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July 31, 2014 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez
DVDanger: All This Horror Business
Catching up with the major terror releases
"...is a delightful dining companion. I broke bread with the legendary 75-year-old Italian director last year during the Housecore..."
July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
From Garden State to the Final Moments in Wish I Was Here
Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and his new film
"...If you look up "existential angst" in the dictionary, you might not expect to see a picture..."
July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part II
A half-dozen tape bombardments that hardly toe the line
"...Cassettes occupy a reclusive distance from the whims of the masses. Since tapes aren’t enslaved by..."
July 23, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker
The Time of Their Lives
Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane reflect on the 12 years they spent making 'Boyhood'
"...busy, in fact, that even though he lives in the Austin area, the only chance we have to talk..."
July 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon
Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music - Part I
Shriveled monoliths outweighed and overshadowed by vinyl
"...whines in a comic fugue. Yet such invalidities define the format’s unique black sheep standing...."
July 16, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker
Danzig at Housecore Horror
Special Samhain set, plus Brian Posehn, Neurosis, and more
"...The Housecore Horror Film Festival remains a place for evil..."
July 16, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
DVDanger: Death Rattle Shakes
A case of "Rigor Mortis," and we pay our dues at the 'Death Spa'
"...All due apologies to Electric Six (eh, I'm sure they'll survive) but the latest release from Gorgon Video seems..."
July 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVD Watch: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'
Documentary about a film that never was heads this week's releases
"...There are a thousand movies that remain unmade every day...."
July 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Slint
"...Spiderland might be the most auspicious sophomore album ever. The Louisville foursome had..."
July 4, 2014 Music Review by Luke Winkie
The Rover
Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson are the riveting stars of this bloody but compelling chase movie through the Australian Outback.
"...walks into a bar. Everything else that occurs in The Rover flows from that one happenstance. The guy is..."
June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
DVDanger: Asian Exchange
New takes on old standards and international transplants
"...There was a time when the terms "Asian cinema" and..."
June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Get Your Shovels Out
How a local crew of diggers built the baddest Downtown dirt jumps in the country at the Ninth Street BMX Trails
"...Carl Lein wasn't looking to build the type of jumps you see today when he first..."
June 6, 2014 Sports Feature by Chase Hoffberger
OBN IIIs
"...shouts OBN IIIs namesake Orville Bateman Neeley III, kicking these local Stooges' third LP into gear. Screaming guitars rampage..."
June 6, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall
DVDanger: Robert Hiltzik on 'Sleepaway Camp'
Director talks camps, kids, and that infamous ending
"...It's the ending to beat all. Sleepaway Camp wraps up with..."
May 31, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'
The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror
"...Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July, he expected a by-the-numbers thriller. What he got, instead, pulled not just the..."
May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton
Never a kind word for Big Star
"...Few cult artists as celebrated as Alex Chilton willfully dismiss the..."
May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland
DVDanger: Zoe Bell on 'Raze'
Tarantino's favorite tough lady talks underground fighting
"...things in her life. But beating up Doug Jones, the nicest man in acting, may be the toughest. "That's..."
May 24, 2014 Screens Post
On the Run with Jay & Bey
First couple of hip-hop’s cinematic ruse – or was it!?
"...America’s first music family has put us through the ringer lately. While still recovering from the unanswered questions..."
May 22, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston
Mixin’ It Up at in.gredients
No longer package-free, neighborhood grocer expands offerings
"...blocks east of I-35, in.gredients has amassed a near cult-like following of East Side neighbors, families, and local-food loyalists...."
May 22, 2014 Food Post by Anna Toon
Players' Guide
Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers
"...in a short period of time), a space cowboy theme is just about right. Local indie game collective Juegos..."
May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch
DVDanger: School's Out!
"Evil Speak" and "Final Exam" vie for murder cum laude
"...School's out! But before everyone packs away their pencils, it's a battle of the campus slaughterhouses in..."
May 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Summer Fun: A Cheeseburger at the Blue Hole
An extra pair of tickets for Jimmy Buffett in Austin May 31
"...Barton Springs: Love the lawn, fear the water. Wimberley’s Blue Hole, there I’m..."
May 16, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Springsteen’s High Hopes in Houston
Rarities set-list turns on a pair of Hispanic siblings
"...Bruce Springsteen’s SXSW showcase at the Moody Theater in 2012 meant the E Street Band..."
May 8, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Limón y Sal
Pachanga Fest headliner Julieta Venegas – Mexico's Feist?
"..."I was born in the U.S., grew up in Tijuana, and live in Mexico..."
May 9, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Brian Bosworth is Not Stone-Hearted
The Boz on football, drama and Stone Cold
"...The former Seattle Seahawk burst onto the action flick scene..."
May 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Mark McGuire
Drone optimist hits it out of the park and into the river
"...a slight Ohioan making sparkling, purified New Age music? They’re only a few letters and solar systems apart. As..."
May 4, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie
Austin Psych Fest Live (Friday): The Zombies
Baroque-pop UK legends arrive road-tested and hardy
"...In the decades they were absent from the scene following their..."
May 3, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder
Austin Psych Fest Live (Thursday): Flamin’ Groovies
Sold-out APF opener boasts reunited S.F. cults icons
"...significant incarnations, R&B-loving Sixties garage rockers and Seventies power-poppers, the Bay Area-born Flamin’ Groovies went against then-current mainstream tastes..."
May 2, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder
The Flamin' Groovies
Thu., 11:30pm, Red 7
"..."We're still shaking our heads saying, 'How the hell did this happen?'" acknowledges Cyril Jordan. "I keep..."
