As the Alamo's Lars states, Dario Argento's work often "doesn't make much sense," but there is a reason he is considered a horror master and you'll find it in the creepy, stylized shots that result in an atmosphere drenched in suspense molasses. There's an achingly slow, tense unraveling in his work, aided beautifully by color and score. Argento's directorial debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, is actually an Italian thriller (giallo, a niche genre unto itself) and it screens in glorious 35mm as part of Terror Tuesday tomorrow night at the Alamo Ritz. more ›

For the first time ever, Fangoria is bringing their Weekend of Horrors event to Austin. A pantheon of famous horror movie actors and directors, including Austin's Robert Rodriguez, will be appearing/speaking/signing autographs (IN BLOOD - just kidding) at the convention locale, the Renaissance Austin Hotel. more ›

We first fell in love with Yo La Tengo at 17. We were still stuck out in the sticks in high school, still reading Rolling Stone and still wearing those pink crackle-finish Vans. And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out had just been released, and Rolling Stone recommended it for people who liked the Velvet Underground. We ordered the album from Hasting's, and when the album came in and we popped it into the Discman we... more ›

Just hours before venerable Hoboken indie rock institution Yo La Tengo descend upon The Parish on September 17th, they'll be all up in your Alamo as part of the Alamo's Cinema Under the Influence Series. In a dazzlingly cross-referency evening, Yo La Tengo will present Four Flies on Grey Velvet, the Dario Argento flick that most influenced them as a band. Also on the bill is Cockaboody, an animated film drawn by YLT drummer... more ›