A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...weird when Salemi, Sicily, buys out your favorite independent video-rental store. Which is exactly what happened last week to..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...she had accepted Christ ... after watching the Jesus video...."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"...and ideas. You've just crossed over into ... the Video Zone."..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Now You See Us

Your Band's First Video

"...thing you want to even think about is making videos, right? Well, maybe and maybe not. The term "music..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Music Feature

The Xtreme Solution

APD squad cars will now have 'no-idle' battery packs sufficient to run new video hardware – but did city officials fall for a system too expensive and impractical?

"...each of those cars was equipped with an in-car video recorder. Unfortunately, only one of the three officers actually..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Luv Supreme

I Luv Video celebrates 30 years with a 'Blade Runner'-themed bash

"...Remember the death of the great American independent video store? That bleak yet hi-rez moment a few years..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Striking Sparks

When strangers team up to create a play and a video game in 10 weeks, sparks fly – in a good way

"...responsible for creating either a theatre piece or a video game, Team Chimera's "hybrid" status means its members are..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Through a Glass, Darkly

Prisoners now must communicate with visitors by video

"...their loved ones can do so only from a video-enabled computer. Since 2009, video-only visitation has been the norm..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Mr. Payback

"...interactive movie” is either a giant leap forward for video-game enthusiasts or a large step backward for film purists...."

Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eyelid Kid’s Hyde Park Demons

“Landscape” video introduces ghostly abandoned mansion

"...In the chilling new video for Eyelid Kid’s “Landscape,” the Austin electro-pop act’s frontman..."

May 31, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Restart Your Engines...

RuPaul's Drag Race begins its second season.

"...Last night was the premiere of the second season..."

Feb. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...the chase straight off, okay? If you play the video game Doom – that’s the one that popularlized this..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

1998 Video Wrap-Up

"...This year was a transitional one for the video industry, at least as far as home viewing options..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...YouTube. It's not really that hard, since the streaming video platform was only founded in 2005. If it were..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...on which this festival was built. – Michael Toland Video Age & Shy Boys Mohawk, Friday 29..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Sundance Review: Censor

Flashback horror to an era of cultural repression

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

Jan. 30, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

COTA Withdraws Support From IndyAustin

Pepe the Frog gaffe costs anti-stadium drive big bucks

"...Pepe the Frog found his way into an IndyAustin video attacking Mayor Steve Adler over the effort to bring..."

Oct. 29, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Beware the Jungle Trap

Director Jim Bryan on Hollywood's seedy and sublime

"...impactful transition. From sexploitation reels to drive-in horrors and video ninjas, he survived the sleaze cinema revolution from 16mm..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hardcore Henry

Inventive spectacle and pop-culture tease finally arrives onscreen

"...Henry’s evolution began when Ilya Naishuller directed a music video for his band Biting Elbows on a track called..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Paola Antonelli and Interaction Design

We talk with MoMA's Paola Antonelli about interaction design

"...by Maxis for DOS, Mac OS, and Amiga. That video game, a then-futuristic riff on the urban planning god-fantasy..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Ride for Your Life

"...a movie that probably wouldn't survive as a glorified video game for 25¢ a pop, let alone as an..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Double Dragon

"...and Julia Nickson. I suppose it was inevitable that video games would become the next medium to be recycled..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Assassin's Creed

Popular video game series hits the screen

"...wanted to love you. As a fan of the video game series (except for that shitty Colonial America one),..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Release of Breaion King Arrest Footage Leads to APD Investigations

Police and community members meet for “an open, honest dialogue”

"...the oversight of their chain of command after dashboard video footage of an arrest and subsequent ride to Travis..."

July 22, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Down With Netflix! Down With Redbox!

Saturday is Independent Video Store Day

"...that matter Hulu or Vimeo or even freaking Blockbuster Video -- ever given you free beer, like, for free?..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...of the same name, but it's the vernacular of video games, not sequential art, that most informs this glad-hearted..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Clerks

Kevin Smith's feature debut is an outrageous, profane, and deliriously dead-on comedy that follows a day in the life of two young convenience/video store clerks.

"...follows a day in the life of two young convenience/video store clerks. O'Halloran is Dante Hicks, a 22-year-old slacker..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Expend4bles

Pointless action sequel should have gone straight to video

"...were meant to be seen on streaming or home video – with the modest expectations and niche(r) audiences those..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Found Footage Festival Comes to Austin

Traveling showcase of video hilarity screens at the North Door

"...Some things are better found. Videotapes, for instance. Rather than when it's part of some..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...kids are too cool for dice, it becomes a video game, hiding its secrets in a cartridge (look it..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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