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Boy Erased
Joel Edgerton goes to gay conversion therapy's heart of darkness
"...Our culture wars have spawned any number of slyly subversive takes..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Other Side of the Wind
Should Orson Welles' last film have stayed lost?
"...that Hannaford is screening, a wordless look at Sixties counterculture starring a Native American woman (Kodar) and a leading..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Review: The Dark Red
Psychic powers and powerful delusions in this bloody thriller
"...that she didn't miscarry, but that a deranged blood cult ripped her baby out of her because of her..."

Oct. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Small-Town Drama, Small-Town Hospitality
Austin director Tyler Russell gets help picking some Texas Cotton
"...the nicest guy in the world," said Russell. His cult status as a star of what is affectionately known..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Michelle Tea Brings Her Latest Book to UT
Iconic queer memoirist reflects on her past and future writing career
"...saint of queer, feminist writing, has penned everything from cult classics like Valencia and Black Wave to Modern Tarot,p..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Other Worlds Austin Hits The Dead Center
Sci-fi and horror film fest adds centerpiece film and more
"...allegory which is finally (after 35 years) gaining the cult fanbase it richly deserves. OWA Founder and Artistic Director..."

Oct. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page
Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Destroyer
Nicole Kidman never lands a body blow in this hard-hitting noir
"...powerful boxing drama Girlfight to her titillating teen femme cult horror movie Jennifer’s Body, her latest film Destroyer proves..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

The Song of Sway Lake
Period family drama is evocative, if sometimes lacking in clarity
"...Still, director and co-writer Ari Gold (director of the cult film Adventures of Power and the award-winning short “Helicopter”)..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Hosking Spends An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
British filmmaker goes from greasy weirdness to oddball rom-com
"...so unique that it's hailed on arrival as a cult-to-be-, it can be a blessing and a curse for..."

Sept. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford
Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert
"...won't quell the eternal fascination with David Lynch's early-Nineties cult TV series. That obsession yields a truly impressive event..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest
Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle
"...sister is being held for ransom by a mysterious cult. His invitation comes, of course, in the form of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest
2018 is the year of the woman
"...gritty gang crime thriller by the woman who directed cult hits like Jennifer's Body and The Invitation seems like..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Five More Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest
Wildernesses, Lovecraft, and Joss Whedon Alumni
"...we've said it a million times: Nothing screams postapocalyptic cult classic like a Lovecraftian tale of ghost friends and..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Mandy
Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger
"...as the mad leader of a bizarre “Jesus freak” cult that has apocalyptic doom on their short list of..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hungry at Trib Fest? Here Are 14 of Our Favorite Restaurants.
A sampling of interior Mexican cuisine to dim sum in Downtown Austin
"...On the scene since 2006, this favorite with a cult following cooks up Turkish-style wraps. You choose the heat..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Events Post

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival
New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest
"...Stuart Harmon's documentary about child gold miners in Ghana; cult psycho-thriller The Dark Red; amnesia shocker Undercliffe; and Love..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend
A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.
"...“It was such a musical culture,” offered Cochran by phone from Tupelo, Miss., first stop..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Why Are Some of Austin's Smartest Restaurants Heading Toward Dripping Springs?
The Switch, Pieous, and the League look west
"...we knew we'd be there 24/7." An almost immediate cult following ensued, with the team's pizzas and pastrami plates..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend
August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend
"...Brandon McCartney spreads love and laughter whether he’s the cult leader of his overtly optimistic “Based” movement, a motivational..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep
ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35
"...Texas State's School of Music, Clark held down a faculty spot at UNT...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

Beach House Storms the Moody
Neo-gothic atmospherics come on like a hurricane
"...albums, the Baltimore duo has built up an almost cult-like following that shows up en masse for its live..."

Aug. 1, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives
Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo
"...with action flick Merantau. He returns with his latest, cult thriller Apostle, in which he pits The Guest and..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended True Crime Podcasts
Fill your auditory canals with nefarious activities
"...6) My Favorite Murder Cult hit with comics Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark riffing..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place
Straight-ish movies that shaped queer identity
"...tiki party complete with coconuts, daiquiris, and a queerish cult classic. Sun., July 29, 4pm. Alamo Mueller, 1911 Aldrich..."

July 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Crime Month: Investigating True Crime on Netflix
Which shows deliver the criminal goods and are worth the watch
"...the previously mentioned emotional heavy-hitters) as it follows a “cult” (I prefer “religious sect”) that moves from India to..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Danielle White

Filmworker
Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man, forever in the maestro's shadow
"...fine line between maverick genius and manipulative bully. The cult of Kubrick is such that no one still dare..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hitler's Hollywood
The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed
"...visual representation about what was really happening in a culture, he asks through narrator Udo Kier; What do these..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Love Us or Hiatus
Rare gigs and soft breakups from Iron Age and US Weekly
"...Pee Records-issued The Sleeping Eye, a brilliant LP whose cult is enhanced by being out-of-print and not on Spotify...."

July 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How the Reich Manipulated Pop Culture in Hitler's Hollywood
The power of propaganda
"...visual representation about what was really happening in a culture, he asks through narrator Udo Kier; What do these..."

July 13, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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