Fantastic Fest Review: The Creator

Sci fi epic is grand in vision but can't fill its scale

"...For months, 20th Century Studios has promoted Gareth Edwards’ The Creator as a powerful piece of high-concept science fiction..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...One of the closest relationships on a film set is between the..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tyler, the Creator Blooms at the Erwin Center

Odd Future MC hasn’t forgotten inciting a SXSW riot

"...The blossoming of Tyler Okonma continued at the Frank Erwin..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Tyler, the Creator Answers ACL’s Call

Hip-hop great delivers a solid, if anticlimactic, performance

"...There’s a bit of poetic justice – and irony –..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Tyler, the Creator Returns to Austin

Odd Futurist on his Austin arrest, a new app, and ice cream

"...The last time Tyler, the Creator performed in Austin, during..."

June 3, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Day Party: Tyler, the Creator

Odd Future MC returns to the scene of previous SX crimes

"...With all due respect to all the other excellent acts playing the Scoot Inn’s Thrasher/Converse day..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

The Creator

Spectacle and wonder in the AI wars never quite finds its emotional core

"...For months, 20th Century Studios has promoted Gareth Edwards’ The Creator as a powerful piece of high-concept science fiction..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tyler, the Creator

A timeline of the rapper’s notorious SXSW

"...by Thrasher Magazine, juvenile punk rappers Odd Future opened their show with such a commotion that a herd of..."

March 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Tyler, the Creator Plays by the Rules

Notorious Odd Future MC packs Stubb’s without incident

"...This February, charges of inciting a riot at the Scoot Inn during SXSW 2014 were dropped against Tyler,..."

May 31, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Dua Lipa, Tyler, the Creator, Blink-182 Lead 2024 ACL Fest Lineup

Zilker Park holds court October 4-6 and 11-13

"...The 2024 ACL Fest lineup is here. Dua Lipa, Tyler,..."

May 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Sturgill Simpson Stays Outlaw, Tyler, the Creator Gets Sentimental, and Other ACL Sunday Highlights

The fest stayed sunny on the final day of the first weekend

"...A mere three miles down the road from their titular street, West 22nd planted a..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Live Shot: Mobb Deep/Tyler, the Creator

Vets drop new disc, Odd Futurist ramps down the anarchy

"...set of boom bap classics mixed with material from their first LP in eight years, due in April. “We..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...Directed by: Marielle Heller. Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper and Tammy Blanchard...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

Everyone's favorite Christmas misanthrope loses his edge

"...favorite green-furred misanthrope has been revived yet again for the screen. Was anyone clamoring for this? I suppose if..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The TV Set

David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver star in this dyspeptic drama about the work of creating television shows.

"...Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman and Lucy Davis. The journey of a television show is a depressing tale..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Blast From the Past

"...how Calvin Webber learned to stop worrying and love the bomb shelter. Ex Cal Tech professor Calvin Webber (Walken)..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...Online content creation is filled with storytelling innovation, but there's no money in it. Hollywood has the money, but..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Outlander Star Caitriona Balfe, Andor Creator Tony Gilroy Join ATX TV Festival Lineup

State of the industry panel also slated for June fest

"...Between the streaming wars, a looming writers’ strike, whatever the hell..."

April 27, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dune 2 Cinematographer Greig Fraser Makes the Desert a Home

Oscar-winner discusses the challenges of balancing projects

"...can lead to a packed calendar. Take Greig Fraser, the Oscar-winning cinematographer behind the look of The Batman, Zero..."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of 'Green Lantern'

Three local artists quiz DC Comics' Doug Mahnke

"...his run on DC Comics' Green Lantern one of the best-selling titles on the racks, but he has been..."

June 23, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Internet to the Industry: Behind the Scenes of the CAMP Film Festival

New film fest aims to change online creator expectations

"...“From the Internet to the Industry. From the Industry to the..."

April 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SNL Creator Lorne Michaels Donates Archive to the Harry Ransom Center

“Live from New York” lands at Austin research center

"...Weekday update: Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of pioneering comedy sketch show..."

Jan. 15, 2025 Screens Post by Angelina Liu

The Art of Tony Millionaire;
Hot Potatoe: [Sic]

Two new retrospectives represent what's best and funniest and most poignant about comic art

"...The Art of Tony Millionaireby Tony Millionaire Dark Horse, 200..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A BLK REVOLUTION, Channel Tres, Smashing Pumpkins, the Austin Record Convention, and more local music related shows worth seeing

"...The BLK REVOLUTION Tour..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...They say the 15th anniversary is the crystal anniversary, and..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roberto Orci Grabs the Bull by the Horns for 'Matador'

Taking Robert Rodriguez from his comfort zone with soccer'n'spies

"...worse day to visit Austin? All is calm in the lobby of the Four Seasons, but outside the streets..."

July 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...Directed by: Seth MacFarlane. Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris,..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...frankly dull and frequently off-putting Sherlock Holmes-ian take on the final days of Edgar Allan Poe. It's neither grotesque..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Upside of Anger

The two fantastic performances by Allen and Costner that anchor The Upside of Anger are the reason to see this contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults.

"...Christensen, Evan Rachel Wood, Keri Russell and Alicia Witt. The two fantastic performances by Allen and Costner that anchor..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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