Matthew Monagle

Matthew is an Austin-based film critic. You can find his work as sites like Film School Rejects, The Playlist, SlashFilm, and the Austin Chronicle. He is also a member of the Austin Film Critics Association. Matt spends most of his free time doting on his dog and losing games of Slay the Spire.

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Breaking Surface Music Box Films

Haleigh Foutch and Perri Nemiroff Talk ‘Breaking Surface’

February 24th, 2021 • Matthew Monagle

When you’re asked to premiere a special video episode for a film festival, you pull…

The Crimson Rivers 2 Jean Reno

Episode 33: Jonathan Barkan on ‘Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse’

February 3rd, 2021 • Matthew Monagle

When you think of the prototypical Certified Forgotten film, you probably don’t think of a…

Fugue Jack Foley

Episode 30: Lindsay Traves Succumbs To a ‘Fugue’

December 9th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

What kind of a movie does $20,000 buy you? If you’re writer-director Tomas Street, it…

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten

Episode 29: The Matthew Monagle Horror-igin Story

November 25th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Last week, we presented our listeners with a unique proposition: what if we turned the…

Matt Donato Certified Forgotten

Episode 28: The Matt Donato Horror-igin Story

November 11th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Last month, one of our listeners asked us a very good question: when are you…

The Devil Lives Here

Episode 27: Tyler MacIntyre on ‘The Devil Lives Here’

October 28th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

It isn’t often that a low-budget horror film tackles the concept of parallel historical timelines.…

Shock Em Dead Certified Forgotten

Episode 26: Breanna Whipple Rocks Out With ‘Shock ‘Em Dead’

October 14th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Every self-respecting geek knows that something special happens when separate fandoms intersect. Like vinyl collecting…

Webcast Paul McGhie

Episode 25: Mary Beth McAndrews Logs Onto ‘Webcast’

September 30th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

In the years since The Blair Witch Project, the found footage horror film has gone…

Cast a Deadly Spell Fred Ward Julianne Moore

Episode 24: Jerry Smith Will ‘Cast a Deadly Spell’

September 16th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Turn back the clock, my child, to a time when new movies released on premium…

Dead Mary Steven McCarthy

Episode 23: Zena Dixon Summons ‘Dead Mary’

September 2nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Behold, the untapped potential of the 2000s direct-to-video market. Like the current landscape of streaming…