The Ghost and the Darkness

"...Kilmer, Brian McCardie, John Kani, Henry Cele, Om Puri and Emily Mortimer. Have you ever wondered what it would..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Filigree Theatre's The Turn of the Screw

The carefully crafted atmosphere in this ghost story from Filigree Theatre may have you wondering if unseen spirits are lurking in the dark

"...A man of considerable wealth and power. A young woman anxiously seeking employment. Unreasonable demands..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Relic

"...by: Peter Hyams. Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore and James Whitmore. With no undue hype, The Relic can..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Day? Imagine record store day, but for comics. Oh, and they're free. The massive annual event for the comics..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Darkness Falls

"...by: Jonathan Liebesman. Starring: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Joshua Anderson, Grant Piro, Andrew Bayly, Sullivan Stapleton, Emily Browning and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Rider

The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.

"...Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Peter Fonda, Sam Elliott and Donal Logue. Ghost Rider is based on Marvel Comics'..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Stock Austin's Haunted: A Ghost Story

This new musical by Allen Robertson and Damon Brown is darker than their usual fare, but there's light at the end

"...The stage is sunk in midnight gloom. Firelit faces speak..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Night Before

Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night

"...Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Ilana Glazer, Mindy Kaling, Michael Shannon and Nathan Fielder...."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Vatican Tapes

Pray for us; it's exorcism time again

"...Dougray Scott, John Patrick Amedori, Djimon Hounsou, Kathleen Robertson and Michael Paré...."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Illuminating The Magic Lantern

The Austin film podcast conjures British ghosts for AFS

"...Before cinema, there was the magic lantern. That glorious, incandescent source of..."

Nov. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Magic Lantern Shines a Light on British Christmas Ghost Stories

Hang with the spirits of Christmas past

"...The British Christmas is filled with strangers and shadows. Knocks..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Darkness With a Twist of Dime-Store Novel

White Whale Games brings the pulp-fiction aesthetic into the Aughties

"...A nefarious, unknowable force travels the universe, washing away the history of the worlds it..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

The Prodigy

Childhood possession horror leaves us in two minds

"...Taylor Schilling, Brittany Allen, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore and Peter Mooney...."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Grudge

A new haunting from the J-horror franchise

"...Directed by: Nicolas Pesce. Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Tara Westwood, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ghosts in the Machine

The Police conclude their North American tour in San Antonio

"...During the second hottest solar flair-up of the evening last night..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...My worst quality, other than making up voices for other people's pets and..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Wreck of the Elizabeth Dane

Ghost stories

"...Ghost stories, lullabies: spectral opposites of the same comfort. Two..."

July 13, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Nic Cage Plays Happy Families in Mom and Dad

The Oscar winner on parental love, and the calm before the storm

"...There's a scene in Nicolas Cage's latest, black comedy Mom..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds and Under Worlds With Bears Fonté

OWA founder adds horror, history, and food to the sci-fi fest

"...Today may seem grim, but the future, well, at least sci-fi holds out some hope..."

Nov. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January

"...The Best Things in Life Are Free..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...Who says the News desk can't deliver some holiday peace and goodwill..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...Braids intact and trademark shades whipped off, Aaron Behrens bursts through the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Black Angels Reviewed

"...The Black AngelsDirections to See a Ghost (Light in the..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the edge of Springsteen

"..."Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau."..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Sixth Annual Creek Show at Waterloo Greenway

"...The sixth annual Creek Show at Waterloo Greenway takes over..."

Nov. 11, 2019 Photo Gallery

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...Maybe a bit of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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