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“Programming the SXSW Midnighters section is always a favorite part of my job, and this year was no exception,” said Jarod Neece, SXSW Senior Film Programmer. “We get to peek into the collective consciousness of the world of genre filmmakers working today. This year’s selections are a mix of horror, thriller, sci-fi and fantasy with a good dose of feral children, haunted houses, extraterrestrial creatures and the undead to creep out SXSW audiences late into the night. Genre films can be found throughout the entire SXSW program from Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ on Opening Night to our Closing Night Film, ‘Pet Sematary’!”

In the first two weeks of the eruption, lava traveled mostly below the surface, rising up out of a series of 23 fissures in the affected Lower Puna regions.

A woman watches the sun rise at the harbor in Port Washington, Wis. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, as a deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest with record-breaking temperatures. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Reading isn’t natural. It’s a struggle for each of us to master, but those with dyslexia fight to read their entire lives. “In the Dark” is about performance, persistence and Phyllis, a woman in Austin, Texas, who says she can reverse dyslexia. (World Premiere)

Iowa snow sculptor Hugh McCarron works on a block of snow as his eye lashes and eye brows freeze over in Lake Geneva, Wis., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. He’s participating in the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship. Each team gets a cylinder of snow 8 feet across and 9 feet high, to carve with saws, axes, files, scaffolding, shovels and other homemade implements. The entries will be judged Saturday on creativity, technique and message. Competitors choose the winner. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

A car heads down Midway Avenue in St. Joseph, Mich., in whiteout conditions, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow in Southwest Michigan.(Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

Bonanza Festival Titles 2018 (Austria) / Company: Clemens Wirth Motion Design / Title Designer: Clemens Wirth

Tahir – ‘Get mine/Golden Ticket’ (Poland, United Kingdom) / Directors: Milo Blake, Magdalena Zielinska

HBO’s scandal- and rumor-fueled dark comedy “Big Little Lies” also became a whodunit as its drama unfolded. With a star-studded cast that includes Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard and Laura Dern, and clocking in at only seven episodes, “Big Little Lies” is a quick, high-quality watch. A second season of the show is on the way, but it probably won’t land until 2019, so you’ve got plenty of time to catch up.

Several high-profile deaths have ignited concern about the rising rates of suicide. It’s important to know the warning signs, health officials say

Kennedy Holmes (Team Jennifer) and Kelly Rowland, “When Love Takes Over” — Kennedy’s grade: B- | Club songs never seem to work tremendously well on The Voice, and this one was, unfortunately, no exception (even with the original vocalist on board). Kennedy and Kelly sounded a bit under-rehearsed, especially on their harmonies. But — and I know I’ll get accused of bias again — Kennedy did out-sing her famous duet partner (who I still hope will someday become a Voice coach — she was a great mentor during Season 13).