SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...Holy Mountain and Red 7 aren't the only hot spots of local culture to lose their..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...dead, done and gone. But we'll be living with the legacy of its film festivals for months to come...."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...The latest from Studio Ghibli, insanity from cult directors Takashi..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Johnette Napolitano, No Holds Barred

Author, DIY adopter, tattooist, ghost buster, you name it

"...With the Sketchbook series, former Concrete Blonde frontwoman Johnette Napolitano finally..."

May 23, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

DVDanger: Larry Fessenden Goes 'Beneath'

Horror auteur talks giant fish and the state of indie terror

"...If there's a dark patron saint of modern indie horror, it's..."

March 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Page Two: Wild and Delirious

A columnist's lament, by way of some favorite cultural touchstones

"...was lucky enough to spend time hanging out with the king of softcore filmmaking, Russ Meyer (Faster, Pussycat! Kill!..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Column by Louis Black

TCB

That's the news, and I am outta here

"...Is That All There Is? In January 2003, when TCB inherited the task..."

June 29, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

No Limits

Austin at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...When the People's Choice votes at this year's Toronto International Film..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Starry Eyes

Roky Erickson's monumental comeback

"..."One of the great rock & roll singers stood on the stage..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

The last installment of "Dancing About Architecture."

"...And in the End ......"

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Have you had your fill of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming too many hours of Survivor, Big Brother, The Real World, Road Rules, or Making the Band? Better get used to it -- there's a whole lot more on the way.

"...Wants To Be a Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming too many hours of Survivor, Big..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Book Reviews

By the Shore: A Novel

"...By the Shore is narrated by 12-year-old May, a reflective, serious..."

April 30, 1999 Books Review by the Shore

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Basehead were so far ahead of the curve that seven years after their debut we still..."

March 13, 1998 Music Review

Somebody's Gonna Die

Sangre de Toro

"...photograph by Bruce Dye The tiny black bull stands defiantly on its uneven legs,..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

'Twas the Season...

"...Whoosh! What a year! Bands failed, clubowners found their existence increasingly difficult, and the music scene in general..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Column

Motoramas in Pink Pajamas

And Other Illusions From When Life Was Mighty Swell

"...Our Secret Century: Archival Films From the Darker Side of the American Dream..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Dah-Veed Savings Time

"...record deal. He'd been debating for quite some time whether to go with Capitol or Atlantic, and in the..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Column

Ghost of a Smile: Stories

"...Ghost of a Smile: Storiesby Deborah Boliver Boehm..."

April 13, 2001 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

You Should Have Left

You probably shouldn't stay for this middling supernatural mystery

"...once lived in a house that was bigger on the outside than the inside. True story. The builders had..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Another Evil

Carson D. Mell on crying exorcists, plus home release update

"...If there's something strange in your neighborhood, calling a needy, dysfunctional,..."

May 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Has Daniel Clowes Really Grown Up?

"...Daniel Clowes a chameleon, except for one problem. Though the Berkeley-based writer/artist's comic book Eightball may feature cheap Archie-like..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Ken Lieck

Leonor Will Never Die

Wildly creative Filipino romp finds spectral fun in Manila's film biz

"...Although its ambitions often exceed its reach, the meta-mad Filipino film Leonor Will Never Die (a terrible..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hunt

South Korean spy thriller uncovers a history of cruelty and compromise

"...Donglim. It's the name of a ghost, a myth, a boogeyman in..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

When I Consume You

Siblings against Satan in this character-driven supernatural horror

"...Sometimes the only people who can truly understand you are those..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

"...giallo horror, but to his wife, Ingrid Bisu. Conceived together, the film is an opportunity for Bisu, who is..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Censor

British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts

"...Video nasty. The term conjures up both images of blood-splattered extreme horror,..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blithe Spirit

Mirthless rewrite of Coward's classic can't raise a smile, never mind a ghost

"...Noël Coward’s ghostly comedy Blithe Spirit first hit audiences back in 1941..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...Zealand cinema" and "horror-comedy" have bordered on synonyms. Yet there's a particular tone, a mixture of dry dialogue and..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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