Other Worlds Austin Is Listening

Director Khalil Sullins on telepathy and social media

"...Social media is supposed to be the great connector. But Khalil Sullins, director of sci-fi thriller..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Opposites attract in a new mystery series starring a crime writer and a cop

"...As a general rule, I don't like procedurals (the CSIs, the Law & Orders), whodunits, or mysteries. But..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Good timing

"...only a few issues ago that I was lamenting the death of the TV sitcom. Now, rising from the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Mondays Redux

"...A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature

Nada About Yadda

TV Eye

"...8pm NBC). See? I don't even have to say the name and you know what show it is...."

May 15, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...Listen. The only thing you'll ever really need to know about..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Summer fun, air-conditioned and remote-controlled: The Discovery Channel airs a triptych of roller coaster specials, and Buffy fans can get their jollies in book form.

"...head chopping, fly-bys. No, it's not skateboarders' slang but the language of roller coaster enthusiasts. "Air time," as you..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Back Door Man

A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence

"...Bill Bentley having a quick bite to eat at the Hole in the Wall. The flesh-and-blood Bill Bentley was..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...(M.S.) 8/21/98 UN AIR DE FAMILLE 3.0 (M.S.) 11/27/98 THE ALARMIST 1.0 (S.D.) 11/27/98 ALMOST HEROES 0 (R.S.) 6/5/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Elvis Presley, Mulder and Scully, etc.

"...its commissary menu when Elvis was filming Jailhouse Rock there in 1957...."

April 22, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Savlov's Review Was Wrong

"...Dear Editor, Re: The review for The X-Files: I Want to Believe [Film..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Postmarks

SXSW Music: Hardly Art Showcase

Light, surf, fun – until it got dystopian

"...There’s no way around it, y’all: If you missed Hardly..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Prognosis

"...words like "post rock" and "math rock." Halaska embodies the label on Mayantology, the local quartet's knotty, complex music..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Please Rewind and Play Again IV

"...to hear Bliss Blood's haunting voice again. Seems like the former Pain Teens vocalist had vanished into the ether..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Spectres of the SpectrumDir/Scr/Prod: Craig Baldwin; DP: Bill Daniel; Music: John Waterman,..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Darling Mickey

Prolific director Mickey Keating dials in to the Sixties

"...Mickey Keating can't stop. The writer/director stunned SXSW audiences this spring with his X-Files-influenced..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...way out of a maximum-security hoosegow in Rod Lurie's The Last Castle. (Oct. 12)... Elsewhere, martial arts machine Jet..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Thursday, Apr 8

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre Spoo (Chicago, IL) Drunk Baby Collective (Minneapolis, MN)..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

Season's Greetings

The Meet Market:

"...Charmed(WB, Wednesdays, 8pm; premieres 10/7): The Craft meets Sisters in the land of Bewitched, only..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Qmmunity: Editor Beth Sullivan's Queer Goodbye

Closing the chapter with OUTsider Fest and more queer events

"...Every writer knows writing the lead is the hardest part. It's even harder when..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...you just have to accept your nightmares and know they're part of you," Ava Aldrich (Melora Walters) warns the..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Broadcast Signal Intrusion

VHS conspiracy thriller heads down a weird rabbit hole

"...pulled across a bulletin board. From one clue to another, the film shoots through the mystery of an unsettling..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by James Scott

DVDanger: Follow

Owen Egerton on VOD, plus Antibirth

"...Adapted and extended from his SXSW 2013 short of the same name, Egerton has kept his Austin location and..."

Aug. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Honors Chris Carter, Announces First Wave

Outstanding TV Writing Award for 'X-Files' creator

"...The Austin Film Festival announced today the first ten films..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fear Knows No Limits

Steve Niles' cross-platform experiments in terror

"...any grimoire and you will find writer Steve Niles. The film adaptation of his comic 30 Days of Night..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Stories

Food

"...Indiana, we spent part of our summer vacation on the shores of Lake Michigan, and the highlight of one..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature

The Spirit of the Beehive

"They felt the film was ... simply unendurable. That no one would go see it."

"...The Spirit of the Beehive..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

The flirting has just begun. Yes, it's only the end of July, and yet the networks are already running promos for new shows that may not even premiere until late fall.

"...The flirting has just begun. Yes, it's only the end..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Summer Reading

Also Recommended

"...The Snakepit Bookby Ben Snakepit (Gorsky, $12, paper)..."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...As evidence that things can change, there are some welcome surprises among this year's Emmy Awards..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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