Andy Gately interviews DONNIE DARKO and SOUTHLAND TALES director Richard Kelly in Austin [reprinted from Directed By Magazine]

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The man who invented the zombie film with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD talks about the rules for killing the undead, his thoughts on the treatment of female characters in horror, and the inaccuracies of 28 DAYS LATER in a lively Austin Q&A following an advance screening of his superb new DIARY OF THE DEAD.

Austin rock outfit The Little Gentlemen, who played AUFF ‘06, have some down ‘n’ dirty videos chopped together by two of the three minds behind Austin Underground Film.

Scope more here:

“Cry For Me, Darling”

“Million Cars”

“Best Guy Ever”

In addition to partnering with film festival specialists B-Side, the AUFF is collaborating with Kinemastik to bring the best of Austin Underground Film to the island of Malta in the Mediterranean in July. More to come soon. In related news, if you happened to wander into the stand-up comedy venue the Velveeta Room at the Old Pecan Street Festival in Austin, you were treated to a special mini-edition of AUFF highlights from the last two years. Thanks for coming out! The AUFF is also currently working with the Campus Movie Fest to bring the best work from U.S. colleges to Austin. Info to follow.

Austin’s 3rd Fantastic Fest offered hungry audiences a buffet of exotic cinematic treats from around the globe. From September 20-27, badge holders and the general public were treated to an expanded lineup that included some non-genre films while still delivering the signature horror and sci-fi staples the fest has become justifiably lauded for.

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He’s filmed homeless snuff, deathbed confessions, presidential leaks, anarchist instructionals, and even acted in one where he severs his family jewels on-camera and mails them to his boss - all fake.

And Mike Z is at it again.

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Mike from BadLit writes:

I wasn’t lucky enough to attend the actual Austin Underground Film Festival way back on June 9th, but festival director Andy Gately was nice enough to make sure I got the short films that played during the one-night event.

…This really would have made for a fun night in the theater.

Read his reviews here.

Photos from the ‘07 festival and after party have been posted HERE.

Don’t forget, if you haven’t already you can visit our partners HERE at B-Side and rate and discuss the festival films you loved, and the ones you hated more than Dreamcatcher.

The votes have been counted, and the best film this year according to the ‘07 audience is the documentary short Drawing Between The Lines about independent cartoonist Jeffrey Brown. Congratulations to director Bruce Parsons! View the film’s trailer HERE.