's first film as a director,..."

April 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Norwood Trial: Setting the Scene of the Crime

Testimony began Tuesday in long-awaited murder trial

"...1988 murder of Debra Baker. The trial’s 12 jurors saw nine witnesses: three members of Baker’s family, two neighbors,..."

Sept. 14, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Review: Jason Boland & the Stragglers

The Light Saw Me (Proud Souls)

"..."unprecedented times"? Jason Boland's 10th studio LP, The Light Saw Me, delivers one unexpected response: a sci-fi honky-tonk concept..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Ley Line Album Review

We Saw Blue (Ley Line Sounds)

"...Mimicking sinuous roots extending deep into the earth, We Saw Blue spreads and extends beyond worldly bounds. As four..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...wasn't the prevailing mainstream mindset? The last time we saw that kind of Norman Rockwell earnestness was when SoCal..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Apparition

French religious drama places miracles under the microscope

"...repeat appearance, it's impossible to know whether Anna really saw anything or not, so it's his job to discern..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson's stop motion wonder is a tail-wagger

"...the most sumptuous and symmetrical trash heap you ever saw. Of course, this being Anderson, there must be more..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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