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SXSW Film Review: The Hobby

Do you believe in life after Monopoly? The filmmakers behind The Hobby certainly do.

4:20PM Fri. Mar. 8, Matthew Monagle Read More | Comment »

Kyle McConaghy and Joe DeBoer know their way around the guts of an analog synthesizer. Back in their days as part of St. Louis-based band Jumping Towers, DeBoer said, “Synths would break, and we’d have to open them up and get in there.”

2:30PM Fri. Mar. 8, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

The Ties That Bind in Things Will Be Different

If you ask Michael Felker what his debut feature, Things Will Be Different, he’ll point to a multitude of genres. It’s a thriller, a temporal mechanics sci-fi drama, and a noir. But at its heart it’s a film about, and birthed from, family.

2:19PM Fri. Mar. 8, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Georgetown Spring Art Stroll

Downtown Georgetown

The Tortured Poets Department Listening and Smoke Sesh at MaryJae

Blank Hellscape, Water Damage (album release), More Eaze, Fire Boys at Hotel Vegas

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Short and Sweet: The Passing

There's a geographic divide in the works of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan.

1:01PM Fri. Mar. 8, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Dune 2 Cinematographer Greig Fraser Makes the Desert a Home

Being an in-demand filmmaking professional can lead to a packed calendar. Take Greig Fraser, the Oscar-winning cinematographer behind the look of The Batman, Zero Dark Thirty, Foxcatcher, and more.

4:13PM Wed. Mar. 6, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Rooster Teeth Shutting Down

Devastating news for fans of pioneering online studio Rooster Teeth, and for its many employees and contractors in Austin and beyond: the creative force behind Red vs. Blue, RWBY, gen:LOCK and more is closing.

11:14AM Wed. Mar. 6, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Star Wars Producer Kathleen Kennedy to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

There are few film producers who have had the impact of Kathleen Kennedy. Her career will be celebrated at this year's Austin Film Festival (Oct. 24-31) as she becomes the next recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing.

11:00AM Wed. Mar. 6, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Will Speak at SXSW on Friday

SXSW has a strong track record of announcing extremely bold-faced names on the eve of its conference. While today’s announcement isn’t quite the “POTUS & FLOTUS are coming!" double whammy of 2016, it’s still somebody famous enough to get by on first-name alone: Meghan.

10:58AM Mon. Mar. 4, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

The Liminal Lone Star State: Iliana Sosa’s El Paso in God Save Texas

Making a documentary is always a process of discovery. While Iliana Sosa was filming La Frontera, her episode of the new HBO series God Save Texas, there was a point in which she found herself looking at historical images that had never been seen before.

4:04PM Fri. Mar. 1, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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