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Lovecraft and Rest Stops: Rebekah McKendry Takes to the Road for Glorious

H.P. Lovecraft. Master of the uncanny. Godfather of cosmic horror. And funny. After all, as filmmaker and film historian Rebekah McKendry noted, At the Mountains of Madness – one of his most famous books – features mutant penguins.

9:30AM Wed. Aug. 17, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced its first lineup of films, including the world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new horror from Paramount Pictures.

11:00AM Tue. Aug. 16, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

A Fake Disease That Saved Real Lives in Syndrome K

An insidious lie Nazis spread about Jews during World War II was that they spread disease. As new documentary Syndrome K reveals, a group of Italian Catholic doctors weaponized this idea and turned it against the Reich, inventing a fake disease and saving many Roman Jews from concentration camps.

7:00AM Mon. Aug. 15, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The Linda Lindas, Ghost Wolves [outside]

Mohawk

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at Long Center for the Performing Arts

KUTX 10th birthday concert series w/ Why Bonnie, Sun June, Redbud at Antone's Nightclub

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Fantasia Review: The Breach

The key to great cosmic horror is the thing-ness of it. The misshapenness, the idea that impossible symmetries and forms are capable of intruding, or being invited, into our realm. The Breach offers exactly that, and delivers a shuddering, grotesque, and terrifying glimpse into the Lovecraftian abyss.

11:08AM Fri. Aug. 12, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantasia Review: Cult Hero

If there isn't a show called Cult Buster, there maybe should be. One of those late-night, syndicated-forever reality shows with an absurd lead character. The kind of show we'd all mock mercilessly. Well, there is no such show, but at least there's Cult Hero to mock it anyway.

10:51AM Fri. Aug. 12, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantasia Review: The Fight Machine

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. But what if the plan is to get punched in the face? That's half the story of brutal bare-knuckle boxing drama The Fight Machine. The other half is a tragedy of a life where dreams are crushed in the ring, and the intrigue comes from these two parallel stories inevitably clashing.

10:48AM Fri. Aug. 12, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantasia Review: Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

There's a long list of horror directors (William Lustig, Abel Ferrera, Ray Dennis Steckler, Wes Craven) who made some cash by dabbling in hardcore porn (yes, Craven – look it up). But no director seemed more set for the transition than Jean Rollin, subject of Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin.

10:38AM Fri. Aug. 12, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

A Twisted Family Reunited in Southern Gothic Horror What Josiah Saw

There's a darkness hanging over Southern Gothic horror What Josiah Saw. Director Vincent Grashaw called it "the heaviest movie I've ever done. I was having PTSD director dreams for two weeks straight after."

7:00AM Sat. Aug. 6, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival to Honor Dede Gardner and Stephen Merchant

Austin Film Festival will celebrate two influential figures in film and television this October, with Moonlight and Blonde producer Dede Gardner and Stephen Merchant, co-creator of the original British version of The Office being honored at this year's festival, running Oct. 27-Nov. 3.

11:00AM Tue. Aug. 2, 2022, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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