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The Clearing (Courtesy of Cunning Folk Films) The sky split in two. Those words stuck with Stephanie Trainer. She was reading an issue of
National Geographic when she came across an article about the Tunguska Event: On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion wiped out almost a thousand square miles of forest in the deepest heart of Russia, an event that has still never been explained to this day. She vaguely remembered it as the backdrop to an episode of
The X-Files, but the article opened up a rabbit hole for her. While the scientific discussion was fascinating, what really intrigued her were the interviews with those living in the region at the time, including that simple, ominous description: The sky split in two. Trainer said, Because it happened back in 1908, scientific tools were still rather rudimentary so civilians came up with their own stories of what might have been the cause: everything from aliens to God.
Matthew McConaughey asks if you d like to go to the cinema (it would be a lot cooler if you did .)
The Oscars may have gone out with a fizzle, but they started with a very Austin bang starring both Matthew McConaughey and the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. The pre-awards section of the evening featured a video celebrating the film industry s #TheBigScreenIsBack campaign encouraging audiences to head back to theatres as they reopen and build back to full post-pandemic hours over the summer. Featured front and center were the putative future candidate for governor of Texas and the Drafthouse s mother ship location itself.
The Stylist, part of the line-up for Other World s Return to the Galaxy
Other Worlds, the local celebration of all things SF and horror, had to go online for 2020: but now it s one of Austin s first festivals to come back in-person, with the horror-themed Return to the Galaxy all-day special on May 22.
The four-film event at the Galaxy Highland Theatre (6700 Middle Fiskville) will draw on the fest s Under Worlds section. The quartet of chillers and screamers will include the Texas premieres of festival circuit favorite
The Stylist, starring UT alum Brea Grant, and the next film from Other Worlds regulars Black Fawn, the serial killer farce