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You know how sometimes when you are out on the town for a nice dinner, you wish that you could order tiny versions of everything on the menu because all of the dishes sound so delicious? Well, that's how we feel about film sometimes - if only we could watch 20 minutes of splatteriffic gore, 20 minutes of absurdist comedy and round it out with a piquant documentary or two, we would have all of...

We missed Hatchet at last year's fest, and we're still kicking ourselves over it. By all accounts, this thing is the most fun, original, kickass American horror film in years. And with old-school genre heavyweights like Kane Hodder (Jason!), Robert Englund (Freddy!) and Tony Todd (Candyman!) on the cast, it's gotta be pretty awesome.

Who among us hasn’t stood half-naked in front of a full-length mirror, knees bent, head back, one arm extended toward the heavens, the other windmilling furiously to the stomping rhythm of “Uptown Girl”? Okay, okay—maybe you’d pick something that actually has guitar in it, but that’s your hang up, not ours. Commie. Anyway, for those of us who dream of rock stardom, but don’t have the time or the inclination to learn an instrument,...

Cine Las Americas is hosting a special screening of the critically acclaimed Letters from the Other Side. The documentary on Mexican immigration was directed by Austinite Heather Courtney. The free screening at the George Washington Carver Museum is open to the public and will feature a Q&A with women featured in the film, with a reception to follow. Beyond just a screening, the evening is a celebration of sorts, as the women from the...

The Second Annual Fantastic Fest is over, and though we’re happy to finally catch up on our sleep, we can’t wait to go back next year. Eight full days of the best new horror, sci-fi, Asian, thriller and genre films screened at the coolest theatre in North America – what more could we ask for? (Okay, maybe free beer, but still.) In addition to the big-name Austin premieres (including Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,...

A recent post about a rally in support of immigration rights inspired several impassioned comments from you. Therefore, we imagine the documentary Letters from the Other Side will be of great interest to all who care about this pressing socio-political concern. The new PBS documentary, which features deeply personal stories of Mexican families torn apart as husbands, fathers, sons and brothers travel to the United States to find work, will be screened at KLRU studios...

On Wednesday night, The Austin Film Society hosted a little over one thousand friends to watch Austin's very own premiere of A Scanner Darkly at the Paramount Theatre, with a post-screen party down the street at The Austin Museum of Art. Originally written by Philip K. Dick in the late 1970’s and adapted to the screen by Austin's own Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly is an eerie, yet hilarious, film of drugs, paranoia and...

When you’re in your mid-twenties everything seems so damn important. And by everything, we mean everything that happens to you, everything you think, everything you desire or fear. The stakes are seemingly always raised, and as the 1/3-life crisis approaches, melodrama can be ubiquitous. You later realize that most of the drama and anxiety is self-imposed. By failing to make hard choices or take responsibility for our actions, we perpetuate a world of confused emotions...