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Third Time’s the Charm for Lysistrata Comedy Festival
The all women and nonbinary comedy festival returns with more venues, more laughs
"...for most anything. (Toddlers, anyone?) For the 2024 Lysistrata Comedy Festival – running April 4-7 with all women and..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Qmmunity: Want to Go to There
A 2000s-era sitcom rewatch stirs up thoughts on queer media
"...experience – or as my friend said, this 2000s comedy show is “funny to watch.” While the modern urge..."

April 5, 2024 Column by James Scott

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week
Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon
"...In conjunction with an Austin History Center traveling exhibition of his hip-hop posters, Bobby..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup
Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more
"...Moontower Just For Laughs Comedy Festival April 10-21, Austin, www.austintheatre.org/moontower-comedy..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Lousy Carter
A charismatic David Krumholtz plays the titular lit professor
"...Nobody is as invested in miserable bastards as Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington. He is the bard of the..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown
The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)
"...didn’t spend his entire album advance that week in Austin...."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events
Find an art that fits your tastes
"...Scent of Austin..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Austin Chronic: Cheech and Chong and Toking With a Troll
Stoner icons materialize for surprise C-boy’s appearance
"...Silos have been throwing since around 1995. The veteran comedy duo’s publicists had alerted me that they’d be making..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Be Fur Real
Chatting with local trans pet play titleholders in Austin kink community
"...been thinking about what being seen actually means. Within Austin, there are trans people in every type of queer-centric..."

March 29, 2024 Column by James Scott

Wanna See the Season 3 Premiere of Industry Early? Better Get Yourself to ATX TV Festival.
Austin fest will also premiere Julio Torres’ new HBO show Fantasmas
"...our airwaves. I bear good news: They’re back, and Austin’s getting first crack at ’em...."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Glen Powell to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame
Actor to be honored ahead of Austin premiere of Hit Man
"...one of its fastest rising talents. Glen Powell, native Austinite and star of the upcoming comedy drama Hit Man,..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter
“My career puzzles people, including myself”
"...Byingtonian wit with a mediation on the limits of tragicomedy itself. After all, no medicine, not even laughter, can..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events
Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week
"...All over Austin since 2016, horror cinema showcase Bat City Cinema brings..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events
Recommended happenings around town
"...The Boyz of Austin Present: NuMetal vs. Ska..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Indigo de Souza, Estrella Acosta, and More Crucial Concerts
A little hair of the dog for your post-SXSW listening pleasure
"...when Estrella Acosta was a vital part of the Austin music scene. The Cuban-born singer-songwriter long ago relocated to..."

March 22, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge
Dimitri Simakis on his new short and the state of the industry
"...with his work featured in The New York Times, Comedy Central, and at Meow Wolf's Convergence Station in Denver...."

March 20, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards
Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It
"...Trevino Likes It. Not only did Tracie Laymon's cringe-cute comedy win the Grand Jury Award for narrative feature at..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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
"...costar Emily Blunt rolled up to the screening at Austin’s Paramount Theatre on the bed of the film’s signature..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queer Comedy, a Goth Market, and More Community Events
Recommended happenings for your calendar's approval
"...It’ll be a fem-for-all type of get-together at South Austin lit lounge Reverie Books, as they’re throwing a party..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dev Patel’s Monkey Man Crushes at SXSW Premiere
Brutal action is star’s promising directorial debut
"...is very smart here: breaking up the intensity with comedy, often in the form of a child’s reaction to..."

March 12, 2024 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: Azrael
The left behind navigate a supernatural horror
"...“unlikely bloodied heroes” that began with Joe Lynch’s workplace comedy-horror Mayhem and continued with the equally gorily hilarious Ready..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Y2K
Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia
"...The Bear), Y2K takes root in the branch of comedy that made stars of millennials like Hill; this is..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Mike Judge and Cast on the Impact of Office Space 25 Years On
SXSW panel celebrates the cult comedy that refuses to quit
"...of Saturday’s Office Space reunion panel pointed out, the comedy classic was the first movie to introduce the concept..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Babes
We need more raunchy female friendship films like this
"...too), it’s a simple story that leans on the comedy expertise of its cast and crew. The film’s goal..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Review: My Dead Friend Zoe
A veteran processes her grief in emotional dark comedy
"...directorial debut My Dead Friend Zoe is a dark comedy following Merit, a veteran of the Afghanistan War as..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Madeline Duncan

SXSW Film Review: Oddity
A wickedly fun blend of melodrama and horror
"...destined (and not unfairly) to be billed as a horror-comedy, what is most surprising about Oddity is how damn..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Review: Stormy
Doc explores life in the eye of Hurricane Trump
"...worked with Daniels on a few of his megapopular comedy films (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin), explained at Friday’s..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Accidental Texan
Familiar but heartwarming story of a city slicker who gets stuck in a small town
"...Accidental Texan, the first feature in 25 years from Austin filmmaker and veteran storyboard artist Mark Bristol...."

March 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rooster Teeth Shutting Down
Austin studio behind Red vs. Blue winding down after 21 years
"...Teeth, and for its many employees and contractors in Austin and beyond: the creative force behind Red vs. Blue,..."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season
Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass
"...The best of Broadway keeps making its way to Austin, with Texas Performing Arts announcing the titles for its..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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