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Pretentious body horror has all the depth of a perfume commercial
"...at gravitas. That evolved a little after The Blair Witch Project, Clerks, and The American Astronaut, when it came..."
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Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Outwaters
A trip to the desert becomes a found footage nightmare collage
"...approach to tension is definitely taken from The Blair Witch Project, as videographer Robbie heads out into a scenic..."
Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Northman
A vengeance-fueled odyssey across Viking culture and myth
"...filmmaker better suited to the task. In both The Witch and The Lighthouse, he absorbed a vast amount of..."
April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Master
Academic horror puts Black women in the crosshairs of multiple perils
"...campus were built on top of a 17th century witch burning, and that the crone’s shade continues to wreak..."
March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bloodshot
Vin Diesel at his most Vin Diesel in this smash mouth comic adaptation
"...point for Bloodshot should be something like The Last Witch Hunter, not a comic book series legendary for its..."
March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Brahms: The Boy II
The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?
"...(the father in Robert Eggers’ infinitely more unnerving The Witch) as the ominous resident groundskeeper but ultimately both Brahms..."
Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Emma.
Anya Taylor-Joy gives Austen’s priggish heroine the spark she deserves
"...probably best known as the bedeviled Thomasin in The Witch, her grasp of class and social standing informed both..."
Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Portals
SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs
"...sequel's seven directors on board. Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) and Gregg Hale codirected that film's "A Ride..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Hummingbird Project
Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?
"...The Hummingbird Project, by Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen (War Witch), spins off the real-life fight to create the fastest..."
March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Review: A Discovery of Witches
Miniseries shakes Twilight's shadow for a more feminist fantasy
"...New miniseries A Discovery of Witches shares the same shelf space – Supernatural Soap Opera..."
Jan. 16, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Finding the Fun in Porn With Peep Show
Local comics keep it relatively clean and boner free
"...The Sopornos though, the audience is treated to 1987’s Switch Hitters, a “touching” film about baseball broken up with..."
Oct. 10, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley
Thoroughbreds
America's class system goes under a bloody scalpel.
"...darkened stable, a knife. After that, only Lily (The Witch's Taylor-Joy) will even be seen around Amanda, who plummeted..."
March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Five Films to See in Austin This Week
Your weekly film guide for Feb. 2 through Feb. 8
"...situation to the next are breathtaking. Get Tickets Burn, Witch, Burn..."
Feb. 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki
Pretty Weak Review
"...it, pretty weak. For the record, Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch takes issue with dogs because Toto chased her cat..."
July 31, 2017 Postmarks
Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2016
"...the ground, head in the stars. 2) The Love Witch..."
Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Homegrown Horror
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett on 'V/H/S/2'
"...shocker quartet, they brought on Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) and Gregg Hale to go for “A Ride..."
July 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Face Off Recap: Boys, Girls and the Drowned Man
Catch up on Austin's Matt Valentine on the SyFy show
"...Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Er,..."
Jan. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Apollo 18
This secretive film's premise is that it reveals suppressed footage of the U.S. government's secret mission to the moon.
"...Apollo 18, there is the obvious comparison, The Blair Witch Project; the one that film genealogists might lightly press..."
Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Hansel and Gretel
Set in the Gilded Age, this operatic fairy tale really resonates with the present
"...about a brother and sister running afoul of a witch whose house was made of gingerbread, so relocating the..."
April 30, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Future of Film on the Web
Part I: The means
"...this: Go meta. The defining model was The Blair Witch Project, which built buzz by extending the movie narrative..."
March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Payne Pleasures 2004
Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals
"...The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Second Youth Family Theatre..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
I Married a Witch
Sexy and enduringly bewitching, 1942's I Married a Witch is a four-star Hollywood incantation.
"...I MARRIED A WITCH (1942)..."
Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez
The Ring
An urban myth about a videotape that causes the death of anyone who watches it is given a good workout in this American remake of the Japanese horror sensation.
"...hell -- oh my god!” sequences in The Blair Witch Project. Apart from its well-sustained sense of creeping dread,..."
Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Postmarks
Don't look to the past, don't repeat other's mistakes, and don't read the Chronicle's movie reviews.
"...Which Witch Is Wiccan?..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Column
Tales of Error: It Came From Junior High
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
"...In its advertising, Flame Failure promises a Blair Witch Project takeoff, but in lieu of milking this new..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun
Waters' Edge
"...even backlash against something as innocuous as The Blair Witch Project...."
Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Psych Fest 2024 at the Far Out Lounge & Stage
"...All Them Witches on Saturday..."
April 30, 2024 Photo Gallery
Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts
Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events
"...that unforgettable card. – Wayne Alan Brenner The Love Witch..."
Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins
Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, and Alvvays Lead the Austin Psych Fest 2024 Lineup
The relaunched fest returns to the Far Out Lounge April 26-28
"...Saturday’s lineup includes J Mascis side project Witch, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, L.A. WITCH., and All..."
Dec. 13, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson
Fantastic Fest Review: The Found Footage Phenomenon
New documentary unspools the reels of fake-real films
"...of the found footage genre remains 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, with Heather Donahue’s runny nose and the film’s..."
Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
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