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Austin Movie Blog
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‘How to Be Single’ a lot more intelligent than expected (Our grade: B)
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By Rick Bentley – The Fresno Bee “How To Be Single” is an example of the dangerous pitfalls of judging a movie based only on the cast list, movie poster and early trailers. Going strictly by those elements, “How to Be Single” looks a chick flick that relies heavily on bawdy material to generate laughs. This...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Zoolander 2’ is a hot mess (Our grade: D+)
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By Katie Walsh – Tribune News Service A film cannot live on celebrity cameos alone. But “Zoolander 2” is going to try. Because cameos are low in calories, and “Zoolander 2” hates calories, because they make you fat, and “Zoolander 2” hates fat because it means you’re a terrible person. But not as much as “...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Deadpool’ is bad enough to be the future (Our grade: D)
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Mick LaSalle – San Francisco Chronicle Every so often a movie comes along that’s so bad it seems like the future. “Deadpool” is one of those movies. It’s a disturbing film, in that all the things we might normally attribute to ineptitude — the fractured narrative, the confusing visuals, the repugnant lead...
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AFS Viewfinders
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From PORT OF SHADOWS to WINGS OF DESIRE: The Incredible Career of Cinematography Legend Henri Alekan
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The remarkable, dreamlike black-and-white look of WINGS OF DESIRE (which screens twice this weekend) seems to exist outside of time. There's a reason for this. Because his regular cinematographer Robby Muller was otherwise occupied shooting BARFLY, Wenders called again on the old hand Henri Alekan, with whom he had...
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Austin Movie Blog
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Doug Benson, “I Am a Hero,” Burt Reynolds, a restored “Phantasm” and more as SXSW announces final round of films
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Burt Reynolds hosting “Smokey and the Bandit!” Manga zombies! Robert Klein! The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced Tuesday the Midnighters, the 13 Festival Favorites, shorts programs and special events for the 23rd fest, which runs March 11-19. They also threw in a few last-minute...
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Austin Chronicle
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SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More
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Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more
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Other Worlds Austin
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Call For Entries 2016
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Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival is open for submissions to its 2016 Features and Shorts competitions. The third year fest has established itself as one of the premier SciFi festivals in the country. OWA is firmly committed to supporting exciting filmmakers, by giving them exhibition opportunities for films...
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AFS Viewfinders
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Today Would Have Been James Dean's 85th Birthday - Watch His Early Screen Test
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James Dean, born in 1931 in Indiana, found his calling as an actor early, while appearing in stage productions during his one semester at UCLA. He began making the Hollywood rounds in 1951, playing bit parts in television shows and movies (including Samuel Fuller's FIXED BAYONETS and Douglas Sirk's HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY...
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Other Worlds Austin
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2015: The Year in SciFi
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Now that I’ve seen The Martian, I can get down to my top 15 SciFi films, films for you to add to your own must-see checklists. I should mention these are films that received their theatrical or VOD/home video release in 2015.
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Austin Film Festival
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The New Capital Badge
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AFF is happy to announce the new Capital Badge! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Twitter contest to help name the badge. Read More
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Other Worlds Austin
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Talkin' Female Film Programmer Blues
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...But I am not “asking for it” by way of an earnest talk; do not assume my professional interest is a romantic one. I'm here to program films and represent my festival, a job that I'm quite good at and would love to tell you about.
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Austin Chronicle
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Adapting <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i>
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Writer/director Burr Steers mixes bonnets and the undead
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ is fun, but lacks bite
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A scene from “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Katie Walsh – Tribune News Service Author Seth Grahame-Smith has dined out on the winning combination of stitching together two incongruous things, one high-brow, one low, and letting the concept do the heavy lifting. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Hail, Caesar!’ is a goofy mash note to the studio system (Our grade: B-)
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In this image released by Universal Pictures, George Clooney portrays Baird Whitlock in “Hail, Caesar!.” (Universal Pictures via AP) God bless the Coen brothers for the lack of interest in making the same movie twice in a row — even when it doesn’t work out. Sure, like any auteurs, they have visual and...
