This week in Austin screenings 9/12-9/18.
Read MoreFrancis Lawrence has thoroughly demonstrated that despite The Long Walk being over four decades late to the party inspired by its legacy, a thoughtful approach to a book adaptation is always the best way to make sure the soul of that book survives onto the screen. I only wish that this thoughtfulness had been infused into all of the movie instead of most of it.
Read MoreWith the summer coming to an end and temperatures coming down, fall is officially on the horizon. While many people are preparing for football season, us cinephiles are preparing for a different season: the fall film festivals.
Read MoreWhat was pitched to, former NFL linebacker, Brian Bosworth as a sincere and light-hearted action flick quickly turned into a badass biker gang epic that’s just as fun as it sounds.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 9/5-9/11.
Read MoreNobuhiko Obayashi, best known for his cult debut House (1977), built his reputation on the first version of chaos: a pop-art, kaleidoscopic heavy, absurdist horror-comedy that feels like cinema’s version of shedding.
Read MoreA strange and unlikely entry in the pseudo-genre of Action Sequels Better Than The Originals, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is a marvel of brutal action choreography visualized with an inky layer of paranoia thriller style.
Read MoreThe Island of Lost Souls was and remains the most accomplished in a long list of adaptations of H.G. Wells’ 1896 novella The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 8/29-9/4.
Read MoreThis year’s Toronto International Film Festival will premiere over 300 movies from debut directors and established auteurs like Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao, Park Chan-wook and Claire Denis.
Read More“In here, life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful!” Joel Grey’s emcee beckons from the cool darkness of the Kit Kat Club’s stage.
Read MoreAronofsky has met and exceeded the hype, crafting a crime thriller with real emotional heft.
Read MoreEve of Destruction feels like a literal blast from a video store past. Part 90s action flick, part cautionary tale of the near future, it’s also a lean melodrama with just enough complexity to withstand its 90-minute run time.
Read MoreIn 28 Years Later, the year is 2031. It’s the end of the world.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 8/22-8/28.
Read MoreZach Cregger’s Weapons places a neat spin on a typical horror story, mixing up the standard ingredients of children in danger, a small town torn apart, and interconnecting storylines.
Read MoreTogether takes the audience through a relationship journey full of attachment issues and bone-chilling body horror.
Read MoreThematically, the restoration of Kurosawa’s filmography is analogous to the reconstruction of his home country Japan, post-World War II. This rectification sentiment is a significant theme in Kurosawa’s noir Stray Dog (1949).
Read MoreIn 1974, the world was crying out… for snakes. One brave sound mixer by the name(s) of Art Names would answer that call with his sole directorial project: Snakes (aka Fangs.)
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 8/15-8/21.
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