This week in Austin screenings 10/16-10/22.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 16, 2026Comment

Resident Evil: Review

Zach Cregger's run at a new Resident Evil adaptation comes perhaps the closest to nailing what a movie might feel like as a complete adaptation of a game, for good and for ill.

ReviewsZiah GraceOctober 15, 2026Resident Evil, Zach Cregger, Austin Abrams, video games, horrorComment

FF ‘26: River and Beware Boiúna

Horror movies—and Jessica Rothe—took to the river at this year’s Fantastic Fest with the world premiere of Beware Boiúna and Texas premiere of the aptly named River.

The Oregon Smuggling Trail: The Weight

The Weight is solid, but feels like it left a few gold bars in the woods.

This Week in Screenings 10/9-10/15

This week in Austin screenings 10/9-10/15.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 9, 2026Comment

Lights, Camera, Praxis - Analyzing Labor, Gender and the Partition in Meghe Dhaka Tara

Ritwik Ghatak’s Partition Trilogy (Meghe Dhaka Tara [1961], Komal Gandhar [1961] and Subarnarekha [1962] is some of the finest-ever South Asian filmmaking.

AnalysisDhruv BaroniaOctober 8, 2026Meghe Dhaka Tara, Komal Gandhar, Subarnarekha, Ritwik Ghatak, AnalysisComment

FF '26: A Prayer for the Dying

Tackling religion, self-preservation, pandemics, PTSD, and paranoia, A Prayer for the Dying covers a lot of interesting territory in just 90-ish minutes.

Digger: Panic Is a Resource

Digger, the latest from uncompromising Mexican auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu, seems purposely designed to frustrate any angle of enjoyment a casual viewer might pursue.

ReviewsMatthew SeidelOctober 6, 2026Digger, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Tom Cruise, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, sandra hüllerComment

A Director's Own Remake: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Serpent's Path (2024)

One might think that having nearly thirty more years of experience as a filmmaker under his belt would lead this remake of Serpent’s Path to feel more refined and perhaps even better than the original. However, while the French version is more polished, it is the angry, messy energy that makes the original film tick.

This Week in Screenings 10/2-10/8

This week in Austin screenings 10/2-10/8.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 2, 2026Comment

FF '26: The Spiral - Damned if you do

Anchored by a trio of strong performances from its lead actresses, the film puts a nice spin on the classic Faustian storyline but loses itself while upping the ante to near-ludicrous levels.

Film Fests, ReviewsAlix MamminaOctober 1, 2026The Spiral, Fantastic Fest, Paolo Strippoli, Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora VerganoComment

FF '26: In a Violent Nature 2

What In a Violent Nature 2 lacks in originality it makes up for in personality. This is a funny, campy, super-violent movie that revels in its practical effects and endless gore.

Fantastic Fest, ReviewsHannah DubbeSeptember 30, 2026In a Violent Nature 2, Nate Wilson, slasher, Lucas Nguyen, Ry BarrettComment

Five Fall Festival Films to Look Out for in 2026

Backed by the momentum already building out of Cannes and Sundance, the fall movie lineup looks poised to cap off another stacked year in cinema.

Thank you Gregg Araki: I Want Your Sex Review

To watch a Gregg Araki film is to swim in a dream of fully realized sexual liberation and have that dream confront the reality we live in.

ReviewsLola GarzaSeptember 28, 2026I Want Your Sex, gregg araki, olivia wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Chase Sui Wonders, charli xcxComment

This Week in Screenings 9/25-10/1

This week in Austin screenings 9/25-10/1.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldSeptember 25, 2026Comment

Late Fame: It Makes You Think

Late Fame is a movie made more of good taste than of good artistic instinct—scenes seem to happen because, in this type of movie, that's where this scene tends to go.

ReviewsZiah GraceSeptember 24, 2026Late Fame, Kent Jones, Sammy Burch, Greta Lee, Willem DaFoeComment

FF '26: Primetime

Primetime is a fascinating and fantastical retelling of the making of a show that leaves a queasy feeling in the stomach of so many viewers.

Fantastic Fest, Film FestsHannah DubbeSeptember 23, 2026Robert Pattinson, To Catch a Predator, Chris Hansen, Lance OppenheimComment

Barrio Triste Review: Los Hijos de la Luz

The debut feature from Matías Vásquez, better known as Stillz, Barrio Triste is a fascinating mix of pungent social realism and brain-frying surrealism.

ReviewsMatthew SeidelSeptember 22, 2026Barrio Triste, Stillz, Eric Kohn, Harmony KorineComment

“All of the fire, none of the flame”: Practical Magic 2 Falls Into the Nostalgia Trap

As with many other releases in recent years, when I first heard about the sequel to 1998’s Practical Magic, I couldn’t help but wonder… who asked for this?

This Week in Screenings 9/18-9/24

This week in Austin screenings 9/18-9/24.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldSeptember 18, 2026Comment

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