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Movie Review: The Phoenician Scheme Is a Lovely Lark

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Armadillo Day w/ Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Minor Mishap Marching Band, the Well

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48 Hour Improv Marathon
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MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

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MOVIE REVIEWS

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The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson caper is a lovely lark

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This franchise extension is a soulless slog

PHOTO GALLERIES

Austin Psych Fest 2025

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Austin Grows Bigger, Murder Rate Does Not. Huh! The numbers don’t back up Save Austin Now’s fearmongering campaign

Video Premiere: Tony Kamel Steps Out Solo With An “Amen” String band leader channels Levon Helm on Back Down Home

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

“After Dark” Singer Mr. Kitty Exchanged Explicit Messages with Underage Fan Russian teen's claims go beyond artist's admission to fans

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Getting Wet and Wild With Dangerous Animals

Yellowstone's Hassie Harrison swims with sharks for her new horror

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The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown of Texas' New Film Incentives

Breaking down what SB 22 does – and doesn't – do for Texas

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Youth and Experience: Leads Talks Filmmaking Truths at Tribeca

Heather Kafka and Bryan Poyser on the reality of aging indie

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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”

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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

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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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