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Movie Review: Materialists Zeros in on NYC’s Marriage Market

TODAY'S EVENTS

Peach Pit, Briston Maroney, Bnny

Moody Amphitheater

Happy Together + God’s Own Country at Paramount Theatre

Showgirls
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Filmmaker Celine Song on Text, Subtext, and Brecht

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MOVIE REVIEWS

Materialists Past Lives writer-director zeros in on NYC's marriage market

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Text, Subtext, and Brecht in Celine Song’s Materialists

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Texas-made absurdist dramedy blows up the "crisis in masculinity"

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Tribeca Dispatch: Long Live the State

Inside the sketch comedy troupe that changed the game … eventually

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Tribeca Festival Dispatch: Hal & Harper

Cooper Raiff’s indie TV family drama expresses childhood trauma

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Scenes From the SXSW Red Carpet

It's full of stars

John Anderson, Mar. 14 issue

Taking the John Waters Route to Female Sexuality in Fucktoys

SXSW narrative competition film embraces the “kinky and smutty and a little slutty”

Richard Whittaker, Mar. 14 issue

Braving the Wintry Mix of The Baltimorons

Jay Duplass gets back to directing with an unlikely Christmas movie

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The Powerful Never Change in Death of a Unicorn

A24’s star-studded satirical horror comes to SXSW

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SXSW Doc Tells the Story of Local Psych-Punk Legends Butthole Surfers

Never sacred, always profane

Joe Gross, Mar. 7 issue

Inside the Unspeakable Killings That Changed Austin Forever

Margaret Brown explores the tragedy and lingering trauma in a four-part series

Richard Whittaker, Mar. 7 issue

How the BTS ARMY Superpowered the Megapopular Boy Band

This fandom moves mountains

Jenny Nulf, Mar. 7 issue

A Midwestern Slasher Is on the Loose in Clown in a Cornfield

Eli Craig adapts the hit YA novel about teens in a dying (literally) town

Richard Whittaker, Mar. 7 issue

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