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ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Reviews
"...Sci-fi sounds strange coming from an Oregonian folk peddler and..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Fantastic Fest 2014: Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Marvel? DC? Pshaw! 2000AD is the law
"...the background bedlam of ultra-right-wing National Front goons and antifascist Londoners engaging in running street battles. Blood ran in..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc
"...and “humanimal” actors on down, this is the most fascinating and thorough “doomed production” tale since Terry Gilliam’s Lost..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Creeping Garden
Weird Science: Documentary about slime trudges along
"...geek spectrum, slime mold either seems like an absolutely fascinating or totally mind-numbing subject. It's one of those dusty..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Dan Gentile

Xicano Dreams: Earth, Life, and Labors of Love
This melding of sci-fi and ancient myth found a powerful beat that made it hard not to move
"...Dreams, Aztlan Dance Company director Roén Salinas reminded that sci-fi and ancient myth – both part of cultural memory,..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye
Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival
"...series Sound & Cinema. Wednesday's final installment goes maximum sci-fi, pairing Steven Spielberg's alien-contact classic Close Encounters of the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd: 'U R a Dial Tone'
UT grad's new project sings a song for the deaf
"..."U R a Dial Tone" is a science-fiction short, set to be shot in Austin. It follows..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Roger Ebert Showed Me the Light
Stateside screens Ebert darling 'Dark City' tonight and tomorrow
"...those channels, late one night, where I caught a fascinating piece of programming that would keep me up until..."

July 31, 2014 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'
Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin
"...had the idea to do it as this X-Files, sci-fi thriller. But both of them would be really big..."

July 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: Batman Day
Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!
"...panels on the comic page, with only the odd sci-fi or fantasy element – Batman traveling in time, Batman..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

The Road to 10-1: Now We Begin
Uncertain Opportunity
"...Rounding out the District 1 field is poli-sci prof and former candidate Sam Osemene, emphasizing affordable housing..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

This Spaceship Runs Adobe Premiere
Joe Nicolosi's workstation is out of this world
"...control center that looks like it belongs in a sci-fi spaceship...."

July 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Apocalypse by the Trainload
Bong Joon-ho discusses his film 'Snowpiercer'
"...train, the Snowpiercer. The story was riddled with class consciousness, and featured a passenger confined to the crowded and..."

June 27, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Raul Gonzalez and Julon Pinkston: Undetermined Matter'
The pairing of these two artists using similar approaches shows them playing off each other's strengths
"...materials and paint range from the pseudo-primitive to the sci-fi-esque. His works frequently employ approximate symmetry either internally or..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Carlton Cuse Isn’t Lost
And the ultra-successful showrunner isn’t slowing down
"...the world of the small screen was the idiosyncratic, western/sci-fi series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce..."

June 9, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Boob Tubistry
ATX Television Festival caters to – and initiates – a new kind of fandom
"...the New Black, the premiere of Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi/horror thriller The Strain, and Sean Bean vehicle Legends all..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'
The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror
"...bat. You've got so much period stuff, you've got sci-fi, you've got [B-movie homage] The Drive-In, with some pretty..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Elvis Died for Somebody's Sins but Not Mine: A Lifetime's Collected Writing
He died onstage, not on the page
"...English counterculture legend, rocker, lyricist for (among others) Motörhead, sci-fi author, cultural critic, and raconteur, died last July onstage..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Controlled Chaos
A Weekend in Austin still moshes
"...May 30, Red 7) Veteran spook-punk trio led by sci-fi enthusiast Alex Cuervo...."

May 23, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Frank Mustard Project
"...of a future imagined by some ultra-paranoid, Cold War-era sci-fi novelist. Never has ennui and angst sounded so danceable..."

May 23, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

The 'Revolution' Will Not Be Televised
NBC cancels locally shot show
"...Bad news for Austin's film and TV professionals: Sci-fi drama Revolution, which has been shooting around Austin for..."

May 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Blackness And Shadows
Period piece "The Black Torment" and the world's end in "Dead Shadows"
"...as the harried Fordyce. He gives the aristocrat a fascinating mix of arrogance and self-doubt, creating a histrionic ancestor..."

May 3, 2014 Screens Post

Oneohtrix Point Never
"...made desecrated incantations inspired by soundtracks to the cheesiest sci-fi films of 1979. He's nostalgia's bitter end, the harbinger..."

May 2, 2014 Music Review by Luke Winkie

ATX Television Fest Lines Up FX Premieres
UPDATED: 'Roswell' reunion added; ‘Fargo,’ ‘The Strain’ to close fest
"...and Brendan Fehr. (What, no Heigl?) The WB/UPN teen sci-fi show celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Also announced..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hex Dispensers + Chip Tunes = Espectrostatic
One bandmate raises money for another via video sci-fi
"...new EP curiously titled Phantominom VGS. In his typical sci-fi fashion, Cuervo gave the project an imaginative back-story:..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Vampyres'
Local horror needs your blood. They mean help. Help!
"...and practical FX people, but not many horror and sci-fi projects for them to work on. Now a group..."

March 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Doomed
Maybe you're not cut out for monogamy
"...What I am saying here is that if you’re..."

March 21, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Trailer Park: SXSW Film Day 5
What's that stomping sound?
"...that put the post-Hiroshima psyche of Japan within a sci fi frame. The original Japanese version, devoid of Raymond..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It's About Time
‘Predestination’ on a rainy Austin night is a must
"...on a short story “All You Zombies” by dead sci-fi legend Robert Heinlein. Your first feature film Undead was..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

UT Faculty Engage on Memorial Museum
Supporters meet with Bill Powers
"...Newcomb met with College of Natural Sci­ences Dean Linda Hicke earlier this month to discuss the..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

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