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Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge
Unexpected themes can crop up at festivals. At this year's South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, there were two shorts that dealt with vets at the end of a pet's life.

6:57PM Wed. Mar. 20, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Lineups Revealed for Rancho Alegre, CMT Awards, Float Fest
As you cross South by Southwest off your festival calendar, add three more events: Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival, the CMT Music Awards, and Float Fest have all revealed their 2024 lineups.

5:11PM Tue. Mar. 19, Carys Anderson Read More | Comment »

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards
It's a double win for Bob Trevino Likes It. Not only did Tracie Laymon's cringe-cute comedy win the Grand Jury Award for narrative feature at last week's South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, now it's walked away with the audience award.

8:50PM Mon. Mar. 18, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: The Idea of You
There are a thousand versions of The Idea of You that would be a bad or at least uninteresting film: a sickly, bland, trope-laden rom-com about an older woman and a younger pop star. But none of those would have been directed by Michael Showalter.

2:51PM Mon. Mar. 18, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

The Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party Brings Breezy Grooves to Hotel Vegas
Maybe it was the bloody marys and THC drink samples, but folks were grooving at The Austin Chronicle’s ninth annual Hair of the 3-Legged Dog South by Southwest day party. We’re going to credit the music we booked, though.

11:48AM Sat. Mar. 16, Carys Anderson Read More | Comment »

Faye Webster, Swamp Dogg, and More Reviews From Friday of SXSW
What a week. Friday delivered the finale of major multi-day showcases like Resound’s Marshall Funhouse and Rolling Stone’s Future of Music, as well as the final day of the Chronicle music team’s daily fest coverage.

11:40AM Sat. Mar. 16, Julian Towers, Michael Toland, Dan Gentile, Miranda Garza and Carys Anderson Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Film Review: The Greatest Hits
We all have those moments when hearing a certain song instantly transports us back to a specific moment in time, when a sudden flash from our personal past overwhelms the present. In the romantic drama The Greatest Hits, however, this human quirk becomes pathological rather than pleasant.

10:07AM Sat. Mar. 16, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

Austin FC, Philadelphia Union Share an Unlikely Bond
On Saturday, Austin FC hosts the Philadelphia Union in a matchup of two cities – and two sporting cultures – that on the surface appear to be polar opposites. Southwest vs. northeast. Warm and flamboyant vs. cold and industrious. New and fresh vs. tried and true. “Y’all means all” vs. “No one likes us, and we don’t care.”

5:14PM Fri. Mar. 15, Eric Goodman Read More | Comment »

The Black Keys Turn Back the Clock With a Set of Raw Hill Country Blues at Mohawk
In the early days of the Black Keys, circa The Big Come Up and Thickfreakness, their name was rarely uttered without mention of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.

2:29PM Fri. Mar. 15, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

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