Features and Columns

Soundtracks Go Old School With New Vinyl-Only Releases

We may stand in line to get our hands on the latest technology and watch as record stores close their… Read More

Movie Houses of Worship: What’s Your Favorite Place to See Movies?

Tampa Theatre. Photo by Joe Roberts.Every Sunday morning, I like to begin the day with a regular feature called Movie Houses… Read More

31 Things We Learned From the ‘Escape From New York’ Commentary

It’s time to round out this trifecta. We’ve already covered John Carpenter and Kurt Russell talking about their collaborations on… Read More

Austin Cinematic Limits: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night…

As many of you probably know, I have been juggling an all-consuming day job with various writing gigs, essentially leaving… Read More

A Brief History of the Oscar’s Commanders-in-Chief

The release of Lincoln could not be better timed. The plan must be to get as much of a boost… Read More

23 Things We Learned From the ‘Road to Perdition’ Commentary

We sat down to listen to Sam Mendes' commentary track for the 2002 drama Road to Perdition. Here's what we… Read More

Disc Spotlight: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ Deserves to Occupy a Spot on Your Blu-ray Shelf

John Carpenter burst onto the genre scene in 1978 with Halloween, but the bulk of his great films came in… Read More

25 Things We Learned From ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Commentary

What better movie to cap off another successful Halloween season than The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Never mind that it’s… Read More

AFI FEST 2012: Allison’s 5 Most Anticipated Films

This year’s AFI FEST is certainly bringing festival-goers some of the year’s biggest titles, with world premieres of Hitchcock and… Read More