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Five Films About LGBTQ+ Lives at Prism 36
All the colors of the cinematic rainbow gather for the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival's biggest annual event
"...at Austin Film Festival, it's the return of the cult classic queer comedy about high schoolers competing to acquire..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger
Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added
"...they're the Toxic Avenger, the sludgy superhero of the cult horror-comedy series, whose next feature gets its world premiere..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finding Sasquatch in Summoning the Spirit
How a Texas bigfoot migrated to Oregon for new cryptid horror
"...legend when they fall in with a strange religious cult that believes that its members have a mystical connection..."

Aug. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker
The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor
"...up to editor and publisher level and deem it culturally relevant. The national coverage of her passing was significant..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
The complicated present of a one-time future of rock & roll
"...that it and its subjects seem unsure of Case’s cult status. Is it his current standing as a traveling..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

RTX 2023: Red vs. Blue Is Back for the Last Time
Final season announced for 20th anniversary
"...being announced as the final run for the online cult fave...."

July 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Uganda
The true, crazy story of Wakaliwood
"...The cult status of Wakaliwood sometimes obscures that Nabwana and his..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Good Reasons to Leave Your Screen at RTX
Austin's leviathans of nerdery Rooster Teeth bring the outdoors inside
"...Rooster Teeth can't claim to be Austin's biggest cult secret anymore, not now that the online studio behind..."

July 7, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

More Mondo Departures as Vinyl Leadership Exits
Austin-based soundtrack label sees more changes under Funko
"...We've made the difficult decision to say goodbye to this thing we created..."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God Is a Bullet
Merciless and bleak Satanic abduction drama is Mandy on crank
"...Nick Cassavetes' adaptation of Boston Teran's 2011 novel about cultists and cops...."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More
Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival
"...The four-day gathering’s experimental roundup of cross-generational rarities, while difficult to summarize by genre, generated easy-to-see community pockets –..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray
This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?
"...on the high-camp, low-budget 1988 nonmusical film by transgressive cult filmmaker John Waters, the musical version premiered on Broadway..."

June 14, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival
Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers
"...She blamed, in part, the cult of the showrunner. It’s the job title that has..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Year Two of Oblivion Access Festival Fills the Experimental Gap in Austin
How the music festival co-founders keep up the mystique June 15-18
"...– the San Francisco label unites acts with a cult-friendly veil of obscurity. Be it bands who rarely tour,..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award
"...for episodes of Tales From the Crypt and Nineties cult fave Monsters...."

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)
The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week
"...direct New Age psycho-drama and future Turner Classic Movies cult favorite The Pyramid. That's where he met his third..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Luck Serves Up Music and a New Venue, Buffet Style
Five assorted picks for this weekend's food and sound festival
"...Gories, no White Stripes. The cool-as-ice trio reformed as cult heroes in 2009 and now reenacts their primal R&B..."

May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Owen Wilson and the Joy of Paint
The star of the new wry comedy on the inner and outer life of Burlington’s No. 1 art show host
"...of Wild Wild Country, it's suggested that the sex cult guru was actually an FBI informant, and so for..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

On Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Can Take Us Anywhere She Wants
Over those bridges and through the woods to Arlington stop
"...of Swift’s savvy expression, her business interests caught the cult favorite track up in decades with added verses making..."

April 2, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Malum
A rookie cop gets harassed by demons in a remake of Last Shift
"...closing police station besieged by the ghosts of deranged cultists (imagine a more satanic Assault on Precinct 13). The..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...25, with a rally in Waco, no stranger to cult leaders accused of sexual assault. Trump asserts Texas is..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: Late Night With the Devil
Supernatural satire shows the hellish price of success
"...(Ingrid Torelli), her haunting borne out of a satanic cult written about in a book by clairvoyant June (Laura..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

Bill of the Week: Texans Take to the Capitol to Battle Discriminatory Property Bills
Who gets a piece of Texas?
"...a group one TIAAG member described as "basically a cult" that has faced accusations of sexual abuse and other..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music
Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival
"...in viral hit "Pop Star." Proud purveyors of bimbo culture, Atlanta duo Coco & Clair Clair floats bubbly pop..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

BlackBerry Retro-Engineers the Rise and Fall of the Original Smartphone
Matt Johnson's tells the tale of a very Canadian tech crunch
"...Balsillie (an even more unrecognizable Glenn Howerton), and humanistic, geek-culture-obsessed Vice President Douglas Fregin (Johnson himself). BlackBerry's story kicks..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest
The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week
"...unwieldy 2021 EP Saltergasp, while the Netherlands' Iguana Death Cult churns uneasy grooves with latest single, "Sensory Overload." Rage..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Finding Queer Family Within and Without Faith
Queer podcasters unpack evangelicalism in How Gay Thou Art
"...It took divorce on Keller’s end and joining a cult on Austen’s, but both eventually left the church in..."

March 3, 2023 Qmmunity Post by Joelle DiPaolo

Children of the Corn
Dismal Stephen King adaptation should be plowed back under
"...of Stephen King's 1977 short story about a blood cult of rural Nebraskan kids who slaughter all adults to..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jesus Revolution
Tedious retelling of the era of the Jesus freaks preaches to the choir
"...the role, conveniently skirting the frequently toxic influence that cult leaders, both good and bad, can have on their..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows
"...British Steely Dan. Having rarely broken out of the cult artist bin, China Crisis still celebrates four decades with..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

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