Vampire Academy

This month's flavor in the teen vampire continuum.

"...bloodlusty and wildly popular series of young adult novels, Vampire Academy proves, if little else, that the tween/teen market..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Despite being the third entry in the Underworld series, this is a prequel story about the age-old war between the vampires and the werewolves.

"...entry in the ongoing exsanguinators vs. lycanthropes franchise (that's vampires and werewolves to anyone not weaned on Famous Monsters)..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...1993 feature debut Cronos, an inventive variation on the vampire mythology, established him as an up-and-coming filmmaker and garnered..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Screamlines

"...Interview With the Vampire..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

TV Eye

Here, for your consideration, are the Emmy nominations for dramas, along with nominees selected by columnist Belinda Acosta for her second annual Clare Awards.

"...few surprises and several eye-rolling repeat nominations. Although the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (which hosts the Emmys)..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

More grumbling about how dumb the Emmy Awards are

"..."TV Eye" focused on the snub of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tilda Swinton and Jim Jarmusch Go Together Like Cream

The actress dishes on ‘Only Lovers Left Alive'

"...her slinky-sinister role as a louche, book-enamored, and three-thousand-year-old vampire in Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Swinton is..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

PBS' documentary series P.O.V. offers a kinder, gentler (though no less provocative) brand of television.

"...KLRU's membership drive. Airdates are TBA.TV News Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: Enterprise earned trophies at the..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Another day, another blah awards show

"...There were some interesting nominations. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, long ignored by the Emmys, was given a..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

No Emmy nominations for Buffy

"...I'm fairly blasé about awards shows. But when the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced their 2001 Primetime..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Nominated for an Academy Award, this documentary recounts the life of writer Ayn..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Rage in the Cage

Alamo celebrates the inimitable genius of Nicolas Cage

"...guy that ate a live cockroach on screen for Vampire's Kiss, and then six years later won the Academy..."

Jan. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Lifeforce'

Like a comet, Tobe Hooper's long-forgotten sci-fi oddity returns

"...threw a copy of Colin Wilson's novel The Space Vampires and a $25 million check at him, and told..."

June 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...in Samoa completing a therapy program at Coral Reef Academy, a retreat for at-risk youths. "Free Earl!" a crowd..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Bite Me

Graham Reynolds performs score for 'Nosferatu'

"...Silent-era actor Max Schreck is perfectly cast as the vampire, so much so that both he and Murnau's entire..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Exploitation's Glass Ceiling

Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies

"...who got their starts in producer Roger Corman's low-budget academy of down-and-dirty filmmaking, Rothman never graduated into the big..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Girls Club, is due next year. – Doug Freeman Vampire Weekend..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

TV Eye

The TNT action-adventure show Witchblade strikes out with its Groundhog Day-like season premiere, while HBO hits another one out of the park with cop drama The Wire.

"...and I'm no fan of cop dramas. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, and 24 top my must-watch list. But..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

As a television viewer, I'm amused by the 2000 presidential election. As a citizen, I'm appalled.

"...than they do in the Super Bowl or the Academy Awards."..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Nominated for an Academy Award, this documentary recounts the life of writer Ayn..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Flam

Up all night at ATX Television Fest, production news, & more

"...Firefly, with writers Bed Edlund and Jose Molina; The Vampire Diaries, with creator Julie Plec and actress Arielle Kebbel;..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Nigerian highlife, leading to a forthcoming national tour with Vampire Weekend. – Austin Powell Plutopia..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

No False Moves

Bill Paxton

"...redeemable Private Hudson in 1986's Aliens and the nomadic vampire Severin in Kathryn Bigelow's stylish bloodsucker Near Dark (1987)..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Ohio State researchers, female vampire bats tend to form an egalitarian community within a..."

July 30, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...toxic work culture on past sets including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Justice League), and a not-entirely-fresh-feeling steampunk aesthetic..."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...Flatliners and Looper in this complicated thriller that stars Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin and another Other Worlds alumni..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An English Spaceship Lands at SXSW

Director Alex Taylor finds the alien in teenage alienation

"...AT: Exactly. There are kids studying at the academy to join the army, they're 15 or 16. They..."

March 15, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...Edelstein and executive produced by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men), and the promising-looking Disney animated feature..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...As a student at the Liberal Arts & Science Academy at LBJ High School, Hagins received a proper film..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

From the Vaults: Amy Adams Rules Local Screens

This week's 'It Girl' Amy Adams first enchanted us in 'Junebug'

"...garnering roles on such television series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and King of the Hill, and appearances in..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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