Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror game adaptation is just teen-friendly fan service

"...in tow. It may also be a good gateway film for young horror fans, with the film delivering low-level..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

What Happens Later

Ryan and Duchovny ponder the road not taken in magical rom-com

"...throwback of a movie with one foot in a film genre that peaked over two decades ago. While waiting..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

AFF Review: Egghead & Twinkie

Queer coming-of-age story catches the contradictions of youth

"...Part coming-of-age film, part road trip buddy movie, it’s a warm, creative,..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

How Paul Reiser Created a Non-Cutesy Ireland in The Problem With People

The comedy legend talks accents, authenticity, and rooftops

"...heading to Ireland, he was actually inspired by a film from across the North Channel in Scotland...."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Very Gen Z Road Trip in Egghead & Twinkie

Austinite Sarah Kambe Holland on her heartfelt queer comedy

"...being young is hard as hell. That’s why coming-of-age films resonate across generations, and why it’s so important for..."

Oct. 26, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of Saltburn

Director’s aristocratic follow-up to Promising Young Woman opens Austin Film Festival

"...Both playwrights' stories often dealt with interlopers, "with these..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...Radio-Television-Film professor Matthew McConaughey and last year's Moody College of..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...least on the silver screen, as the Sound Unseen Film+Music Festival has announced the titles for its 2023 Austin..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...and this haunting season many of Austin's cinemas and film freaks are hosting special seasonal scary screenings...."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Totally Killer Time With Nahnatchka Khan

Director of the new horror comedy on time travel and more

"...However, she's teamed up with a rising genre legend: Kiernan Shipka. The Fantastic Fest veteran (for February,..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Exorcist: Believer

David Gordon Green moves from Halloween to another massive horror franchise

"...and director of Joe and Prince Avalanche is a filmmaker with ideas, and in his new era as a..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...The producing partners are a rarity, in that they..."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Saw X

Least-secret secret screening still has some twists

"...had announced that revival screenings of the first two films would be happening under their Fantastic Fest Presents banner..."

Sept. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The People's Joker

Transgressive trans satire of superheroes is a victory for good

"...since its scrapped world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival thanks to an angry letter from a certain..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Fantastic Fest Review: Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

The big dreams and lost chances of a forgotten exploitation king

"...of the two has earned a documentary, as the filmmaker gets an overdue reappraisal in Mancunian Man: The Legendary..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Fantastic Fest Flicks From the American Genre Film Archive

AGFA Creative Director Joseph A. Ziemba goes bugnuts with this year’s restorations

"...The American Genre Film Archive – AGFA to its friends – was..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...Anthology films are tricky. While they are a mainstay of one..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

The end of the rebuilt epic anime digs deep

"...the long history of mecha anime – the Japanese genre of giant robots smashing and crashing into each other..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...the rappers and industry innovators who planted the world-conquering genre's local roots...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Equalizer 3

Final adventure in the cinematic reboot of the 1980s TV series

"...protecting the weak. Over the course of The Equalizer film franchise – kicked off in 2014 by series director..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...the hypnotic hip shake of this once specifically regional genre. As such, the heart of this debut ATX convergence..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

Bottoms

The Shiva Baby team reunite for a ridonkulously horny queer comedy

"...of our time, or expertly inhabits the buddy comedy genre formula while providing its own absurdist twist – but..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

Blue Beetle

Latest DCEU flick can't cram the Chicane experience into superhero duds

"...can curdle thanks to the constraints of the superhero genre...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Belle

Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage

"...old tale of Beauty and the Beast, its muddled genre and aimless characters may disappoint fans of the source..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Strays

Talking dog comedy returns with this R-rated riot where the pups get revenge

"...is a PETA nightmare of a man. In the film’s opening sequence, he mistreats sweet border terrier Reggie (Ferrell)..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jules

Retirees meet E.T. in this lackluster but well-performed dramedy

"...quirk wrapped up within their supposedly refreshing sense of genre-bending. If that sounds harsh, it’s because this type of..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The 39 Steps

An aerobic workout for the cast, a delightfully mindless experience for the audience

"...stage adaptation of the classic 1935 Alfred Hitchcock spy film The 39 Steps (based in turn on the genre-defining..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Los Cogelones, PickleStock, Lady Dan, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Z before Colombian funk wizards Superfónicos and Eighties horror film scorers Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band close out the night. –..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Once Upon a Time in Uganda

The true, crazy story of Wakaliwood

"...There's microbudget film making, and then there's Wakaliwood, the homegrown Ugandan film..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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