Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Luc Besson's latest is a kaleidoscopic mess

"...flamboyant 1997 science-fiction adventure The Fifth Element, a guilty pleasure that improves with repdeated viewings despite your inability to..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...The Other Worlds Austin film festival has always been dedicated to science fiction being the genre of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

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

"...the world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new horror from Paramount Pictures...."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From the Heart is the sign indicating an abrupt dip...."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Q&A Hole: What Got You Hooked On the Weird Stuff?

Waiting for the manlike creature with the glowing eyes

"...Frederik Pohl’s excellent 1977 novel Gateway.) And since we always like to know where the good stuff is, we..."

July 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

From The Peacemaker to The Rainmaker... and Everything In Between

"...The variety of movies to choose from is extensive. Sci-fi spectacles continue to be well-represented with..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

'S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Up

Can Joss Whedon break loose in ABC's Marvel series?

"...men have strong jawlines, and the women’s tresses are gleaming, like from a fresh blowout. They zip around the..."

Nov. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...cyberlights couldn't hide the fact that this English duo from Bath had something going on that leap-frogged industry and..."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"......"

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Releases V-I-R-T-U-A-L 2021 Music Roster

Sorry, Didirri, Connie Constance highlight global drop

"...than 90% of the showcasing artists announced today source from outside the United States. Toronto’s Holy Fuck motoriks a..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...and there have been moments when they've made Oasis' Gallagher brothers look like the shallow, attention-seeking pansies they are...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...Lesson learned: nothing gets up the gander of film culture more..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: A Nomad in Austin

Abhi the Nomad drops anchor, Whip In’s new soul, and Wilson Marks makes his mark

"...other nations most of their lives. There's pain in leaving places where you built ties, but then you numb..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...SXSW Music's opening ceremony unfolds with classical artist Dasom..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Room With a View

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

"...Sheetrock is nonexistent, exposed pipes are everywhere, and there's..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Gifts to Make You Look Away From Your Screens

Plenty of films to read about this holiday season

"...Robert Rodriguez had the biggest commercial success of his..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...an absolute stranglehold over the very energies that emanate from the planet itself. It's a thread that runs through..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

A Beginner's Guide to Shabu-Shabu-Style Dining

Know what's what at DipDipDip Tatsu-ya

"...1. Cast-iron broth pot. Choose from four: kombu dashi (v), miso smokey (v), tonyu nabe..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Not a Wussy Girl Band

"...as the end-all, be-all of women's music. Although everyone from Big Mama Thornton to the Lunachicks have taken us..."

July 16, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Permanent Midnight

Jerry Stahl's junkie confession is the author's fictionalized account of how to maintain a successful Hollywood career as well as a $6,000-a-week heroin habit.

"...Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo, Owen C. Wilson, Fred Willard, Liz Torres, Cheryl Ladd and Peter Greene. 1998 is..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weird Wednesday Celebrates Low-Budget Legend Albert Pyun

An unstoppable workhorse whose films celebrated earnest fun

"...18-year-old Hawaiian military brat travels to Japan on invitation from Toshiro Mifune. After a few weeks assisting pre-production on..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Splendor

"...broken and chaos (in the form of giant, ant-headed alien fundamentalists) is just around the corner. Or perhaps the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nowhere

The third chapter in Araki's teen-angst-run-riot-in-L.A. triptych is as gorgeously messy as the first two films.

"...Scott Caan. The third and final chapter in Araki's teen-angst-run-riot-in-L.A. triptych is as gorgeously messy as the first two..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Marvel

Brie Larson confidently lays the next cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

"...was stripped of her abilities, gaining new ones, beaten from pillar to post, losing her identity and finding fresh..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pop Oddity Caroline Rose Explores Ambition's Seedy Underbelly

Her first Austin album follows a character moving to L.A.

"...is – because it's about this character moving to L.A. – it's such an Austin record."..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Adam Resurrected (starring Jeff Goldblum), videogame adaptation/fanboy-bait Max Payne (from local screenwriter Beau Thorne), and James Gray's Two Lovers,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Nothing But the Truth

Alejandro Escovedo remembers his friend and collaborator Stephen Bruton.

"...been my lifeline in the trenches of the campaign workload. That set resulted in countless others for me at..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Monstrous Masterpiece Pig at Midnight

Adam Mason on the brief return of his extreme horror at SXSW

"...year with three retrospective screenings. There's a classic in Alien, and a cult favorite in Behind the Mask: The..."

March 10, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Species

"...Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger and Natasha Henstridge. From the unlikely team of producer Frank Mancuso, Jr., one..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Let the Work Speak for Itself

Yaphet Kotto, the First African-American in Space

"...culture. Although today moviegoers might recognize him most readily from his towering role as Lt. Giardello on TV's Homicide,..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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