SXSW Film Review: Slash/Back

Indigenous alien invasion horror-comedy is an icy blast

"...are a delightful piece of costume design, with each monster wearing the saggy, hollow skin of a character they..."

March 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Four Austin Films to Watch in 2020

From cowboy horror to songs to save your life

"...hard to keep track of all the locally made movies. So here's a handful of the features coming your..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...end result is arguably one of the best portmanteau movies since Trick'r Treat resurrected the genre (read our interview..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Living After Midnight With Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella

Monstrous fantasy coincides with relationship drama (and karaoke)

"...they were young and happy. Oh, and there's a monster that comes around every night that no one else..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...about working on this was in developing a new monster."..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...But what about those movies we haven't seen in Austin yet? Here's 10 of..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Mother's Day Events in Austin

Celebrate that special maternal figure in your life

"...Does Mom like movies? The Alamo Drafthouse has programmed a Mother’s Day brunch..."

May 9, 2018 Events Post by Danielle White

Exploring The Endless With Benson and Moorhead

Filmmakers talk science, magic, and bickering brothers

"...story is not simply about running away from a monster, but about how the siblings navigate the world they..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Long, Painful Russian Belt Tattoo

Love is the wild card of human existence

"...That said, I'm not a big size queen when..."

June 23, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...bunch of people call your gross author-insert character a monster means somehow that he is not a gross monster...."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Friday SXSW Picks

"...Dave East8:35pm, Monster Energy Outbreak House Not that New York rap needs..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...Doris Wishman. Judging it against the standards of mainstream movies is pointless. It would be like going to a..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Breaking a Monster Director: Luke Meyer Breaking a Monster chronicles the breakout..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...Yes, there are a lot of low-quality found footage movies out there. And, yes, some filmmakers do use the..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: The Golden Ages of Matthew Weiner

Mad Men auteur enters the Twilight Zone

"...chosen by Weiner, tells the story of a terrible monster who has utterly disrupted the life of a small..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...glaciers melt, it's released, but it's not some shambling monster. Instead, it's a disease that rewrites DNA. Yes, with..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

William Dear Says Freedom, R.I.P.

Biker tale 'The Northville Cemetery Massacre' revs at Weird Wednesday

"...saw it, I knew we didn't just have a monster. We had a movie monster." And, like a proud..."

July 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...the way Twitter is handled in several of the movies in a very substantial way, as well as texting...."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...But back to the main point. My favorite vampire movies always center on the mythical monster as an affliction,..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...Housecore Horror Film & Heavy Metal Festival, a two-headed monster of movies and metal, devised by Texas metal legend..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: 'Hatchet III'

Gleefully signing up for the Hatchet Army

"...eight, which makes it the Axe Cop of slasher movies...."

Aug. 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Parties On

Time to plan your FF drinking, plus two sneak announcements

"...it becomes the good Dr Frankenstein's lab for a Monster's Ball (black and white attire recommended, natch). Closing night..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'From Beyond'

Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs share some Lovecraft

"...In total, they've made 11 movies together. Gordon put the strength of their working relationship..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Essential Man-Thing: Vol. 1 and Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier

No nostalgia: discovery and rediscovery

"...appearances of the lesser known of the 1970s "muck monsters." Created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

The Spirit of the Beehive

"They felt the film was ... simply unendurable. That no one would go see it."

"...by a photo from 1931's Frankenstein, in which the monster kneels lakeside with a young girl, Erice's wonder and..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a real horror show, making the clash of Edward Albee's middle-aged marrieds George and Martha both titanic and terrifying.

"...has since become what her husband calls "a subhuman monster," a brazen, braying brute who bites until she draws..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...World War II is what they have seen in movies...."

March 28, 2003 Column

TV Eye

Don't know what gift to get your couch potato? Well, why not buy your spud-butt a book? Yes, a book.

"...road maps. Related books include The Essential Angel, The Monster Book, and The Sunnydale High Yearbook. I may add..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Blood Freak

Blood Freak

"...Randy Grinter, Tina Anderson. I watch a lot of movies. A lot of my movie-watching time is admittedly spent..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

Alice in Acidland

"...narration in this stiff educational yarn. --Jerry Renshaw The Godmonster of Indian Flats..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature

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