Top 10 Video Games

Whether you wanted intimate tales or cars being blown back from explosions, 2015 had you covered

"...Using an outdated computer interface, Her Story tells a crime tale using snippets of several police interviews. The only..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

DVDanger: 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

Can the WWE make an action star out of Dean Ambrose?

"...Burke, Shaw checks a mystery flash drive from the crime scene out of evidence, and finds that mister cop..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Collaborations of Love and Pain

Creative couple Ericka Marsalis-LaManna and Ray LaManna slay their demons

"...was just heavier. It wasn't a comedy, it's a drama, and Ray having to relive certain things was tough...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...first U.S. performance by Alice Krige) and a terrible crime...."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Past Casts a Long Shadow

History is now at this year's Austin Polish Film Festival

"...this year's program of political and historical thrillers, family psycho-dramas, documentaries, animations, and shorts: A Grain of Truth (2015)..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...Adapted from British crime novelist Mo Hayder's 2001 book of the same name,..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Harvest

Is it finally the Henry successor we wanted?

"...a horror innovator, the true (or at least fact-based) crime connection between the two is really what he should..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...Too soon? It might be for a crime drama about the notorious South Boston gang leader James..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wes Craven, Philosopher of Terror

Remembering the horror innovator

"...a horror film per se. Instead, it was a crime drama that took what that genre hides – the..."

Sept. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...Of course, both depend on the tropes of the crime thriller genre: double crosses, heists, missing money, and a..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Austinites get Emmy nominations and David Gordon Green's new project

"...Also of note is John Ridley's American Crime, a limited series shot in Austin last year, which..."

July 20, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...magistrate Pierre Michel (Dujardin) and his efforts to stop crime syndicate boss “Tany” Zampa (Lellouche) and his associates against..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bombay Velvet

Indian crime drama

"...and Vivaan Shah. Not reviewed at press time. Indian crime drama was inspired by James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet...."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Road to Juarez

Conventional Mexican crime drama

"...criminals get in way over their heads” subgenre of crime drama. There are clever ways to use time jumps..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: Four Films in Search of a Cult

Retro releases and martial arts aim for new crowds

"...their pasts. It seems like this is a kitchen-sink drama without the sink, as the pair struggle and fail..."

April 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...the film at first appears to be a routine crime drama about mismatched cops on the trail of a..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

It Follows Goes Everywhere

Director David Robert Mitchell on finding horror in Detroit

"...the evil shadow of his debut feature, 2010's teen drama The Myth of the American Sleepover. Jay Height (Maika..."

March 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime and Consequences

American Crime creator John Ridley talks about shooting in Austin, faith, race, and Felicity Huffman

"...to Austin to finish prep for shooting the American Crime pilot for ABC. The series remained to shoot in..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...one of the the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century – the arrest of Ross..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...star review from us. James Byrkit's microbudget indie sci-fi drama, set against during a blackout at a dinner party,..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...ensemble cast goes through the horrifying banalties and touching dramas of everyday life, all under the threat of the..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

William Goss' Top 10 List

"...5)Selma Ava DuVernay's docudrama restores urgency to the civil rights movement while revealing..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by William Goss

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...The big winner in the features category was cause-and-effect crime thriller Time Lapse. Written and directed by Bradley King,..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg Wishes You a Happy Christmas

On fatherhood, impostor syndrome, and staying unpredictable

"...In this case, it's the writer/director/actor's newest lo-fi drama, Happy Christmas. However, it's not quite as lo-fi as..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Islands in the Film Stream

Recent films from the Philippines unspool for the Austin Film Society's next Essential Cinema series

"...some seriously badass cinema that combines elements of family drama, kidnapping, and grimy political intrigue with a superbly stylized..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits: The Laura Mars Years

Blow-Up vs. The Eyes of Laura Mars: The female gaze of male gaze is way more compelling

"...When the "blow-up" of the title reveals a murky crime in the background of one of his photographs, he's..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

AFF Announces Award Winners

Narrative feature jury award goes to The Kings Surrender

"...Documentary Feature Jury Award: Once Upon a Crime: The Borelli-Davis Conspiracy (D: Sheldon Wilson)..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...awkward tone change: A morality tale, after a kitchen-sink drama. But by that stage, this has become a full-blown..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Snags Jon Stewart’s Rosewater

The Humbling, The Last 5 Years tapped for opening night

"...film “Satellite Beach,” Wilson will screen Stuart Rosenberg’s 1984 crime drama The Pope of Greenwich Village...."

Sept. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2014: Tommy

A gun moll calls the shots in this Swedish crime drama

"...and it’s practically the only joke in this stone-faced crime film – is that we never see Tommy, unless..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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