Cobweb

There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare

"...is an equally thrilled yes. It's reserved for those films that truly get under the skin: In recent memory,..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...Cruise decides to undertake (making everyone wonder how these films get insurance or completion bonds)...."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Never mind the plot: Tom Cruise is back in life-risking action

"...the poster; there’s just not much in other action films that captures the immediacy and organic thrill of watching..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Kid-friendly battle of the high school sea monsters

"...be forgotten – an imperceptible blip on a crowded summer movie calendar. Not helping is that it’s coming off..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

"...all-night camp cocktails and bawdy bevies inspired by the films of John Waters, like..."

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Hot & Spicy Homoscopes

Pride Month predictions for what queer events you'll end up enjoying

"...a bottle of champers per person, and two new summer cocktails: the Aperol spritz and prickly pear margarita, which..."

June 23, 2023 Column by James Scott

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The Autobots get wild as their animal counterparts join the fight

"...Admire or loathe the Michael Bay Transformers films, at least they were always fascinating to watch, as..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Alamo Drafthouse Announces $5 Tickets for Its Summer Vacation

Classics for kids of all ages aims to bring back family movie days

"...blockbuster. So the Alamo Drafthouse has announced its Family Summer Vacation season, and admission to the Alamo Kids Camp..."

May 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Stick Together

In light of frightening futures, the queer community must stand together

"...Motion Media Arts Center, 2200 Tillery. Free, but RSVP. austinfilmschool.org...."

May 12, 2023 Column by James Scott

Suzume

Another modern fantasy wonder from the creator of Your Name

"...example, much like Momoru Hosoda did with Belle and Summer Wars, he seamlessly engages with social media in a..."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Queen of More Than Disco in Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Director Brooklyn Sudano looks beyond the mirrorball at the woman she called Mother

"...of modern dance music may be cut from Donna Summer's creative work, but the 1970s queen of the mirrorball..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Christina Garcia

We Have an Issue: This Is Austin, Sometimes Pretty Swell

A good issue for the reading, and a great Austin Music Awards on the horizon

"...Stadium. Got kids? Need to put them somewhere this summer? Kat McNevins has been putting together a mammoth summer..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

She Came From the Woods

Not another 1980s summer camp horror homage

"...another in a long line of Eighties nostalgia horror films. “Another one?” you ask yourself. Yes, exactly...."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...The announcement also included films in the experimental Visions category, including The Artifice Girl,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Alice, Darling

Anna Kendrick is crushingly brilliant as a woman in an abusive relationship

"...is, teenlike, chaste but coquettish, always clad in above-the-knee summer dresses. That doesn’t come easy: It takes effort, habit,..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...Could: Bad Axe. The immigrant American dream struggles during summer 2020 in this brave though uneven home-movie documentary...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: Hellraiser

The Cenobites are back in the third best entry in the franchise

"...was an adult. As slashers ran amok across the summer camps and campuses of the era's screens, the idea..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jason Eisener on Kids vs. Aliens

The director of the teen-friendly horror discusses his influences

"...close to my childhood. I grew up making backyard films with my friends every single day, trying to convince..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2022 Filmmaker Grant Recipients

Projects from PJ Raval, Don Swaynos to financial support

"...a pivotal role in the development and production of films including Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Miss Juneteenth, Annie Silverstein’s Bull,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn

The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation

"...there's porn everywhere.' But finally starting to see these films as art and cinema really flipped a switch in..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...While American audiences may know her from from films like Paul Verhoeven's Black Book or Bryan Singer's World..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...and innovative has just announced its first lineup of films, including the world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Stock Goes to the Movies With How to Musical Theatre

The youth theatre troupe's new film How to Musical Theatre brings back that MGM song-and-dance style

"..."MGM." Since its founding in 2005, youth theatre group Summer Stock Austin has given hundreds of young performers and..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...year later. In that time it's launched hundreds of films, but in 2012 it added its first small-screen title..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...It's hard to imagine two films more diametrically opposite in tone. FX legend Phil Tippett's..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scratch Acid Makes Rare Appearance in Austin on Saturday… to Recount Escapades Past

Bradford, Sims, and Washam pop up at David Yow’s interview show

"...locally and has now twice cast Yow in his films. Blair explained that growing up as a huge Jesus..."

July 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tribeca Film Review: McEnroe

Inside the mind of the self-destructive tennis great

"...Director Barney Douglas has focused on Britain's other great summer pursuit, cricket in both his 2015 debut, Warriors, and..."

June 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Continues at the Paramount

Part two the the annual Summer Classic Film Series

"...Summer may seem to be eternal in Austin, but as..."

June 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Goes Delving into the UnderWorlds

Senior Programmer Dan Repp digs into two days of horror

"...of Other Worlds' DNA: after all, the very first films shown under its interstellar banner were found footage chiller..."

May 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oasis Knebworth 1996

Brilliant documentary on the gigs that defined Britpop

"...Knebworth 1996 feels like a transatlantic cousin to Questlove's Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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