DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?

For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month

"...Burn (aka the poor man's Asylum) has put out Sinister Visions, a five-part collection of low-budget schlock...."

Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Eye

"...Mun losing her mind? Or is there a more sinister explanation for her visions? If you’d heard nothing about..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Madeline's Madeline

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Very Krampus Christmas

Seasonal scares at the House of Torment

"...creature was stirring … Except for the Krampus, in sinister ascent...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Macbeth

Bloody screen adaptation shows what Shakespeare only tells

"...addendum: The score – all war drums and thick, sinister strings, by Kurzel’s brother, Jed – is essential.) The..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Mexico Barbaro

Anthology horror from Mexico

"...Its timing is perfect: Horror anthologies are the finest..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...Collar (Unearthed) won't even claim its gore is a..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: V/H/S Viral

Third time the charm for found footage anthology franchise?

"...As always, there is a framing mechanism, a reason..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...young Paul Atreides (Chalamet), the unwilling center of a sinister plan to produce an almighty celestial messiah to be..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...the rambunctious playfulness of the kids takes on a sinister edge, and soon the freshly fallen snow is soaked..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...with dozens of rising and first-time filmmakers across the Visions, Midnighters, Global, and shorts categories. These are films that..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...discovers that the resort town where they’re staying hides sinister secrets, as she’s plagued by strange noises and frightening..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Spencer

Diana biopic is short on history but excels as a spectacular fable

"...liberties to arrive at a much more interesting and sinister place. It’s a gothic fugue of a film, albeit..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...includes all the morbid Midnighters, experimental titles in the Visions category, more music movies contained within 24 Beats, competition..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...country house with its menacing Sheela na gigs and visions of a hulking cowled figure, the dream logic of..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...the already announced 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, and Visions categories, plus a long list of Festival Favorites (where..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...its roving gangs of 5,000cc motorcycle maniacs and apocalyptic visions, is replaced this time out with an almost elegiac..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Cool News alum and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill's already-wrapped Sinister, starring Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio and slated for..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...that her older, scholarly boyfriend has been keeping a sinister secret in his closet...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna...."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...when the Pollack family discovers an unconscious woman whose sinister plans will pit the family members against each other...."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stage Frights

"...the dead blend and blur. Darkness snickers with a sinister grin as the daylight hours grow shorter, disappearing into..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend

World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old

"...been striving to stem this tide with its New Visions/New Voices program, which serves to stimulate and support the..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...most important person that no one knows. (World Premiere) VISIONS..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 Is

"...Hundred VisionsLast Cab From Tunis..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors. Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans

Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve

"...Alamo's celebration of grind, sleaze, offbeat genres, and unique visions that defied categorization..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

New AFS Series More Than Simply Restores Wong Kar-wai's Work

The (almost) complete films of the Hong Kong filmmaker

"...flop: It wasn't in line with his romantic, youthful visions of Hong Kong, had totally flipped and reworked everything..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...us. With the walls let down, something far more sinister sneaks in, and best frenemies have only one evening..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bow Down and Pay Up for J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

The power of slack compels you in this SXSW documentary

"...so lovable. But, of course, to me, it's somewhat sinister, because I've seen it take over people's brains. And..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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