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

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Octopus Project Reviewed

"...The Octopus ProjectHello, Avalanche (Peek-a-Boo)..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

In Horrifying Times, the Haunting Season Is More Important Than Ever

This is Halloween

"...is a strange one. As winter draws near in the Northern hemisphere, tradition after tradition has marked this season..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Suzuki Method

AFS retrospective revisits a maverick of Japanese cinema

"...There is nothing quite like the experience of watching a..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...His grandfather, 90, was running out of time, so Will Sheff..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Movie Titles for 1996

"...FAN, THE2.0(M.S.)8/16/96 FARGO4.0(M.S.)3/22/96 FEAR1.0(J.O.)4/19/96 FEELING MINNESOTA1.5(M.S.)9/20/96 FINAL OPTION, THE1.5(J.O.)5/3/96 FIRST KID2.5(M.B.)8/30/96..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Austin Film Festival Announces First 10 Films

New films from Tilda Swinton, Steven Yeun, plus honorees added

"...Ghosts, sounds in the earth, bad boyfriends: Austin Film Festival..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Repo Men

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.

"...Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, Carice van Houten and RZA. Where has all the fun science-fiction filmmaking gone?..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iris

"...Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Juliet Aubrey, Kris Marshall and Penelope Wilton. As the lovely film Iris attests, the..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Sammy Leakey, Charles Babalola and Ian Kenny...."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Temple Stone

Japanese psych warlords Ghost won't be as illusive as their name suggests after Saturday's show at Mohawk

"...A hollow clang seals the iron door. No one will enter or leave the..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...There aren't many films that have you from the first..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Shawn Camp & Darcie Book: Comity of Ghosts" at ICOSA Gallery

New ICOSA show unites the spirits within via the surfaces without

"...A comity, the dictionary informs us, is "an association of nations for..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Blade: Trinity

Originality is in as short supply as shirt buttons as Snipes' high tech vampire slayer meets up with what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp playing Dracula.

"...Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Eric Bogosian and Natasha Lyonne. There are many reasons to dislike this..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thirteen Ghosts

"...Abraham, Jr Bourne, Rah Digga, Shannon Elizabeth, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard and Tony Shalhoub. The cinematic exhumation of Sixties..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Place is this year's opening night film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...Two weeks of rain in Austin. Good for the flowers, the lakes are up, the sun is vanquished...."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sniffing Sine Die

Taking stock of the 81st Lege

"...The final day – June 1 – is only three..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"..."I believe in ghosts," David Grimes tells me with a devious smile, knowing..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...SXSW comes further into focus with a third batch of artists released..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...The post-Halloween season is supposed to be all mist and..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

What to expect in 2008: a great earthquake, a pole shift, many months of darkness, Princess Diana's ghost, and much more

"...Thanks to Google Maps, sleuths discovered in 2005 that the U.S. Navy Exchange building on Bougainville Road in San..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Scare Fare

"...horror movies, which should have burned me out on the subject, but really just made me look for more...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...Fest may be taking a year off due to the coronavirus lockdown, but that's just the in-person gathering. The..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Polly Parsons' late-model Maxima rolls up under the iron Hickory Wind Ranch sign. The storm-gray car noses..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Terrifying clowns, wild robots, and the sound of chainsaws echoing across Austin! Fantastic Fest,..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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