Dex Wesley Parra

30 entries
SXSW Film Review: Omni Loop
Review: Omni Loop
Woman stuck in time reckons with life choices

Screens, March 14, 2024

SXSW Film Review: I Wish You All the Best
Review: I Wish You All the Best
Nonbinary teen leads coming-of-age family drama

Screens, March 13, 2024

SXSW Film Review: We're All Gonna Die
Review: We're All Gonna Die
Sci-fi romance balances humor and grieving

Screens, March 11, 2024

SXSW Film Review: Y2K
SXSW Film Review: Y2K
Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia

Screens, March 10, 2024

SXSW Film Review: We Strangers
SXSW Film Review: We Strangers
Surreal psychodrama follows a grifting maid getting her due

Screens, March 10, 2024

Five Texas Families Sue State Over Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
Five Texas Families Sue State Over Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
ACLU says C U in court

News, July 20, 2023

A Young Man's Guide to Abortion Rights in <i>The Fight for Midnight</i>
A Young Man's Guide to Abortion Rights in The Fight for Midnight
Former Chronicle writer Dan Solomon switches from journalist to novelist for his YA debut

Arts, June 29, 2023

New Plans for Bastrop Film Studio Hope to Overcome Its Volatile History
New Plans for Bastrop Film Studio Hope to Overcome Its Volatile History
Can new management help Spiderwood Studios rise again?

Screens, June 8, 2023

Anti-Queer Laws Just Keep Coming at the Texas Legislature
Anti-Queer Laws Just Keep Coming at the Texas Legislature
Out of the closet, into the woods

News, May 25, 2023

Will Texas Reduce Marijuana Penalties?
Will Texas Reduce Marijuana Penalties?
Keep it class C, Texas

News, May 11, 2023

Bill of the Week: Red State vs. Blue Cities
Bill of the Week: Red State vs. Blue Cities
Texas House passes broad restrictions on local regulations

News, April 27, 2023

Revew: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
War flick about the US exit from Afghanistan sabotaged by a weak script

Movie Review, April 21, 2023

Will Texas Expand Medical Marijuana Access?
Will Texas Expand Medical Marijuana Access?
Weed be a lot cooler if we did

News, April 20, 2023

Local Architecture Firm Opens $20K Grant Application for Nonprofits
Local Architecture Firm Opens $20K Grant Application for Nonprofits
Jump on it – applications close May 19

News, April 20, 2023

APD Victims Services Unit Calls on Local Therapists for Help
APD Victims Services Unit Calls on Local Therapists for Help
Unit offers training in EMDR therapy in exchange for pro bono counseling for trauma survivors

News, April 13, 2023

Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth
Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth
Bill would ban certain treatment for trans kids

News, March 28, 2023

Revew: 65
65
Adam Driver takes on dinosaurs as a space traveler in the wrong era

Movie Review, March 17, 2023

SXSW Film Review: <i>Until Branches Bend</i>
Film Review: Until Branches Bend
Gorgeous eco-drama about how a tiny beetle upends a town

Screens, March 14, 2023

SXSW Film Review: <i>Chronicles of a Wandering Saint</i>
Film Review: Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Argentinian divine comedy is a visual miracle

Screens, March 13, 2023

SXSW Film Review: <i>My Drywall Cocoon</i>
Film Review: My Drywall Cocoon
Brazilian drama stylishly reduces its characters to metaphors

Screens, March 12, 2023

A Contemporary Prometheus in <i>The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster</i>
A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

Screens, March 11, 2023

Ahead of SXSW Chat with Chelsea Handler, Jen Psaki Talks Life After the White House
Ahead of SXSW Chat with Chelsea Handler, Jen Psaki Talks Life After the White House
Former White House press secretary previews her new MSNBC show

SXSW, March 10, 2023

Short & Sweet: “When You Left Me on That Boulevard”
Short & Sweet: “When You Left Me on That Boulevard”
Austin filmmaker Kayla Abuda Galang brings her Sundance-winning short film home

Screens, March 9, 2023

Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body
Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body
The room where it hackens

News, March 9, 2023

Rodeo Austin: Everything You Need to Know
Rodeo Austin 2023
Aaron Watson, Flo Rida, Carly Pearce, and more to boot (scoot)

Events, March 8, 2023

Students Rally Behind Earthquake Aid Relief
Students Rally Behind Earthquake Aid Relief
Student group raised more than $20K for survivors

News, March 2, 2023

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground
AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground
Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

Screens, Feb. 17, 2023

Slamdance 2023 Review: <i>The Underbug</i>
Slamdance 2023 Review: The Underbug
Indian politics trap paranoia, prejudice in home-invasion thriller

Screens, Feb. 5, 2023

In Push for Cheaper Student Housing, Fifth Time’s the Charm?
In Push for Cheaper Student Housing, Fifth Time’s the Charm?
UT students won't stop asking administration for reasonable accommodations

News, Feb. 3, 2023

Slamdance 2023 Review: <i>Silent Love</i>
Slamdance 2023 Review: Silent Love
Polish docu-drama explores family ties against anti-LGBT backdrop

Screens, Jan. 30, 2023

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