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SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs

"...Anthology films can be tricky. At one end, there are the disconnected shorts, bolted together through an unwieldy..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Phoenix Forgotten

Missing teens and mysterious lights in this found-footage sci-fi film

"...Like Fox Mulder, the Lone Gunmen, and the characters in director Justin Barber’s..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Host

Screenlife horror is more than a ghost in the machine

"...less creatively challenging than a multi-camera steup. Host is neither a lazy The Blair Wictch Project knock-off, nor running..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Waters' Edge

"...John Waters is one of the most recognizable forces in the modern American cinema. He..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Intro

"...For better or worse, there's no getting away from the juggernaut called Star Wars:..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.

"...Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas and T.J. Miller. Although the online community has been positively abuzz regarding Cloverfield since..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...Film director Edward Dmytryk died last week. During the years in the late Seventies when Dmytryk taught filmmaking..."

July 9, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...I vividly recall stumbling across a cache of my father's old film equipment secreted away in our spacious, chilly,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...For a film that brings together Latino filmmakers, Satanic Hispanics does everything it can to..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fully Realized Humans

Sharp-witted lo-fi comedy sees the ups and downs of trying to fix yourself

"...Their clocks are ticking, as the imminent arrival of their..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lovely Molly

Lovely Molly

"...The Blair Witch Project shadows Eduardo Sanchez's career, but with..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cinema, Comics, and Crafts in This Week’s Arts Events

Weekday nights are for arting

"...Awkward absurdist auteur Jared Hess might be rolling in the dough with Minecraft’s continued box office dominance, but nothing..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...Anthology films are tricky. While they are a mainstay of one genre in particular –..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"...make one when just about every character died in the last movie? Well, Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge,..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Warning: Do Not Play

South Korean horror is really about the terror of filmmaking failure

"...you pull out some old programs, start flicking through them, and think to yourself, I wonder what happened to..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Time Trap

Time-bending thriller needed more, well, time

"...Judging by the first 20 minutes or so of Time Trap, no..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Making 'Bad Kids' Even Badder

Local-shot horror makes jump from comic to indie screens

"...Two years ago, writers Barry Wernick and Matthew Spradlin told me with straight faces they were filming..."

Dec. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Some Kind of Documentary

"...work on Metallica: Some Kind of Monster in 2001 they had no way of knowing they'd end up, three..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...moviegoing. Few new movies were scheduled to open during the early part of the season. Distributors ceded the eight..."

July 16, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Work for Hire

The RIAA amends a copyright law that labels "sound recordings" as "work for hire" thus robbing most musicians of right to their masters.

"...The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: A bill..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Everything That Rises Must Converge

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...Power Convergence: The New MediumMod: Bill Kurtis (A&E)..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...It seems like just yesterday the Lumiere Brothers, Georges Méliés, and old Tom Edison were..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...The distribution story of the summer is still The Blair..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paul Hanley's Top 10 Crazy-Ass 'Nam Movies

Viva the Nam's co-creator talks about his inspirations

"...1) The Losers a.k.a. Nam's Angels (1970): William Smith and Adam..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Bilingual Max wants to be an American film star. The main problem: He's stuck in Amsterdam. To catch Hollywood's..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...“Housecore.” When you hear that one word growled into the phone, there’s no doubt it’s Phil Anselmo at the..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Austin Studios gets an upgrade, plus the fall festival season begins

"...Uh, at least not for a few months while they spruce up a bit. Then, please, come a-calling. Yes,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.

"...Of all the awards shows, the Oscars ceremony is the granddaddy of..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...that every time an environmentalist mentions genetic engineering (GE) they invoke Frankenstein's monster? Why are they afraid of science?..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

Summer Splash Party Movie Nights

"...Jun 26Creature From the Black Lagoon (in 3D)..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

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