Put Your Big Girl Pants On & Go Do Something: Susan Skoog on Whatever (1998)

Jadie Stillwell sits down with Susan Skoog to discuss Whatever, a film that traces the fine lines between apathy, autonomy, and acceptance.

InterviewsJadie StillwellOctober 11, 2024Whatever, Susan Skoog, Liza Weil, Chad MorganComment

This Week In Screenings 10/11 - 10/17

This week in Austin Screenings 10/11 - 10/17

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 11, 2024Comment

A Different Elephant Man

Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man (2024) just hit theaters and might be as medicinal for you as it was for Schimberg’s protagonist. It is as thought provoking as it is fun and pulls off the difficult task of being original, being a meaningful addition to a conversation and being clear.

ReviewsAP DwivediOctober 10, 2024A24, Sebastian Stan, A Different Man, Aaron SchimbergComment

Fantastic Fest ‘24 - The Body Odyssey Review

Grazia Tricarico, along with co-writers Marco Morana and Giulio Rizzo, explore what happens when Mona’s body is pushed to the limits by herself, Kurt, society, and something else that resides deep in the picturesque lake she lives near.

Fantastic FestJustin NorrisOctober 9, 2024Grazia Tricarico, Julian Sands, Jacqueline FuchsComment

Past Is Future: A Retrospective on Shu Lea Cheang’s Fresh Kill

Fresh Kill is a neon-green love letter to what was then the new world of hacktivism, a playful form of civil disobedience attempting to disrupt and infiltrate the technological systems that control modern life by replacing algorithms with abstraction and logic with poetry.

Interviews, ReviewsJessica BuieOctober 8, 2024Fresh Kill, Shu Lea Cheang, B. Ruby Rich, Derek Jarman, Cheryl Dunye, Isaac JulienComment

This Week in Screenings 10/4-10/10

This week in Austin screenings 10/4-10/10.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 4, 2024Comment

A Hard Day’s Spice: Viva Forever Spice World (1997)

25 years later, Spice World is still the highest-grossing film of all time by a musical group. This is why the parody film still holds sway over its fans a quarter-century after release.

ReviewsRandi AdamsOctober 3, 2024Nelson Mandela, Spice Girls, Spice World, Ginger SpiceComment

Houston, The Music City? Interview with Director of When Houston Had the Blues

Alan Swyer, director of the documentary When Houston Had the Blues, shares more about his work to tell the largely untold story of a vibrant and rich American music scene in Houston, Texas.

InterviewsEli FischerOctober 2, 2024documentary, Houston, musicComment

The Store and Law and Order: Making the Mundane Extraordinary

Frederick Wiseman's documentaries The Store and Law and Order highlight different stages of sociopolitical change, through plainly depicting his subjects with as little interpretive framework as possible.

Fantastic Fest ‘24: Witte Wieven

A fanatical community of misogynistic Dutch people, or powerful, skittery, and kind of sexy forest demons? Oh, what a decision for down-on-her luck villager Frieda (Anneke Sluiters, Flikken Rotterdam) to make in Didier Konings’ Witte Wieven.

Fantastic Fest, ReviewsJustin NorrisSeptember 25, 2024Fantastic Fest, Witte Wieven, Didier KoningsComment

Fantastic Fest ‘24: Get Away

From the outset, Get Away perpetually winks at the audience. The comedy comes from a family’s obliviousness to numerous foreboding signifiers of doom, though Frost’s script goes back to that well so much it starts to run dry by the second act.

This Week in Screenings 9/20-10/3

This week in Austin screenings 9/20-10/3.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldSeptember 20, 2024Comment

The Substance: Beauty Is Pain (And Blood, And Guts)

With The Substance, Coralie Fargeat goes beyond surface-level depictions of double standards and female rageto not only show flawed, complex women, but also the social conditions shaping their everyday lives.

ReviewsAlix MamminaSeptember 18, 2024Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, Margaret QualleyComment

Zatoichi Primer: Before You Delve into the Legend

Zatoichi, literally “Ichi the low rank blind man,” was created by Kan Shimozawa in 1948 when he published the short story, Zatoichi Monogatari. Most of us know him as the beloved swordsman from the adapted film series, though. For any genre fans, or people that just want to see some rad katana shit, this series is instantly appealing.

GuidesAP DwivediSeptember 17, 2024Zatoichi, Kan ShimozawaComment

Baby’s First Exploitation Movie: Twisted Sisters, Diapered Misters, All Swaddled in Strange

Ted Post's The Baby (1973) tells the story of a woman stricken with grief, looking to help an underdeveloped adult man trapped within the warped remains of a nuclear family.