The Strangers

First-time writer/director Bertino, a UT alum, scares up a solid horror-film success with this debut outing.

"...a solid genre success with this debut outing. The Strangers covers familiar horror turf with its story about an..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex With Strangers

"...and doubt regarding their swinging lifestyle -- Sex With Strangers is conflicted to the core. Filmmakers (and brothers) Joe..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Three Identical Strangers

Deception, research, and an almost unbelievable mystery of triplets divided at birth

"...this unassuming little documentary is put together. Three Identical Strangers may not achieve the kind of redemptive catharsis we..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Strangers: Prey at Night

Home invasion classic becomes a franchise.

"...The creepily masked “strangers” of the 2008 original reignite their reign of nihilistic..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Talk to Strangers

"...Eugene Lipinski and Harry Dean Stanton. Never Talk to Strangers is a Brian DePalma film without the benefit of..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Business of Strangers

"...Julie in the film's earlier scenes. The Business of Strangers is never uninteresting, to say the least; it's an..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Film Review: We Strangers

Surreal psychodrama follows a grifting maid getting her due

"...Valia refused to divulge her dreamy movie’s meaning. We Strangers is a specter to float above viewers’ minds long..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers

Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary

"...Three Identical Strangers is one of the year's most bizarre and unlikely..."

July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Casual Strangers Trip Rhapsodic

Cosmic rock locals premiere “Holocene Dream”

"...“We gave ourselves space,” proclaims Paul Waclawsky, tracing Casual Strangers’ palpable evolution from experimental rockers to ambient instrumentalists. “Space..."

Jan. 19, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Strangers With Candy

The high school comedy of co-creators Dinello, Colbert, and Sedaris is completely over the top in its audacity and absurdity.

"...Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Holm and Kristen Johnston. Strangers With Candy is the kind of TV show and..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Comfort of Strangers

"...Schrader's unique storytelling talents. Something about The Comfort of Strangers remains aloof, creating a physical and emotional distance between..."

May 17, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All of Us Strangers

A ghostly meditation on grief that chooses the darkest path

"...close. Director Andrew Haigh’s latest film All of Us Strangers examines that last act through the lens of a..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Casual Strangers Administer Turing Test

Who or what created the universe – woman, robot, or God?

"...on the music of Austin psychedelic synth experimenters Casual Strangers, a cyborg comes to life in a white observation..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The director of Twenty Feet From Stardom does another music doc

"...six albums, and numerous performances later, The Music of Strangers peers in at the clearly successful experiment. This is..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Place To Bury Strangers

Auditorium Shores, Nov. 4

"...A Place To Bury StrangersAuditorium Shores, Nov. 4..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers

This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style

"...in the July 15 performance of The Kindness of Strangers, the cast of this Hideout Theatre project seasoned an..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kids Should Talk to Strangers?

"...recommended that kids avoid all contact and conversation with strangers, and I noted that most kids are abused by..."

Aug. 11, 2005 Postmarks

Eating With Strangers

Meal sharing in Austin makes any home a restaurant

"...But surely dining with or hosting complete strangers is daunting no matter how sociable you are. What..."

July 14, 2015 Food Post by Serena Yeh

A Place to Bury Strangers

"...A Place to Bury Strangers revels in discomfort on Transfixiation. The NYCers fourth LP..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

No Strangers to Drama

Austin couple rescues Vernon Plaza Theatre

"...No strangers to drama, Finn serves as the creative director for..."

June 15, 2007 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw

The Strangers: Chapter 1

The creepy-people-in-creepy-masks home invasion horror gets rebooted by Renny Harlin

May 17, 2024 Movie Review

Wayfaring Strangers

Old Settler's Music Festival assimilates

April 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Kindness of Strangers

Harry Ransom Center restoring Gone With the Wind costumes

Aug. 11, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Intimate Strangers

In this surprisingly romantic tale of confused identity and psychoanalysis, the doctor isn’t in, but the tax attorney is.

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Documentary about the effort to place children of European Jews during WWII within safe homes in England.

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strangers in Good Company

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Guess Who's Coming to Terrorize Your Night

UT alum Bryan Bertino's nerve-shattering debut, 'The Strangers'

"...University of Texas alum Bryan Bertino's debut feature, The Strangers, with Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a pair..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Blank Generation

Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy'

"...the feature-length "prequel" to the cult Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy arrives. In doing so, it reinforces that..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...happy with some cell phone footage." More Than Casual Strangers..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Long View

John Graves' 'Myself and Strangers' finds the 83-year-old looking back at his past and into his future

"...He does what he can to avoid visits from strangers – in particular, those intent to admire him. I..."

April 30, 2004 Books Feature by Steve Moore

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