Harold and Maude
"...Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles and Ellen Geer. A cult favorite, this black comedy pairs a 79-year-old swinger with..."
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July 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Holy Smoke!
"...turncoat in regard to Jane Campion's new film. After the rousing, invigorating triumphs of Sweetie and The Piano, it..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Linda Curtis: Reform More Important Than Issues or Policy
"...Dear Editor, I appreciate all the coverage, even the negative letter of Mr. Retherford ["Postmarks,"..."
Sept. 1, 2004 Postmarks
Holy Hell
A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants
"...A documentary about a pseudo-religious cult as seen from the inside out, Holy Hell is..."
May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Honor Roll
The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...On Monday, June 2, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."
June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Another Round of Praise
Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...For the 16th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."
May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Baseless Charge?
"...Dear Editor and Michael King, Standing in the midst of the Nader campaign locally, I have heard..."
Aug. 10, 2004 Postmarks
All Attitude
"I'm a very nice girl -- who happens to be completely amoral," says cult queen Mary Woronov. She'll present two films -- Death Race 2000 and Rock 'n' Roll High School --at the Rolling Roadshow's Rock 'n Roll Drive-In this Saturday.
"...Whether she's performing whip dances behind the Velvet Underground in..."
Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Faults
A cult deprogrammer needs some mental floss of his own.
"...Ansel Roth is a mess. Broke and homeless, the once-famous expert on mind control has hit rock bottom..."
March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
The cult following that surrounds the audio tapes of a couple of slurry drunks that were surreptitiously recorded in the late Eighties is given the documentary treatment.
"...Directed by: Matthew Bate...."
Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Not Forgotten
This unusual U.S.-Mexico border film is a thriller starring Simon Baker and Paz Vega, and it's screening in Austin prior to its national release.
"...DeLorenzo, Ken Davitian, Gedde Watanabe and Mark Rolston. Hail the U.S.-Mexico border film that uses its setting to explore..."
May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...I am very saddened by the "No Mercy" article [News, Aug. 20]. However, I am..."
Sept. 3, 2004 Column
La Femme Nikita
"...Anglade, Tcheky Karyo and Jeanne Moreau. Besson makes instant cult films. They are beautiful enough and stylish enough to..."
May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...to transfer to shuttle buses to get to UT, the Capitol, and downtown, being the most obvious among them)...."
Aug. 13, 2004 Column
Lansdale Unraveled
How a cult director translated a cult author to craft a surefire cult favor
"...Of all the hundreds of stories that Nacogdoches-based writer Joe R. Lansdale..."
Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
American Splendor
At the center of its uniquely beating heart, American Splendor is a heartfelt valentine to Everymen (and Women) everywhere
"...Judah Friedlander and Toby Radloff. I hear it all the time and I say it all the time: In..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Cult
"...The Cult was perfect for the Eighties: loud, garish, over..."
March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland
Phantasm I, II, & III
"...Don A. Coscarelli. Starring: Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm. The cult horror equivalent of the Holy Grail - will..."
March 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Shonen Knife/Melt-Banana
"...Knife has been retuning American rock & roll like the Beatles and Ramones for close to three decades now,..."
Nov. 13, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Love and Death on Long Island
"...even stuffy English writer Giles De'Ath (pronounced as Day-ahth, the character hastens to remind us). Brilliantly portrayed by John..."
March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
ColdTowne Theater's Been Repainted For Your Viewing Pleasure
(They say there's good stuff going on inside, too.)
"...Ah, ColdTowne! That powerhouse of comedy along the Airport Boulevard corridor, as they call it...."
Oct. 23, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Best Worst Movie
Premiering in Austin, this documentary is about the purportedly "best worst movie" ever made, Troll 2, and its enthusiastic fans.
"...Directed by: Michael Stephenson. One of the breakout hits of South by Southwest Film Festival ’09,..."
April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Albert
"...Bleached by the sun And scorched by the moon If I make..."
Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Myth Steps
Trenton Doyle Hancock's mythic creatures rise from the canvas, with help from Stephen Mills and Graham Reynolds
"...The Vegans are dancing!..."
April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
From Austin to Neptune
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite
"...a visit to writer/producer Rob Thomas' Web site, SlaveRats.com, there are several possible conclusions one might draw. The bitter..."
Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
I Live My Broken Dreams
This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and
more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes
Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer
"..."It seemed to me that there were a lot of people that had a kind..."
March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Nicolas Cage rides again.
"...The directorial duo, Neveldine and Taylor, have yet to match..."
Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Tabloid
Errol Morris finds a real character for his documentary subject this time – scandal magnet Joyce McKinney, who allegedly abducted and raped a Mormon missionary.
"...decades of highly acclaimed documentary-making, Oscar winner Errol Morris (The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of..."
Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Drive Angry
Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.
"...nonexistent double bill that’s guaranteed to play better from the vantage point of the back seat of a ’55..."
March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mandy
Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger
"...eat my Doc Martens. It’s been seven years since the Canadian filmmaker’s well-received first feature Beyond the Black Rainbow..."
