Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...2015 he read in genre movie magazine Fangoria that Synapse Films was releasing another neo-retro bushido flick, Samurai Avenger:..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Ready Player One Experience at SXSW

Step into the Oasis from the new Steven Spielberg film

"...home in The Stacks and walk through a mirrored, "synapse"-lit hallway into a spacious central room that comprises the..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Post by Moisés Chiullán

Your Weekend in Film

Nothing wrong with a little escapism

"...and eye-popping horror film ever made, early word on Synapse's wildly anticipated restoration is exultant.” Meanwhile at Austin Public,..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

A Twofer of Slashers That Are a Cut Above

A horror classic and a hidden gem highlight this week

"...now restored to a previously unseen 4K luster by Synapse Films. The two films couldn't be more different if..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...its own right?" Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow (Synapse Films, due July 12) is exactly that. It’s even..."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...That said, absolute full marks to Synapse Films for a restoration that is the zenith of..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Extra: Revenge Double Feature

Kurando Mitsutake on bringing Japanese action to the U.S.

"...Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (Synapse Films) and Gun Woman (Scream! Factory) are available on..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Holydrug Couple

"...Concocting a 2013 acid-pop trip more gentle than synapse-frying on second LP Noctuary, Santiago, Chile, duo THC hops..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

DVDanger: Four Films in Search of a Cult

Retro releases and martial arts aim for new crowds

"...Long Weekend (Synapse), Late for Dinner (Kino Lorber), Vengeance of an Assassin..."

April 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...fuse experimental, psychedelic, prog, and punk impulses into a synapse-bending parallel reality. ST 37 commemorated the 50th anniversary of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Spark: A Burning Man Story

This doc's not for burning.

"...and, indeed, their psyches, hearts, and pretty much every synapse in their noodles changed on a fundamental level, for..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

Nuevo Wavo returns. Samples schmamples – we've got a live band!

"...& the Crowns cut two albums for MCA, 1982's Synapse Gap and Party Weekend the following year. The latter..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Indie Game Bundles for Gifting

Pay what you can for good causes

"...gaming, the Little Big Bunch has the acclaimed Frozen Synapse along with four others. The caliber of the game..."

Dec. 18, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Gay Place: Pride: Lamé, Not Lame

Celebrate the new Ana Sisnett Library at UT!

"...SPEW Monthly queer/punk synapse snap featuring DJs David McN, Dave Zombi, Doug; a..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Gay as the Day Is Long

From Long to Fiesta and night to day, Austin Pride rolls on

"...SPEW Monthly queer/punk synapse snap featuring DJs David McN, Dave Zombi, Doug; a..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Just Like You – Only Way Richer; and Worst of the Worst Contest

"...That sparked a synapse between Virgil's two brain cells, and the next thing..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Never Coming to a Theatre Near You

Stephen Romano's continuing adventures in fake movies

"...is, on the face of it, a lot like Synapse Films' ongoing 42nd Street Forever exploitation trailer series (the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...were cutting their major label debut for MCA, 1982's Synapse Gap. "I loaned him a Walkman, because he had..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Of Montreal

Live Shot

"...through "So Begins Our Alabee" and "She's a Rejector," synapse frittering psychedelic jams blustered by dual drum kits and..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

FRUIT Flies?!? Gay!?! C'MON!

Always knew thar wuz sumthin' fruity 'bout them flies.

"...is this little gem: "A glial amino-acid transporter controls synapse strength and courtship in Drosophila"..."

Dec. 24, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Devil in Us All

Butch Hancock, like Leo Tolstoy and Bob Dylan, takes on this political world

"...for that. There was still enough time in-between everybody's synapse gaps that they could hang with an idea long..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Zom Zoms

Record review

"...might as well be a manifesto for the group's synapse-confounding New Wave traffic jam. Such quasi-lionization stands in stark..."

May 12, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Woo, All Right Now, And Don't It Feel Like You're Going Bald and Homicidal!

Thirty years later, Jeff Lieberman is still walking on 'Blue Sunshine'

"...DVD in a completely remastered and well-scrubbed print from Synapse Films. Alongside genre stalwarts like David Cronenberg's Rabid, Larry..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pixies

CD/DVD

"...however: Deal's ingratiatingly childlike vocals on "Bone Machine," the fried-synapse blasts of "Nimrod's Son" and "Broken Face," and a..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TCB

Young Heart Attack and the Austin City Council's 'Mouthful of Love'

"...Fried-synapse riff-rockers Young Heart Attack have toured the UK and..."

April 30, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Asian Connection

"...recommend Asian Connection to genre fans looking for a synapse-jolting study break or a viable alternative to yet another..."

Jan. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...the S.F. nerve-rock scions weave a phantasmagoric cocoon of synapse-frying guitar behind deep, forward-looking bass grooves. Their finest album..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Queens of the Stone Age

Record Review

"...into a cohesive spin around the block. The heartbeat/electrical synapse DSOTM gurgles of opener "The Real Song for the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Pop Beloved

Revisting the Reivers

"...Long." Joe King Carrasco, a couple years removed from Synapse Gap and Party Weekend -- two de rigueur Tex-Mex..."

April 26, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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