FF2012: Kier-La Janisse is in the House...

…of Psychotic Women

"...at Fantastic Fest, but this year heralds the return of original Alamo 409 Colorado programmer, film scholar, author, and..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974 – the same..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn

How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice

"...Fawn seems like it fits straight into the tradition of films about women being pursued by deranged psychosexual killers...."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...embedded in the human psyche. In Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest by Daniel Quinn (Bantam, $19.95..."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 5, Part 1 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas" is an excerpt from a..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...Sometime in the fall of 1963 a psychology professor fell into step beside me..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering far and..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Five Film Books From Austin

From Pinocchio to psychotic women, your gift guide for reading material

"...House of Psychotic Women..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...been stoked: But now they've sent their first wave of titles crashing over us, including a gala premiere of..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...is still a Hollywood horror story, a terrifying indictment of what actresses are forced to do and will voluntarily..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces New Board

Familiar faces make up directors for troubled festival

"...genre film festival has just announced a new board of directors – many of whom are already fixtures at..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kiss the Girls

"...Cary Elwes and Tony Goldwyn. In the dank basements of our subconscious minds, most of us harbor a creature..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the watching mere weeks..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

One in a Crowd: Satanic Panic

Book seeks crowdfunding, plus Short Term 12 returns

"...scene is undeniable. A booker at the original Alamo Drafthouse on Colorado, creator of the Alamo's Music Monday strand,..."

May 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...ready to go." 2015, by contrast, is a lot of first-timers and new names, but Neece sees the equation..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: “Satanic Panic: Evilspeak”

Original Alamo programmer Kier-La Janisse, Satan, return

"...that the family-run daycare was instead a seething nest of unspeakably vile Satanic sexual abuse – this literal witch..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...about 150 titles. Now the Fest has announced 10 of the most eagerly awaited movies: the gory, gross, and..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

What's Your Number?

Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.

"...Should What's Your Number? tank at the box office, then the people who make it their business to..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seven in Focus

SXSW '97 Film

"...Real Stories of the Donut Men It would seem that the pairing..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Page Two

When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff

"...across the river in Cambridge, was an active member of a Weatherman cell. She was a longtime leftist who..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Page Two

'Sin City' may offer almost no suggestion of a moral substructure. But it insists there is morality, no matter how fragmented.

"...This column is going to turn into a discussion of Sin City, at which point certain important plot details..."

April 15, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...good book to read. We hope to inspire some of your choices with these reviews, but we hope just..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...progressive, environmentally friendly candidates. However, your "close call" endorsement of Karen Sonleitner over Jeff Heckler, after great editorial "deliberations,"..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...similar to the city manager position that the city of Austin has, then the members of the Commissioner's Court..."

March 1, 2002 Column

Scanlines

"...with acting, Ida Lupino went to the other side of the camera and, with her husband Collier Young, formed..."

April 24, 1998 Screens Feature

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...Amateur historian Jeanine Plumer is one of the few people in Austin who still relives the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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