FF2012: 'Here Comes the Devil'

Fantastic Fest fave Bogliano delivers demon family dynamics

"...demonology – and demon-fueled horror – is 'Never let the devil over the threshold.' But there's no advice on..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...what time Graveyard lifts off at Stubb’s on Saturday. The Sword lops heads beginning at 8:45pm, then Neil Fallon..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...Filmmaker Rob Zombie first introduced the world to the murderous, cannibalistic, necrophiliac Firefly family in..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...is coming early to Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Services Rendered

Idle hands are the Devil's playthings

"...seem to be doing much with it. I come home and dishes are still in the sink, the laundry..."

March 9, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Okay, readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II

New chillers and shockers to get you through the season

"...Hell, as Jean-Paul Sartre so adroitly concluded, is other people. So while many people regard the holiday season..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...Who said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Ju-on: The Grudge

Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.

"...Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara and Yui Ichikawa. It takes an awful lot to creep me out these days...."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Missing found-footage finally escapes, plus Bautista in Bushwick

"...Sometimes a missing movie turns up, and the mythology that grew up around its absence eclipses the..."

Nov. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Moment Belongs to the Music

John Sayles' 'Honeydripper' takes flight

"..."'[R]ock 'n' roll' was a term from the juke joints of the South, long in use by..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Louis Black

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...methamphetamine lab operations – one near Georgetown and one further west, in Liberty Hill; three people were arrested and..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...of conjunto lifers skipping rhythms across time and stage. The Conjunto Los Pinkys cabal leader provides an epic glimpse..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...You may be done with 2018, but 2018 isn't done..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood

Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home

"...In fact, all of him is tired. He caught the red eye back from the Portland Comedy Film Festival,..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation

Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors

"...respite from mainstream cinema, or even mainstream indie cinema, there's a whole globe of bizarre and envelope-pushing movies. The..."

June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pete Principle

The star of TBS' 'The Pete Holmes Show' is a poster boy for SXSW Comedy's impact on a comic's career

"...It wasn't long ago that the local comedy landscape scraped by without the embarrassment of..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Performance Park Takes Over the Vortex

Bonnie Cullum’s dream wakes the Tarot into life in her company’s immersive theatrical experience

"...The Vortex Repertory Company, that provocative and often ritual-inspired theatre..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: It's the Time of the Season for Absolute Moral Certainty

The "Anybody but Hillary" movement makes strange bedfellows of the progressive left and the hard right

"...more a given that Bernie Sanders will not receive the nomination, though many of his followers still believe it..."

July 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Devil's Advocate

"...by: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey and Craig T. Nelson. The..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Keith Richards' sensational autobiography Life – published Monday – the Screen's Greatest Rock & Roll Band also reissued another..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...Austin is a bottomless buffet: Just as soon as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Prophecy

"...Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortensen,Amanda Plummer. VHS Home Video..."

July 12, 1996 Screens Feature

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