Tim Burton

Frankenweenie and the Pleasures of Reanimation

The Tim Burton you like is back.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp plays a vampire family-man

Gothic Council Stages Tim Burton Intervention

Tim Burton has become something of a trial to the goths of the world. On the one hand, his contribution to the sub-culture simply cannot be overstated. Films like Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and The Nightmare Before Christmas served as the gateway into the spooky side for many of us, and for t ... More >>

Kevin Smith: Live from Behind

Happy Zea Mays Everta Day: 5 Unique DIY Popcorn Seasoning Recipes

​Get out your giant bowl and keep the floss handy, because today is National Popcorn Day! Aren't you excited? Wait, what? You didn't know there was a popcorn day? Me neither...until just now. I have no idea where or how this "holiday" originated, but I'm sure as hell gonna celebrate. It's almost ... More >>

The Revival of the Silent Film and 7 Movies We Would Like to See Without Words

In a big step forward, or step back, however you would like to think about it, the silent film The Artist was just named the best film by the New York Film Critics Circle. This comes on the heels of the stunning response it has already received from the festival circuit, including a best actor award ... More >>

Modern Holiday Classics Veer Off from Feelgood and into Cynicism

This week, as Christmas movies began their assault on cable and network television, it occurred to us that in the past decade or so, holiday film tastes have begun to veer from lighthearted feelgood affairs and straight into stress-filled, caustic celebrations of the things we will all hate for the ... More >>

The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along

Numbers Game

Of hell spawns, dinner theater and a venue actually old enough to have traditions.

Top 10 Most Underrated Music Video Artists

The Material Girl. The King of Pop (and his sister). The Chili Peppers. Mr. West. Very few artists have become the musical equivalent of the two-sport athlete: Making memorable music and monumental videos. When those people had a new video to premiere, it wasn't a just a video, it was an event. I ... More >>

The Best Songs From 1958

​This Saturday is Craig's Hlist's father's birthday, and the man turns 53. Sorry to out your age, Dad, but it's for science. This week while doing other research, we found that most people whose art we enjoy were actually born in 1958. People like Alec Baldwin, Prince, Jello Biafra, Jools Holl ... More >>

Danny Elfman's Ten Greatest Soundtracks

​Last Tuesday, Warner Bros. music released a 25th anniversary box set commemorating the orchestral soundtrack work Danny Elfman has done for Tim Burton. Elfman, the former front man for the wonderfully weird art-pop band Oingo Boingo, was first recruited by Burton to score his film Pee Wee's B ... More >>

Gothic Council Debates How To Rule Our New Planet

​After years of searching, scientists have finally discovered a planet that may be able to support human life. Gliese 581d, as it is known is 20 light years from Earth, and though it's just a bit on the cool side for comfortable human habitation, it looks like a pretty good bet that he planet ... More >>

Raising Goth Kids In Today's Disney Society

​Gothtopia is currently sitting on an advance copy of the Girls Rock Camp Houston DVD, which was filmed at Walter's and showcased several bands of young girls performing their original compositions. We are currently waiting for a firm release date on the disc before bringing you our take on it ... More >>

Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books

​With a glut of adult food memoirs on the market, it's easy to forget that some children's book rank among the best culinary literature. Here are my Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books. 5. Stone Soup (Marcia Brown). A wonderful lesson in collective cooking, Stone Soup recounts how visiting ... More >>

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Alice in Chains

Tim Burton's Wonderland is not nearly curiouser and curiouser enough.

Alice in Chains

Tim Burton's Wonderland is not nearly curiouser and curiouser enough.

Let the Mild Rumpus Start!

Spike Jonze can't quite get the spirit of the Wild Things on screen.

This Town Needs an Enema: Rocks Off Movie Night at the Mink with Batman

Note: The date on the above poster should say September 1.​This week's film selection for Rocks Off Movie Nite at the Mink - that's right, we're now officially co-sponsoring this thing - is Tim Burton's 1989 reboot of Batman, starring the third-coolest man to step into the cowl and cape - "Mr. Mom ... More >>

The Triplets of Belleville

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For Groundhog Day -- The Five Best Movie Rodents

February 2 marks that special days in Western civilization, in which we commemorate the mystical powers of a being emerging from a hole in the ground. No, I'm not talking about Easter, but rather Groundhog Day. And what better way to mark the annual resurrection of Punxsutawney Phil then listing som ... More >>

NASA At 50: Five Bad Astronaut Movies

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's gorgeously gruesome new film

Giant Squid

Concert preview

Magic Touch

Fantastical meets political in this stunning for-adults-only fairy tale

Like Star Trek with Worms

Heavenly Hag

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty

Yuletide Fear

Wolf Creek rings in Christmas with a band of butchered tourists

Blessed Are the Buttmunches

Cape of Good Hope

Love in Gloom

Tim Burton is dead-on again in the darkly delightful Corpse Bride

Chocolate Kisses

Thanks to Depp and Burton, Willy Wonka just got weirder

Bat Cave-In

The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Sour Lemony

Jim Carrey is in fine form, but the rest of Snicket is less fortunate

Eat, Drink, Watch Movie

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema caters to hungry film buffs

Lying Liar

A dad tells Big Fish tales to a son who can't believe his ears

The Devil You Know

This comic book adaptation may be gritty, but Ben Affleck isn't

Bloody Hell

Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

Curiously Corporate

Altoids takes on the art world and produces a minty-fresh collection

Aping an Icon

Tim Burton monkeys around with the original Planet of the Apes, but is it evolution?

Treat Him Write

Sam Hamm writes great scripts. So why do they rarely get made?

Free-Range Chicken

No secret recipe here: The creators of Wallace & Gromit and Wat's Pig cook up a bucketload of inventive fun

Horseman, Pass By

Sleepy Hollow looks great, but it's less filling than Washington Irving

Batman on Ice

Director Joel Schumacher, not Mr. Freeze, kills the Dark Knight

It's Topps!

In Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton turns his ray gun on everything in sight

Batman, At Last

Sexy and soulful, Schumacher's epic proves the third time's the charm

Good Wood