The 'Machete' Is Family

Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, and Alexa Vega, together again

"...for Austin filmmakers was a chainsaw. Now it's a machete. But the cast and director of Machete Kills have..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Security Guard Nearly Killed in Machete Attack Urges Stronger Social Safety Net

Police union blames prosecutors

"...Hotel, when a man he escorted out grabbed a machete and swung toward Stewart's neck. Stewart blocked it, and..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Violent Ends

Fifteen years after first inception, Machete hacks its way into theatres

"...after Robert Rodriguez first tagged Danny Trejo with the Machete moniker in Spy Kids and three years since the..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Making Trouble Look Good

How Kurt Volk got to be Robert Rodriguez's go-to poster designer

"...no windows. That means more room for posters. Grindhouse. Machete and Machete Kills. Predators. Matador. A whole pinboard of..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Troublemakers Embraced By Fox, Finally

Rodriguez signs with Fox on Machete distro deal

"...stay alive." That's the tag line for Robert Rodriguez's Machete, but it could just as well describe the studio..."

Jan. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Sandwich Bags and Chocolate Syrup

Get offline, go out amongst the people, and try really hard not to be a douchebag

"...life. May you never know what it’s like to go without. Do you have any idea what it’s like..."

April 24, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...If you can’t go to Utah, then Utah will just come to you...."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Nasty'

A new short horror for the gore-geous side of glamor

"...Been good and saved up your crowdfunding cash all week? Well,..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...Aspiring filmmaker? Don't go back to school. Seriously. No matter how much your..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...of conservative, old-world values, the Monterrey of a decade ago was the type of city where if you wanted..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...of Texas called the Alamo Drafthouse that if you go there, you are not going to believe it!'"..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

No. 1 Troublemaker

The guts and the glory (don't forget the gory)

"..."When I came to Austin to do Machete, I took two of my partners with me," says..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Michelle Rodriguez, Noah Hawley, and the Leagues to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

AFS to hold its biggest fundraiser at March 6 ceremony

"...producer, and two people who helped shape the modern moviegoing experience make up the list of this year's inductees..."

Jan. 29, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Next Wave

A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States

"...Austin to support their new album, La Marcha del Golazo Solitario ("March of the Solitary Goal"), Los Cadillacs are..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...When the going gets weird, as Hunter S. Thompson surmised, the weird..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...local beer fans, and that was to peddle a logo souvenir glass to their visitors populated with a few..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Last Circus

Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.

"...de la Torre, Carolina Bang, Manuel Tallafé, Alejandro Tejerías, Santiago Segura and Enrique Villén. "Spanish bombs/Yo te quiero infinito/Yo..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robert Rodriguez Brings Big Dad Energy to We Can Be Heroes

Sharkboy and Lavagirl return to pass the torch to a younger generation of heroes

"...the king of Tex-Mex carnage for neo-exploitation titles like Machete Kills and Desperado. But he's spent more time in..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...Isn't Texas supposed to be the state of "government accountability"? A place where businesses know they compete on..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Jolie Holland is an original founder of the Be Good Tanyas. April's Anti- disc Escondida is full of regretful..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Film News

Austin Studios lands a long-term tenant; Robert Rodriguez talks about a live-action The Jetsons; and more

"...Austin Studios is currently in negotiations to add a new tenant, Soundcheck Austin, a company..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Years With Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

"...in the 19th century if I do not read Gogol and Dostoevsky and Tolstoy and Turgenev, for example. So..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...from the growth that was changing Austin from a college/government town into a metropolis. It's a tranquil, serene place,..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Treasures

Moody Anderson and His Western Warehouse

"...It's high noon, midweek, not long ago. I'm tooling westbound on Highway 2244, 20 or so..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime

The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos

"...The last three years have seen Powerhouse go from video game cutscenes and adverts (both still part..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Barge to Hell, Part 3

A final metal injection from HeadCrusher

"...We got to the port of Miami where our tour manager..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...release since Pack Up the Cats on Island. Their Chicago hammerhead grunge is still defined by ecstatic highs and..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...not be the most famous and prestigious (that title goes to South Lamar, or, to give it its proper..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Grown Ups 3 Comes to Life in Austin

Hot spec script gets a reading at ColdTowne to benefit RAICES

"...whether the cast of Grown Ups can outrun a machete wielding killer. Well, maybe that last one is special..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Arts Post by James Scott

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