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.

Beat the heat with OW!

Next Pioneer pick, TV recs, and congrats to UnderWorlds award winners!

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.

UnderWorlds Film Fest approaches…

Check out the line-up and meet our community partners!

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.

Tomorrow! DESTINATION MOON with special guests

Plus, come visit our friends at IndieMeme FF this weekend!

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

Badges on sale now!!!

Plus, meet our newest sponsor & the Screenplay Contest jurors

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

Introducing a Screenplay Contest for young-uns!

Plus, the next Pioneer Club film and a special SXSW recommendation!

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.

Coming May 21-22: Under Worlds Film Fest!

Some upcoming film events to beat the winter blues…

Plus, the winners of 2021’s Screenplay Contest!

Announcing: Film Award Winners from Other Worlds 2021!

And TOMORROW: the first Pioneer SciFi Film Club of 2022

New poster is here, and it’s gorgeous!!

Plus, sale on badges now thru Monday!

Final Film Lineup of Other Worlds 2021!

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.