'Psycho Beach Party'

Coming soon to theatres near you will be two productions of Charles Busch's camp classic 'Psycho Beach Party' – but despite having the same title, they'll be surprisingly different

"...Psycho Beach Party, a pastiche of beach movies, psychological thrillers, cross-dressing, and (gasp!) forbidden homosexuality. Coming soon to theatres..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The 24th Day

Naughty Austin may not be known for dramatic fare, but its production of the thought-provoking thriller The 24th Day could change that perception

"...dramatic consideration, and it's certainly an element in countless thrillers, including The 24th Day, the latest offering from Naughty..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

'World' Cinema

Three-month series AFS@Dobie launches with latest Jia Zhangke film

"...the movies involved adhere to a particular theme: Political Thrillers in Cinema, say, or Recent Korean Cinema. That isn't..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

This was one of those weeks when I was asked my 'expert' opinion on a variety of TV-related subjects

"...Fox's 24). And it's not just crime dramas or thrillers. One show features a day in the life of..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

With the proliferation of shows featuring aliens out to conquer the Earth, I thought I would come up with a thought-provoking column. Then I heard the call of George Clinton.

"...With the proliferation of supernatural dramas and thrillers featuring aliens out to conquer the Earth, I thought..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Soccer Watch

The monkey on Chelsea's back

"...the final eight in a pair of sublimely dramatic thrillers...."

March 11, 2005 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

The Defiant Deviant

The Austin Film Society and Alamo Drafthouse gang up for Bloodbath and Beyond: The Extreme Cinema of Takashi Miike and more

"...theatrical release and template for many of his Yakuza thrillers. Hard-boiled and unforgiving, Society bears the trademark of an..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

From Freedom Fries to Fess Parker

Wes Marshall drinks wine with Davy Crockett.

"...ended up in one of the most camp sci-fi thrillers of all time (Them!), moved on to become a..."

May 30, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Live From SXSW's Screening Room

"...First Films Following in the grand tradition of edgy thrillers featuring mousy Jewish accountants and old orthodox men comes..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11am-noon CExt. #E2.012ThrillersJeff Abbott, Jay Brandon, Baine Kerr, R.J. Pineiro, Moderator: Jesse..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Smooth Ride

When Lana Dieterich is acting, nothing seems calculated or forced, no step is false. Her performances are smooth as glass, as silk, as a ride on the bike that she pedals regularly around her Hyde Park neighborhood.

"...Jungle, Charles Ludlam's send-up of James M. Cain-type noir thrillers. "I think my favorite role of all was Roxanne..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Open Wide

"Novocaine" Writer/Director David Atkins drills deep into noir

"...absurdist comedic skills than for his work in indie thrillers like Novocaine (his brilliant, recent turn in David Mamet's..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...he'll make another great film someday. Maybe. This season's thrillers, supernatural and otherwise, include Heist, a caper flick with..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere

"...time, Hitchens has even become well-enough versed in schlock thrillers that he's able to lacerate dopes like Tom Clancy..."

March 23, 2001 Books Review by Tim Walker

Austin Film Society "QT Quattro" Schedule

"...Sun (8/27): Heist Thrillers: Triple Bill: Gambit; The Master's Touch; Special Surprise...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature

After a Fashion

All that Stephen Allows.

"...a look at the language of clothes used in thrillers and mysteries, and will be followed by Hitchcock's To..."

June 9, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Book Reviews

Southerners, Strange Foreigners, and Unabashed Perverts

"...the book; it's the point. For fans of legal thrillers who have been disappointed with the techno-wonders that have..."

June 2, 2000 Books Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...all stripes: stories from the trenches, comic goofs, fictional techno-thrillers, how-you-can-make-a-fortune-like-me manuals, and books from writers eager to explain..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...months early this summer with a trio of supernatural thrillers that promise plenty of high-tech (and human!) eye candy...."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

The Glass Shield

"...convenience stores that turns the rules of dimly lit thrillers upside down. He also does a fair job of..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Boston Strangler, Mr. Majestyk

"...that would do well to be included in today's thrillers...."

March 10, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Journey Into Clarity #83

For years he'd blamed his sister for destroying his comic book, a book worth over two grand today. Looking back at a painful memory brings Wayne Alan Brenner that much closer to understanding why losing that darned comic book at age seven meant so much.

"...the year. Grownup movies, for the most part: spy thrillers and spaghetti Westerns and wild comedies, with an occasional..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds

"...simultaneously carries elements of science-fiction, right-wing Cold War political thrillers, satire, and melodrama. It all comes together in a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...foreign to him. "I don't read many mysteries or thrillers," Zigal says. "In fact, before I fell into this..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Short Cuts

"...the Universal Studios library. This week features the well-known thrillers Psycho (Friday/Saturday) and The Birds (Wednesday/ Thursday), but if..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Column

Hollywood Swingin'

"...another, cosmos-spanning space operas brimming with bloodthirsty beasties, crime thrillers bristling with nova-like blasts of orange flame and hyperrealistic..."

June 4, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Writer-at-Large

May 14, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Hadrian's Walls: A Novel

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

Y Ask X and Y?

"...the Western world's leading playwrights; from Aaron Brown's gay thrillers The M.O. of M.I.and Norm L. to Kirk Smith's..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Making Lists

"...early age and went on to write several well-regarded thrillers. Taking credit for Strangers on a Train, no matter..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

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