How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...entertainment industry conference. Dreams were still being minted at SXSW, and at the pinnacle of its influence was a..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...The Q&A was packed with SXSW alums: Gosling, of course, who premiered his 2015 directorial..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Azrael

The left behind navigate a supernatural horror

"...very unlikely double bill with Katz’s follow-up to his SXSW title, Cheap Thrills. It also marks a dramatic change..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Sends in the Clowns

Pamela Adlon, Frank Oz, John Leguizamo, and more for Comedy Festival

"...Funny women are headlining this year's South by Southwest Comedy Festival, with solo shows from BAFTA Breakthrough artist Luisa..."

Feb. 28, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...South by Southwest 2024's Film & TV Festival schedule..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Guy, an eagerly awaited blockbuster reboot of the 1980s action-comedy television series...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...There are many films (Elephant, The Dirties, Super Dark..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Week Announces January 2024 Lineup, and More Music News

Power Trip reunited at Mohawk; Sonic Guild divvied grants at ACL Live

"...Power Trip reunited for a surprise performance at Mohawk..."

Dec. 7, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Music Spotlight: Coco & Clair Clair

Progressive pop duo offers an outlet for shy girl catharsis

"...late bloom for their whimsical, ad-lib-heavy track “Pretty” from 2017, which has over 40,000 videos on the platform...."

March 17, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

The Lighter Side of Freezing Your Eggs in Scrambled

SXSW alum Leah McKendrick's finds a fertile topic for comedy

"...meditations on modern womanhood come packaged as a blockbuster comedy, with appearances from familiar faces along the way. Ego..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...Goodbye, South by Southwest Film Festival, and hello, SXSW Film & TV Festival. The annual cultural extravaganza has..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Refineries and Suitcase Pimps: Riding the Red Rocket With Sean Baker

The filmmaker talks about poverty porn and real porn

"...That early research fed into his first film. 2011 SXSW selection Starlet, “which the adult film industry seemed to..."

Dec. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Bigger View With Blindspotting

How Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs on making the small screen bigger

"...Casal. "The kind of humor, the jump between the comedy and drama of people's lives, the interaction and patchwork..."

July 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...up in 2012 to throw an industry party during SXSW, she suggested Luck as a destination. Both were working..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Review: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Bloody British comedy has a delicate heart

"...a very steady hand at the marriage of British comedy and horror...."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...been added to the speaker line-up at this year's SXSW virtual conference...."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021

Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list

"...Music, film, and a social conscience have always underpinned SXSW, and the three converge as Demi Lovato: Dance With..."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...just delivered the Christmas themed creature sci fi puppet comedy you’ve been asking for.”..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Decade of Austin’s Queer History

Plus Iron Bear says farewell to Eighth Street and Joterias returns!

"...bills, but the defeat of that same bill in 2017 is surely a victory worth remembering. We saw two..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Column by Sarah Marloff

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...Screened at: SXSW..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...It used to be that folks moved to Austin..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Austin-Made Horror Anthology Comes Back Home for Other Worlds

Delivering a Scare Package

"...the slog of filming and releasing his last feature, 2017's Camera Obscura – a process that he called "frustrating."..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Clue, part You're Next, and part Gormenghast, raucous black comedy Ready or Not is the welcome return of the..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...world premieres to festival favorites (including the return of SXSW titles Becoming Leslie and Saint Frances), feature documentaries to..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stuber

Buddy cop action-comedy isn’t making many friends

"...the generic trappings of the shopworn, mismatched buddy cop action-comedy genre, Clancy’s script suffers from a surfeit of originality..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin's aGLIFF Announces 2019 Honorees

Celebrating directors of seminal queer films Go Fish, Trick

"...Go Fish, on its 25th anniversary. The lo-fi, micro-budget comedy about the complicated dating life of a young lesbian..."

July 3, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What to See When You Aren't Catching Moontower Comedy's Big Shows

"...Anybody attending the 2019 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival could easily obtain their full share..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ATX Film News: Award Winners, Toxic Vengeance, and Cheaper Nights at the Drafthouse

"...of the Duplass Brothers' Oh Shit production grant in 2017. No word yet on an Austin debut, but the..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: The Daily Show Presents the Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library

Capturing the President's character in 140-character bursts

"...the mezzanine of the Driskill Hotel as part of SXSW Comedy, it was a painful and hilarious reminder of..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019

A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest

"...The number of films hitting SXSW screens over the next fortnight or so is overwhelming...."

March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff

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