For some people, Michael Showalter is a key member of the State and Stella comedy troupes. For others, he’s the director of the Oscar-nominated The Big Sick. And then there are the devoted fans of The Baxter “We few, we merry few,” he delivers with a droll deadpan.

My fellow Star Wars prequels defender here at the Chronicle, Richard Whittaker, has curated this event list: From pup parties to documentary screenings, karaoke to vendor markets, there'll be something for every Star Wars fan in Austin. – Calendar Editor James Scott

Time Passages, the new film from Kyle Henry, looks like a portrait of a filmmaker contending with the death of his father and the creeping mental decline of his mother. However, Henry suggests that it’s more than that, that it represents “a moment for our national family to have a crisis intervention.”

There's a great disturbance in the force coming for movie fans. This summer, the Alamo Drafthouse will be hosting screenings of all 11 live-action theatrically-released Star Wars films, from The Phantom Menace to The Rise of Skywalker at its Village location in Austin

Snowstick (Noun): Any physical comedy that takes place all in the snow.

Alejandro Cabrera wasn't born a Star Wars fan, but he became one as fast as he could.

Horror nerd alert! Early in Late Night With the Devil, there's a reference to Berwin, Illinois, a city best known as the butt of jokes by horror movie host Svengoolie. So how did it end up in an Australian indie flick? There's glee in David Dastmalchian's voice as he proudly announces, “That was me!”

Mark your calendar and get your hankies ready. Rooster Teeth, the Austin-based streaming studio responsible for Red vs. Blue, RWBY, Achievement Hunter, Camp Camp and so much more, has announced its final stream will take place 2pm central on April 26.

If you missed vampires that fear stakes and sunlight, then Abigail is the movie for you. Director Tyler Gillett credited that retro feel as coming from “the desire to make an old-school vampire movie ... while simultaneously taking the piss out of all the romanticization of it.”