DVDanger: Crawlspace/Sightseers

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...Yes, he was an incorrigible asshole, but he was..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Earth

Ben Wheatley's unexpected eco-horror is sinister and hilarious

"...more overt comedy of low-key serial killer road trip Sightseers, a genteel comedy of English manners as much as..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Prevenge

"...as maniac-in-the-making Tina in Ben Wheatley's pitch-black romantic comedy Sightseers. Yet that was scarcely her first or last dalliance..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...stopgap. After the success of his spree killer comedy Sightseers, he said, "We were looking at doing some stuff..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...work, like A Field in England, Kill List, and Sightseers. He said, "I wanted to make something that was..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...A Field in England (Oram co-starred in Wheatley’s 2012 Sightseers). There’s also tonal nods to trippy 1970s freakouts Let’s..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Prevenge

Maternity can be murder

"...as maniac-in-the-making Tina in Ben Wheatley's pitch-black romantic comedy Sightseers. Yet that was scarcely her first or last dalliance..."

March 17, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...Sophia Howard (Catherine Walker) and Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram, Sightseers) play apprentice and wizard as she hires him to..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: A Dark Song

Sorcery and loss meld in stunning debut

"...Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram, best known for Ben Wheatley's Sightseers) first meet, it could be mistaken for an awkward..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...plays like a Michael Haneke cover of Ben Wheatley's Sightseers (minus the deliciously mordant humor)...."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directing Green Room, Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England) behind J.G. Ballard adaptation High-Rise,..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perils of Immortal Passion in Timestalker

Alice Lowe finds the fool in her comedic take on time-crossed lovers

"...I realize that it’s everything about my life.” The Sightseers star made her first film as a director, SXSW..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Battleship Texas, Galveston

Historic ship wows Gulf Coast visitors

"...from Harbor House with departures on the hour, taking sightseers on a big pontoon boat with a cover and..."

March 10, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Ellis Motel, Round Top

Take a load off at Round Top lounge

"...as he stands on the spacious front porch inviting sightseers and guests into the two-story 1800s building...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Closing the Book on Camelback

Lakeside project clears its last City Hall hurdles

"...area to make it safer for car-parking, hikers and sightseers, and even weddings. Most importantly to the nearby neighborhoods,..."

Nov. 14, 2018 News Post by Michael King

What’cha Watchin’?

Writer/Proofreader Greg Stitt hunts down the best horror options currently streaming

"...the suspicion of a detective played by Steve Oram (Sightseers)...."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Column

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...the only point of connection, as Gavin cast Wheatley's Sightseers star Steve Oram as Joseph Solomon, the magician whose..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

MFA and Prevenge Give the Revenge Genre a Feminist Spin

Vengeance is hers

"...15 years, including co-writing and starring in Ben Wheatley's Sightseers. "It's quite ironic that my first film was sort..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Prevenge UK D: Alice Lowe Alice Lowe (Sightseers) is a triple threat as the writer, director and..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson vs. Texas' Wild Birds

Woodcut artist Lisa Brawn explains "Quién Es Más Macho?"

"...Step away from the crowd of sightseers swarming South Congress, dip into the ever-so-tranquil Yard Dog..."

July 11, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Gawking at Tragedy

Please don't go down to flood-sites unless you plan to sign up to help

"...Katrina tour bus), disaster tourism, or at least pesky sightseers, has become a thing, and local social media has..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Mr. League

Alamo Drafthouse honcho Tim League on debates, distro, and the change in venue

"...the latest from FF regular Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Sightseers); SXSW award-winner Cheap Thrills; The Congress, a semi-animated meditation..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'

Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley

"...to that concept last year with spree killer romance Sightseers, which received a rousing reception at a secret screening..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Birth of Formula One – Austin

Some welcome the new offspring, and some don't, but the high-speed newcomer is at the starting gate

"...event, and organizers claim there will be 300,000 visitors, sightseers, and tourists in the region over the weekend. It's..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: The Good, The Bad, And the Weird of Fantastic Fest

Surviving the liver-crunching, spine tingling, head-expanding fest

"...The secret screening of Ben Wheatley's new black comedy Sightseers was just as much of a pleasant surprise, and..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blingee: Someone the Freaks Can Relate To

Justin Bond loves Lucy, and we love Justin Bond. So do we love Lucy? Duh!

"...own language, which was amazing. They see the bourgeois sightseers and dance around them, and look at them, and..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Day Trips

The Beer Can House stands out in the quiet West Houston neighborhood like a belly dancer at a black-tie ball

"...he nailed to wooden planters and then snickered when sightseers tried to figure out what they meant. Theis says..."

June 24, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...inaccessible canyons of the Animas River Valley. By 1947, sightseers became the primary cargo. The 45-mile Durango to Silverton..."

April 12, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Rockport captures the sea breeze and the hearts of visitors.

"...the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. For fishermen and sightseers alike the old bridge makes a great place to..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod