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Rooster Teeth Levels Up
Gaming video pioneers go big with a feature film and an ever-expanding convention
"...As for RTX, Sorola called it "the grand cult meeting, where you gather your biggest fans and tell..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: May Movies
These picks all feature a "May" in the title or the cast
"...performance as Martha, a young woman fleeing a Manson-like cult in the Catskill Mountains. Plagued by memories and trauma,..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?
"...becoming that year’s “I dare you to watch it” cult film.” Then came 2011’s inevitable sequel, which toyed with..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tomorrowland
Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses
"...to find Earth’s new saviors (or perhaps form a cult). Yet, even though imagination is given more lip service..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Iris
In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel
"...which mounted a show around her in 2005. The cult of Iris caught like grassfire, and the film catches..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mobile Games to Keep You Cool
When the heat is on, cool off with local apps
"...anger. It's not perfect, but the combination of staggering difficulty and regular laughs was enough to get the attention..."

May 15, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Furious 7
Furiouser and furiouser
"...and Jack? At the time, I dubbed it a cult movie and pretty much dug the crazy shebang. Jacking..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paddington
We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.
"...(Stateside, King is probably best known for directing the cult-y comedy series The Mighty Boosh, and it shows.) Voiced..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet
Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves
"...be more tonally different. Leland Orser plays a washed-up cult deprogrammer named Ansel Roth, hired to get a young..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Eyes
Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.
"...period oddities (Ed Wood deserves every bit of the cult-classic status it has accrued since its release), and Big..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carsick
Filmmaker John Waters hitchhikes from Baltimore to San Francisco
"...In 2012, America's finest cult-film director inked a book deal on the following premise:..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Film Festival: Setting as a Character
Location, location, location
"...exploring with his television adaptation of the Coen Brothers’ cult classic Fargo. The frigid environs of Minnesota saw Marge..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Harmontown
Mad genius TV writer Dan Harmon (Community) embarks on a 20-city tour taping his popular podcast in front of live audiences.
"...joins the show almost by accident and becomes a cult hero. You might not know what he means when..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

MondoCon
Escape to another fest with nerdiness in a different medium
"...the local fanboys at Mondo. They've invited their favorite cult artists to Austin for two days of unadulterated geeking..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

As Above/So Below
There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.
"...covered in bones and the appearance of an odd, cult-like choir might set the claustrophobic mood sufficiently, but it..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

One in a Crowd: 'Calls to Okies'
Local documentarian Bradley Beesley hunts down prank callers
"...Park Grubbs, the original prank caller to acquire a cult of celebrity. Then, in the mid-1980s, locals were bombarded..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: All This Horror Business
Catching up with the major terror releases
"...and memorable examples that include some actual bloodshed are cult attractors: Repo: A Genetic Opera and Tim Burton's adaptation..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rover
Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson are the riveting stars of this bloody but compelling chase movie through the Australian Outback.
"...role in Animal Kingdom). With fewer narrative underpinnings than cult road pictures like Two-Lane Blacktop and Bring Me the..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Your Shovels Out
How a local crew of diggers built the baddest Downtown dirt jumps in the country at the Ninth Street BMX Trails
"...era videos, Austin had already established itself as a cult-level BMX-riding hotbed by the time Taj Mihelich arrived in..."

June 6, 2014 Sports Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: Zoe Bell on 'Raze'
Tarantino's favorite tough lady talks underground fighting
"...at the End and Hellboy heads a bizarre religious cult that kidnaps women and forces them to fight to..."

May 24, 2014 Screens Post

Players' Guide
Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers
"...right. Local indie game collective Juegos Rancheros and game culture website Venus Patrol have put out a call to..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Veronica Mars
Although this isn't a reinvention of the wheel, the beloved TV show gets a spirited spin in this feature.
"...with its wittiness, withering cut-downs of wealth and the cult of celebrity, and feisty, feminist hero. But the stakes..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Geckos Go Chameleon
The sun rises on Robert Rodriguez's 'From Dusk Till Dawn' TV adaptation
"...Their first collaboration, From Dusk Till Dawn, was a cult hybrid: part dusty neo-noir, part Return of the Living..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup
Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners
"...Faults Director/Screenwriter: Riley Stearns An expert on cults is hired by a mother and father to kidnap..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet
The unreleased and the oddly evasive titles from 2013
"...traditional trappings of horror for a verite-style depiction of cult suicide. He originally wanted to make a multi-part miniseries..."

Jan. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oldboy
Spike Lee maintains the shuddery, visceral punch of the South Korean original, but something gets lost in translation.
"...understand the enticing challenge of taking on a revered cult film Oldboy. But a pair of ill-conceived casting choices..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'
Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure
"...he'd become a generic, supernaturally tinged monster, replete with cult trimmings. But in this first film, he's something so..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Disenchanted' Enchants
Austin-based Ren faire sitcom is just as funny as it sounds like it should be
"...Disenchanted screens Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11pm at the Cult Film Film Cult Halloween Super-Bash at I Luv Video..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall
Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi
"...premiere of 'Drunker Than a Skunk', the latest from cult animator Bill Plympton...."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cockneys vs. Zombies
This bloody good zom-com stands out from the crowd of zombies recently invading our screens.
"...shores as Patrick Macnee’s original, lethal gal of Sixties cult-TV classic The Avengers. Other notables include British legend Richard..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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