Guess Who's Corman To Dinner?

Husband and wife duo Roger and Julie to get lifetime achievement award

"...greatest inspiration in the development of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema," and calling himself "humbled and honored" by their visit,..."

Sept. 7, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Start Your Modems!

The Joy of B-Movie Websites

"...There's also bio and filmography information on stars, directors, cinematographers, producers, etc. as well as a very thorough TV..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...go-to stunt coordinator and performer for drive-in, grindhouse, and exploitation directors like Richard Rush, Ray Dennis Steckler, Al Adamson,..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exposing The Zodiac Killer

The first film to be restored by the American Genre Film Archive

"...True crime and cinema go together like highways and spree killers. But no..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Butt-Numb-a-Thon 14 Lineup

Harry Knowles' annual film fest sneaks 'The Hobbit,' 'Mama'

"...catalog the trailers, after all this is a rich cinematic stew with all elements contributing to the extraordinary taste...."

Dec. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: A Serbian Film

"...nation of Serbia could produce this landmark of transgressive cinema. With the nation's terrible decadelong civil war a constant..."

March 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...youth films with the emergence of the juvenile delinquent. Exploitation films like 1955's One-Way Ticket to Hell (aka Teenage..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Short Cuts

Tales from the Tarantino trenches

"...is in full swing over at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (409 Colorado) and continues through this coming Sunday, Aug...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Violet Crown Introduces Austin's Newest Horror Host

Join the sisterhood of scares at the Roxy Horror Picture Show

"...new monthly series of horror classics at Violet Crown Cinema...."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Secret Splendors of Black Emanuelle

New box set and a special AFS screening set to reappraise the Italian sexploitation series

"...board game devised by Janisse and Austin TV and exploitation historian Amanda Reyes. She's just one of a multitude..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Film Books From Austin

From Pinocchio to psychotic women, your gift guide for reading material

"...An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (Expanded Edition) by Kier-La Janisse, FAB Press, 448..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Paul Thomas Anderson on His Friendship With Jonathan Demme

Phantom Thread director to receive Texas Film Award

"...and Phantom Thread, Demme's work questioned the conventions of cinema, like allowing period pieces to feel contemporary in the..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chill Places to Cool You Off

The summer heat is your enemy. Let these locales be your refuge.

"...and the Alamo Drafthouse is the Rolls Royce of cinemas. Instead of annoying advertisements before the trailer roll, you..."

June 13, 2016 Columns Post by Tucker Whatley

Short Cuts

Austin blazes another trail: the Cinema Touching Disability 2004 Film Festival

"...was only sporadically shown – often as part of exploitation double bills – until a triumphant screening at the..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...Seventies exploitation movies didn’t make many household name-level stars, and that..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How MoMA Made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Respectable

The pivotal role of New York in the story of the Austin classic

"...while The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was undoubtedly an exploitation flick, designed to give Hooper some commercial success after..."

Aug. 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest

Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history

"...vaults of the Alamo Drafthouse, the forgotten children of cinema. Exploitation, sexploitation, blaxploitation, nunsploitation, forgotten family films, adding up..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...and Drafthouse faves, including the incomparable poet of modern cinema Peter Strickland with his latest, In Fabric; Green Room/Blue..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore

Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

"...a political action film both feminist and exploitative, both cinematically savvy and street-wise. This was a genre work and..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

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

"...Well, ish. 1978's The Toolbox Murders was a second-tier exploitation classic, beloved of B-movie fans but scarcely known to..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...parties undertake a debate on some fine point of cinema, then don boxing gloves and pummel each other (most..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Going 'Commando' With Mark Lester

Director brings Arnie's first real acting role to Austin

"...director to take visual cues from the Nazi propagandist's cinematic representation of the human body, but the other big..."

April 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio

Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears

"...depiction of how the aural architects of Italian horror cinema and giallo warped a generation of minds...."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...Murnau's imagery is burned into the history of cinema. However, it's not like there's a shortage of DVDs..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Scum'

What's scarier than Ray Winstone? A young Ray Winstone.

"...Director Alan Clarke wasn't directing an exploitation movie. He was actually making a respectable piece of..."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Passion Project

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

"...Downtown Austin, Texas, Tim and Karrie League's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema(s) have unforeseeably but perhaps inevitably taken over a vast..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Print

Scott Von Doviak's 'Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema'

"...Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...people, among them Laurel Row, managing director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival (for which this writer used..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Postmarks

A mixed salad of Green letters and more.

"...Regarding your dismissal of recent Iranian cinema ["The Year in Film," Jan. 5] (which at best..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column

Players, Prisons, Pit Stops, and Girl Gangs

"...JH: Yeah, at the cinema department at UCLA in the early Sixties...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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