The idea explored in NOPE of looking away from spectacle is precisely something you can’t avoid when viewing a movie. It brings voyeurism into the film in a way not done so nakedly since Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW, another film about voyeurism and its relationship to the filmgoing experience.

If you’re looking for something new to watch or are simply wanting to escape the heat this upcoming summer season, chill out with some of my favorite SciFi and Horror shows that have come out in the past few years.

I wondered about the status of my bill about three times during [THE BATMAN] thinking that surely there wasn’t more than 30 minutes left, but there was…there always was.

Many of the films we show at Other Worlds are acquired for distribution and are available for streaming after the festival but will never show in a theatre in Austin again - and that’s a tragedy. But it also makes what we do unique and special and once in a lifetime.

A lot of dick jokes and gory slasher kills doesn’t mean your movie can’t also ponder existential growing pains.

At every point, Scott’s threat is a woman or something that represents women. I see you, Scott.

At its core, SOLARIS is a film about second chances. I'm glad I was able to have a second chance with it. On its 20th anniversary, might you give it a second chance too?

So the Winter Beijing Olympics have come and gone and…boy was it a wild ride this year. Let’s take a look at all the programs this year that were inspired by or told SciFi stories.

Yes Other Worlds fans, it is true: I have never read a single page of the actual book. I don’t have any real excuses.

In the 70-odd years of time that has passed since the release of these films, many revolutions have de-centered the white male in American society, but nothing has made men literally shrink in size nor women grow to the height of a five story building.

I'm sure everyone will agree that the last 2 years have been difficult. And let me tell you, I really, desperately need a vacation.

So what's a girl to do? The answer is obviously to surrender my body to a lingering spirit.

Now when I say this Monster Week special stuck with me, I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way. At the time, MERMAIDS was Animal Planet’s most-watched program ever, and people didn’t get the memo that it was fake.

Our plan is to continue showing the films of the past and examining them in the modern context. Not every film ages well and that’s a part of the exploration as well…what does an older film mean to today’s world? What can we excavate?

COME TRUE effectively melds the horror of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET with the sinister bureaucracy of DREAMSCAPE and humbling awe of INCEPTION to create its own unsettling look into the human mind.

There always seems to be a disconnect between dystopian fiction and their Hollywood film adaptations. Hollywood seems unwilling or incapable of allowing their lead actresses to look less than perfect.

please stop blaming things on the moon, except for werewolves, that one is all the moon’s fault.

A few years back I stumbled across a film called SAINT (or as it known in the Netherlands, SINT). First of all, you have to understand that the Europeans often have very strange thoughts on holiday characters. Just look at RARE EXPORTS. This 2010 Dutch film is about Sinterklaas, who is a little bit like Santa Claus except he has blades on his staff and he comes in the middle of night to murder people. The tradition dates back to 1492 when a corrupt Bishop was killed. The people in the town don't realize the history of the celebration and so they dressed as Sinterklaas and his army of murderous ghosts known as the Black Peter.

Every October 1st, my roommate places a black-and-white wreath on the front door to celebrate the spooky Halloween spirit. But there is a problem: the wreath is adorned in Jack Skellington lights and is clearly a THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS themed wreath. Why is it up in October!?

It’s a ritual at the start of October to search for new Horror films. Usually the new additions on any of the streaming options you’ve either watched already or just aren’t interested in. But amongst the swathes of cheap gore, you’ll find a tense treat that feeds your orange-and-black Halloween-tinted soul. Thus was my discovery of HAUNT.

I chose to talk about RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE, a Finnish fantasy-horror-comedy directed by Jalmari Helander. This feature-length film is inspired by his 8 minute short RARE EXPORTS INC. from 2003. One of the main things I just love is the juxtaposition of the colors being bright while the aesthetic and humor is dark.