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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'hotfuzz'

September 13, 2007

No plans for tonight? No need to call in for backup--the Austin Film Festival has you covered with a screening of revered cop documentary Sheriff at the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek. Filmmaker Daniel Kraus gets up close and personal with Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett as he brings about justice in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Critics rave about the intimate portrait the film manages to capture in little over an hour; according to the event site,......

Continue Reading "AFF Brings on the Heat"

June 1, 2007

Oh, the humanity! Welcome to the one weekend a year where you can see a biker mama on every block sporting a midriff baring halter top and leather chaps; however, this woman will bear a striking resemblance to the woman who birthed you . Pair that with inhaling noxious greenhouse-effect-inducing fumes and having your eardrums wailed on like a red-headed step-child and suddenly paying $8.25 to sit in a cold, dark box doesn't seem......

Continue Reading "Wear a Condom, Y'all: This Weeks New Movie Releases!"

April 3, 2007

This past weekend, Sean of the Dead masterminds Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost (left to right) brought their new cop-comedy Hot Fuzz to town for a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse. The "Hot Fuzztival" was an all-day event featuring four classic cop films including Electra Glide in Blue, Police Story 2, Sudden Impact and Freebie and the Bean—all of which were crowd-pleasers (though it should be noted that the audience booed incessantly......

Continue Reading "Snapshots: Hot Fuzztival"

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