Joseph Gordon-Levitt appearance leads second wave of Fantastic Fest...
Austin film fans, especially fans of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, prepare to freak out. Today, Fantastic Fest announced the second wave of film programming for the annual genre film festival and this wave...
View ArticleFilm festival news: AFF first ten films, Fantastic Fest new wave lineup (Video)
With the end of summer comes the beginning of the Austin film festival season and this week brought big news pertaining to the major Austin film festivals. Late Wednesday, the Austin Film Festival...
View ArticleWorld premiere of 'Red Dawn' to serve as closing film for Fantastic Fest 2012
Fantastic fest attendees, prepare for an invasion on closing night. Earlier today, Austin's Fantastic Fest announced that the world premiere of 'Red Dawn' will serve as the closing night film and the...
View Article'The Collection' headlines final wave of Fantastic Fest 2012 programming
With just over a week until the highly anticipated 2012 edition of Fantastic Fest kicks off here in Austin, the final bits of the Fantastic Fest puzzle are coming together. Today Fantastic Fest...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2012: 'Combat Girls' delivers a heavy punch
Just went you least expect it, cinematic greatness presents itself before you. These moments of greatness are what Fantastic Fest is all about and 'Combat Girls' provided one of these great moments on...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2012: 'New Kids Nitro' pours on the vulgarity and laughs
The Dutch troublemakers from Maaskantje have arrived in Austin once again. As the Fantastic Fest audience at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar here in Austin found out late Friday night, the New Kids...
View ArticleAustin Film Festival: 'Jayne Mansfields's Car' chosen as closing night film
Tomorrow marks the one week mark until the 2012 Austin Film Festival and big festival news is starting to flow in. Today, festival organizers announced that 'Jayne Mansfield's Car' will serve as the...
View ArticleAustin Film Festival review: 'Flight' flies above expectations (Video)
For the last few years, Denzel Washington has felt the wrath of critics and fans alike for taking action film roles that have either been regarded as uninspired or safe. Those days have come to an end...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2012: 'Vanishing Waves' strikes the heart and mind
Great science-fiction film transcends science fiction. One film this year does exactly that.Winner of four awards including the Fantastic Features best picture award at this year’s Fantastic Fest here...
View Article'Silver Linings Playbook' provides for a crazy good time
Romantic comedies are often forgettable, boring and uninspiring. There are so many of them every year that the plots and performances tend to blend together into one unintelligible mess. Thankfully,...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil's first cinematic venture provides a visual and aural feast
While Cirque du Soleil (CDS) has dabbled in the world of the cinema in the past with their IMAX centered 'Journey of Man' project, never before has the circus juggernaut ventured into the world of...
View ArticleReality check review: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a narrative film, not a documentary
Almost every modern film belongs to one of two categories, narrative film or documentary film. Without a doubt, Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, 'Zero Dark Thirty,' belongs...
View Article'You're Next' and 'V/H/S/2' lead the 2013 SXSW Midnighters and short film crop
South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival organizers today announced the 2013 Midnighters and short film lineup which rounds out the entire 2013 film festival lineup barring any last minute additions...
View ArticleThe Austin Indie Film Examiner's top 10 most anticipated films of SXSW 2013...
The wait is over film lovers!South by Southwest (SXSW) 2013 begins tonight with the opening of the film festival and the Austin film community as well as film lovers from around the world are in for a...
View ArticleThe Austin Indie Film Examiner's top 10 films of SXSW 2013 (Photos)
Whew, what a wonderful and exhausting ten days. After a couple days of recovery and rest, I can safely say the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival will go down in history as one of SXSW's...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 review: 'Spring Breakers' masterfully stuns, shocks and deceives
Nudity, drinking, sex and sun.These four things make up the image of the American spring break in our minds. It's this image of unbridled debauchery and youthful recklessness that director and writer...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 review: 'Evil Dead' thrillingly pleases the blood lust in all of us
"You are all going to die tonight."This spine chilling line of Mia's (Jane Levy) from the rebirth of "Evil Dead" is impossible to avoid as it's included in every TV ad...
View Article'To the Wonder' portrays the struggles of life with great majesty
Few filmmakers take the art form of filmmaking to heart as much as Terrence Malick. Malick's films consistently feel as if they are moving paintings with full orchestras permanently accompanying them....
View ArticleParamount and Stateside Theatres announce 2013 Summer Film Classics Series
Attention Austin film lovers, it's time for summer film school!Austin's Paramount and Stateside Theatres unveiled their 38th annual Summer Film Classics Series lineup today with the legendary...
View ArticleReview: 'The Kings of Summer' fails to shine
In order to get noticed in a crowd, you must stand out. You must be different, unique and special.With the 2013 Sundance selection "The Kings of Summer," director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and writer Chris...
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