'The American Scream' Rises From the Grave

Fantastic Fest Halloween doc fave returns to screens today

"...Hallows Eve had lasted just a few more days, then your dark wish is fulfilled with the resurrection of..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for 'The American Scream'

Fantastic Fest premieres home Halloween haunt doc

"...It's rare that made-for-TV docs like The American Scream gets a big screen outing, but like..."

Sept. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Then again"..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Fantastic Fest Interview: Haunters: The Art of the Scare

Director Jon Schnitzer talks Halloween haunts and the new extreme

"...The biggest years for Halloween haunted houses have been years..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...producer Liddell and co-screenwriters John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine the Beelzebubs of the banal thanks to this frighteningly dull..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Work

Doc on a powerful Folsom Prison therapy group

"...The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The SXSW Game of Thrones Blood Drive Is More Fun Than the Red Wedding

Bleed for the Throne jump-starts nation's largest promo blood drive

"...in making a splash at SXSW, and this year they’ve gone all-out to promote the final bloody season of..."

March 8, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Scream 2

"...since director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reintroduced the joys of the slasher film to the American moviegoing..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Skeleton Key

A top-notch cast is mostly wasted in this atmospheric but prosaic hoodoo spooker.

"...Peter Sarsgaard and Joy Bryant. A top-notch cast was gathered and then wasted in this atmospheric but prosaic hoodoo..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Woods at Scream Hollow

Behind the scenes at the local destination horror house

"...The woods may be dark and deep. Yet no one..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of Dying

"...Gustavo Salmerón and Fele Martínez. Slick and intermittently creepy, The Art of Dying is a sort of I Know..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Werewolf in Paris

"...unprecedented span between an original movie and a sequel. There must have been--what? -- seven or eight Friday the..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

American Pie 2

"...this randy sequel to Paul Weitz's 1999 smash fits the bill to a T-back. Actually, it's the only thing..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...In 1994, Primal Scream released fourth LP Give Out But Don’t Give Up...."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...producer Keith Calder took to Twitter to ask, "What's the most recent wide-release, non-platformed horror film that wasn't a..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

WNBA: The "We Got Next" Generation

The Revolution Is Being Televised... and Sponsored by Nike

"...The point guard hurls a 3/4-court missile. Play becomes frantic..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Terror Tuesday Continues to Be the Alamo’s Bloody Beating Heart

Horror series send shivers up the aisles

"...Once upon a time in Austin, there was a scrappy little movie theatre with a grotty..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'The Lords of Salem'

Or, in defense of Rob Zombie as a filmmaker

"...I have a serious question: What is it about the fact that Rob Zombie makes horror movies that drives..."

Sept. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Classical Revival at the Blanton

The Art of the Deal

"...So what's all this about the University of Texas being a slow, confused bureaucracy? When..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Review: Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

How Gawker got killed by Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel

"...against upstart online scandal sheet Gawker would result in the site’s total destruction? There’s gotta be more to that..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

School Finance Before the Texas Supreme Court

The State Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling before the end of the year

"...The state of Texas is applying a curious logic in..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2012: Scenes From the Fest

"...Inside 'American Scream' Home Haunt at Alamo..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Photo Gallery

The Wedding Weekend

This earnest, well-acted ensemble film is a seriocomic meditation on what it means to be an American male approaching the dreaded four-oh.

"...and Camilla Thorsson. A poor man's companion piece to the forthcoming Sex and the City, this earnest, well-acted ensemble..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...pace. Multiplying faster than partridges in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Claim

"...Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Sarah Polley and Nastassja Kinski. The Claim trafficks in a particular brand of pain: a..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Gatekeeper

"...Brooks and Joe Pasqual. John Carlos Frey pulls off the proverbial hat-trick in his low-budget indie film The Gatekeeper...."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel Entertainment continues to pave the road for its forthcoming Avengers epic with another origin story for another superhero.

"...first burst onto comic book pages in 1941 with the Stars and Stripes emblazoned on his signature shield. Born..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Howling with The Pack

DVDanger runs with the dogs and wolves

"...There is no worse nightmare for a farmer than finding..."

July 13, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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