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Austin-based Trinidadian artist takes home award for rising creators

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

'Wizard People, Dear Readers,' Brad Neely's wonderfully wacked-out homage to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' is no more

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

John Ford's Sergeant Rutledge, about the trial of a black Army officer accused of murder and rape, has a striking, formal sort of beauty.

On the surface, Gold Diggers is fluffy musical fare with Busby Berkeley's delightfully surreal production numbers, but the Great Depression left its mark on the film.

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

The 1990s were a golden era for intelligent, uniquely designed superhero animation series

DVD boxed sets

New and nifty dvds

The end of an era on six discs

Lots of midseason premieres in March. So, without much fuss, here's what's coming up ...

John Wayne has been called many things, but "beautiful" isn't often one of them

After several years in the States, where he directed four films, German-born Wim Wenders decided to head back home and compose a love letter to Berlin

Trio tells the story of the N-word, and then Chuck D takes over

An escapist romp from 1976, it's determined to have a good time, and what's wrong with that?

The quintessential musical for sentimental cynics

Period horror comedies were virtually unheard of in 1967, and although all of Roman Polanski's work up to that year had shone a flair for blacker-than-pitch grave-digger humor, this would be the first time he had experimented with outright comedy

Charlie Chaplin wanted The Gold Rush to be the film we remember him by. It is, especially in the form of this two-disc release, and Steve Uhler explains why.

New and nifty dvds

Gift guide

An institution unto itself, the DVD commentary track can provide insider dish, impressions of mommy, and the startling depths of one movie star's know-how (or lack thereof).

New to home viewing: A feast of Herzog, ‘Zero Charisma’