SXSW Film Review: Jethica
Supernatural tragedy hamstrung by its title
SXSW Film Review: Soft & Quiet
Single-take drama barrels into the heart of white women racists
SXSW Panel Recap: The $7 Billion F-Word
Technology & empathy are key to eradicating the current hunger crisis
SXSW Panel Recap: Cannabis “Futurists” Share Five Micro-Trends for 2050
Cannabinoids are mood moderators so why haven’t employers used them?
SXSW Film Review: Master of Light
SXSW doc winner finds a bright path through the shadows
SXSW Film Review: Mama Bears
Documentary proves the power of love
SXSW’s ‘What’s In a Metaverse?’: A Brief & Somewhat Biased Recap
These Are the Avatars In Your Neighborhood
SXSW Film Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Celebrating 50 years of Big Easy music and culture
SXSW Film Review: The Locust
Filmmaking metadrama about the perils of being your own subject
Royal Blue Grocery Raises Money for World Central Kitchen
Saturday proceeds benefit José Andrés’ disaster relief nonprofit
SXSW Episodic Review: DMZ
New Ava DuVernay series departs from her usual visual style
Mayo-Tary Pete Takes The Train to Saltillo, SXSW
Buttigieg tips his cap to Austin’s massive mobility investments
SXSW Film Review: Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Canada’s transgressive comedy kings reunite
Sarah Silverman, Neil Brennan Will Bask in the Glow of Moontower Just For Laughs Austin
Plus Showtime says I Love That For You
Queertowne Enters Its Podcast Era
Queertowne host & comedian Mase Kerwick talks ch-ch-changes
Ukrainian Vocalist Whose Band Missed SXSW for Military Service Gets Assist From Austin’s Music Community
Austin Stands With Ukraine happens Saturday at Speakeasy
The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday
The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop
Bob Dylan’s Devil Complex and Mysterious Stage Pose
Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour satisfies at Austin stop
SXSW Film Review: A Lot of Nothing
The Black bourgeoisie contends with police shootings
SXSW Film Review: It’s Quieter in the Twilight
The mortality of machines and their creators gently explored
SXSW Film Review: The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Raucous doc celebrates the legend without seeing much of the man
SXSW Film Review: Master
Academic horror makes racism its thesis
Asian American Bakers Boxes, National Corn Dog Day, Women Winemakers at the H-E-B, Desert Door’s Gold Dust, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Comedians and Local Chefs Celebrate the Joy of the Sandwich at SXSW
Joe DeRosa led the sharing of stories and sammies
In SXSW Performance Ashanti Sang Hit After Hit and Talked “Real Life Shit”
Still, truncated tracks leave lingering questions
Tackling Food Waste as a Social Justice Issue at SXSW
Various communities look to “feed the soil and starve the incinerator”
SXSW Panel Shares Tech Solutions to Global Food Quandaries
Google and others combat food waste and scarcity
SXSW Film Review: I Love My Dad
SXSW Grand Jury award winner finds humor in an icky setup
Five Exhibitors Not to Miss at the SXSW Creative Industries Expo
Make a beeline for these booths on the last day of the expo
SXSW Announces Grand Jury Award Winners
Austinite Iliana Sosa wins twice for What We Leave Behind
The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday
A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more
SXSW Film Review: Lover, Beloved
Suzanne Vega hunts for Carson McCullers in this filmed stageplay
SXSW Film Review: Linoleum
Jim Gaffigan plays two roles in this tale of a life unrealized
SXSW Film Review: Facing Nolan
A baseball doc that hits even if you don’t like baseball
SXSW Panel Recap: Mark Cuban Sees Live Podcast Communities as the NFT Gateway Drug
It starts with Joe Rogan, ends with non-fungible token
SXSW Film Review: More Than Robots
Sweet family doc profiles STEM dynamos
SXSW Episodic Review: The Man Who Fell To Earth
First look at the Showtime sequel to the Bowie space oddity
SXSW Film Interview: The Cellar
How Brendan Muldowney brought fun and family into his horror
SXSW Film Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Whipsmart horror is more than its Gen-Z Clue setup
SXSW Film Review: Slash/Back
Indigenous alien invasion horror-comedy is an icy blast
The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Monday
Cifika in a tube, Haru Nemuri thrives live, and other highlights
SXSW Short and Sweet: “Act of God”
Austin-made short busts the disability drama tropes
SXSW Film Review: Bitch Ass
A smart and sinister entry into the pantheon of Black nightmare cinema
Lizzo at SXSW: “It’s Bad Bitch O’Clock”
With an upcoming series and album underway, Lizzo is living her dream
SXSW Short and Sweet: “Birds”
Katherine Propper looks at teen life in her new hybrid short
Cast and Crew of The Boys Tackle Toxic Masculinity at SXSW
Preview of new season features dicks, dancing, and superhero dildos
SXSW Film Review: The Cow
Romance/thriller with Winona Ryder keeps you guessing … & guessing
SXSW Film Review: Pretty Problems
Wealth can’t fill an empty soul in this class clash comedy
SXSW Film Review: In the Court of the Crimson King
An accessible, and funny look at one of the most precise bands in history
SXSW Film Review: Cesária Évora
A loving portrait of the late-blooming singer
SXSW Film Review: The Unknown Country
Reality proves more compelling in this mixt of journalism and fiction
SXSW Film Review: X
Ti West’s triumphant, gory return to the movies
SXSW Film Review: Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets
Reflective doc revisits Gamestop (again)
SXSW Film Review: 32 Sounds
Probing the line between sound and memory
SXSW Film Review: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Linklater’s loving reminiscence of space race Houston
SXSW Film Review: The Pez Outlaw
How one man’s candy obsession sparked international intrigue
SXSW Film Review: The Thief Collector
Crime curiosity leaves its questions unanswered
Chef Nikki Is the Cannabis Alchemist
Celeb chef mixes science and flavor to create cannabis comfort food
March Toward the Booze, Ye Thirsty Citizens All!
These fine tipples may be precisely the slaking fortress you seek
SXSW XR: Baroque VR in “The Light in the Shadow”
Artist Artemisia Gentileschi comes to life through tech
Constant Follower: Meet the Hypnotic Folk Songcrafter Who Lost His Childhood Memories After a Gang Beatdown
Scotland’s Stephen McAll overcame brain trauma to discover a new self
SeX and Violence: Ti West Returns to Cinema with X
SeX and violence in his seventies porno-horror flashback
SXSW Film Review: Descendant
Doc connects a community to the slave ship that brought them to America
SXSW Film Review: Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
How the politician went from presumed dead to an inspiration
SXSW Film Review: Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Reconciling the legend with the man in this life-spanning story
SXSW Film Review: Shouting Down Midnight
Years after Wendy Davis’ filibuster, doc follows those still fighting
SXSW Film Review: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Jenny Slate brings this talking seashell to life
SXSW Film Review: The Lost City
Bullock and Tatum bring back slapstick
SXSW Film Review: The Return of Tanya Tucker
The tabloid-plagued country legend finally gets her due
Goals Dry Up in Austin FC’s First Road Test of Season
The Verde fall to Portland Timbers, 1-0
SXSW Film Review: Deadstream
Horror-comedy that gets the laugh/scream ratio right
SXSW Film Review: Pirates
Teens navigate the UK garage scene in this turn-of-the-century tale
SXSW Film Review: Crows Are White
Buddhist monks doc morphs into journey of self-discovery
SXSW Film Review: I Get Knocked Down
Doc explores life after Chumbawamba’s 90s megahit
SXSW Film Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniels, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan live up to the title
SXSW Film Review: Your Friend, Memphis
One man inspires a better view of differently abled people
SXSW Film Review: What We Leave Behind
Love and dedication transcend all in granddaughter’s portrait
SXSW Film Review: Sissy
Australian horror gets bloody on a bachelorette party
SXSW Film Review: Skate Dreams
Sweet, badass documentary redefines “skate like a girl”
SXSW Film Review: Sheryl
An intimate look at how Sheryl Crow survived becoming a legacy
Solving the Mystery of the Nicolas Cage Superfan Posters at SXSW
Enigmatic movie star’s new movie blurs the lines of reality at the fest
Peacock Playground Offers Colorful Experience for SXSW Attendees
Spice of your Insta feed with help from some of Peacock’s shows
Northern-Southern’s “Watch Paint Dry” Day Party on Sunday
Enjoy a local break from Downtown’s media maelstrom
SXSW Interview: Crows are White
Ahsen Nadeem climbs a mountain in search of faith and ice cream
SXSW Interview: The Winters Go Live in the Deadstream
Husband-and-wife horror duo bring back the 80s spook show
Etharkkum Thunindhavan
Action-drama with Suriya as a two-fisted hero
Cold Wind Blowing
Chilling horror with friends trapped in a storm
Radhe Shyam
Period romance about a fortune-teller at odds with fate
Tyson’s Run
Feel-good high school sports drama
Offseason
Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating
Gold
Desert survival drama leaves Zac Efron baking in the sun
SXSW Music Spotlight: La Doña
Where party music meets politics
Austin Biotech Startup Colossal Wants to Bring Back Lost Species
A moonshot for the mammoth (and that’s just the start)
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
Day Trips: Dining Destinations
Three small-town roadside eateries worth a stop
SXSW Music Spotlight: Moor Mother
Camae Ayewa lets the space speak to her
Sheryl Crow Reflects Beyond the Music in New Documentary
No one said it would be easy
Free Stuff to Do at SXSW
No badge, no wristband, no problem
The Luv Doc: In Memoriam
Sweet Neil is gone but not forgotten
We Have an Issue: A Mad Dash Through March
SXSW Preview Issue
Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
An Old Crime Bubbles to the Surface in Descendant
Margaret Brown observes a drowned history
The Future of Cannabis Is Now
Three SXSW panels explore how education can change lives if policies keep up with the industry
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Hill Country hamlet of Bandera counts Tysmenytsia, Ukraine – famed for its fur factory – as a sister city. Ernest Hemingway’s nickname for his penis was “Mr. Scrooby.” President Lyndon B. Johnson’s nickname for his was “Jumbo.” Edmond Rostand’s 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac is based on a real person, Savinien Cyrano de…
Qmmunity: A Step Toward Reconnection
Getting back into going out with the latest Austin queer events
SXSW Music Spotlight: Chief Cleopatra
The expressive soul-rock singer from Corsicana grows new roots in Austin
Defending a Community Where Some Reject You in Bad Axe
David Siev’s love letter in a time of hate comes to SXSW
Chefs, Researchers, and Activists Write the Climate Change Cookbook
Redefining what sustainable really means at SXSW
A Night at the Movies With Evan Smith
Texas Tribune founder honored by the Texas Film Hall of Fame for his services to cinema
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas
SXSW Music Spotlight: Jackie Venson
The native ATX guitar-slinger’s supersonic boom
Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Touches the Animated Stars
Glen Powell talks life on set of the Austin director’s latest
Technologists Say Look Beyond NFTs for the Real Future of the Internet
Web3: Future tech or Bubble2.0?
BIPOC POP Shows the Diverse Faces Under Superhero Masks
Truth, justice, and a better tomorrow
Review: Blushing
Possessions (Kanine)
SXSW Music Spotlight: Sam Doores
Deslondes vocalist / guitarist gets experimental on solo debut
Jim Gaffigan’s Happy to Bring Linoleum to Earth
The suburban spaceman comes to SXSW
Twitch Phenomenon Ninja Discusses Streaming in the Mainstream
Turning subscribers into fame
Review: The City Theatre’s An Ideal Husband
It’s the girls gone Wilde that rule this rendering
Review: Caleb De Casper
Femme Boy (Chicken Ranch)
SXSW Music Spotlight: Kareem Ali
House music producer is crafting sober dance parties and beats kids can brush their teeth to
Charting an Earth-Based Trajectory Among the Stars in It’s Quieter in the Twilight
All Earth’s voyagers must meet their end of days
Top 5 SXSW Comedy Shows
From a family of Pythons to upstanding citizens, this year’s biggest laughs
Five Things to Do Outside of SXSW
Believe it or not, there’s life outside SXSW this week
Review: The Band of Heathens
Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1
SXSW Music Spotlight: Ural Thomas & the Pain
Portland soul singer gets his second act
SXSW Doc Recounts the 50 Year Reign of King Crimson
Heavy hangs the crown In the Court of the Crimson King
Exploring Black Digital History Through the Legacy of the Nike Air Force 1
Ciara Elle Bryant wonders when a shoe becomes an icon?
Do You Have the Guts to Try These Tripas Tacos?
Local spots that offer offal
Austin At Large: We Didn’t Demand a Recount
But maybe we should have? How “election integrity” rules could change outcomes
SXSW Music Spotlight: Jerry Paper
Indie lounge persona contemplates self-expression through personal change
Mojo Nixon Documentary Diagnoses America’s Unfettered Id
Matt Eskey brings The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon to SXSW
VR Documentary Invites You to an Intimate Conversation on Abortion
Making the choice
Austin Trans Youth & Allies Rally Against State “Abuse” Guidelines
About 350 gathered at the Texas Capitol to defend the human rights of trans kids and their families
Mother and Daughter Demand Housing After Sweep of Homeless Camp Where Woman Died
Trying not to get swept aside
SXSW Music Spotlight: LAUNDRY DAY
NYC’s boy-band/rock-band “you can’t ignore in the streets”
The Man Behind the Legend Revealed in Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Skateboarding, or the art of getting back up
Qmmunity’s Queer Guide to SXSW
LGBTQIA programming, parties, and more at South By 2022
Rep. Lloyd Doggett Sees Threats to Ukraine’s Democracy as Close to Home
Doggett: Ukrainian conflict is greater threat to Central Texans than many realize
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Texas Troops Europe-Bound: About 160 soldiers from Fort Hood deployed to Europe Tuesday, March 8, to join about 7,000 U.S. military personnel in the multinational NATO Response Force, which is on standby during the Ukraine/Russia war to protect neighboring NATO allies if needed. Billionaire vs. Beto: Beto O’Rourke said Monday, March 7, that billionaire Kelcy…
SXSW Music Spotlight: The Dream Syndicate
Longtime alternative rockers tie up the loose ends
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Is a Tale of Perseverance
The mouse in everyone’s house
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 11-17
Do New Districts Mean All Council Members Should Be Up for Election?
A recent lawsuit filing argues yes
The Verde Report: Austin FC’s xVERDE Competes in eMLS Cup at SXSW
John Bitsoe Garcia enters esports arena as the 11th seed
SXSW Music Spotlight: Charlotte Cornfield
On Highs in the Minuses, the 33-year-old Toronto native taps into the intensity of youth
Jurassic Punk: Inside the Tempestuous Career of FX Revolutionary Steve Williams in Spaz
New documentary spotlights the maverick who added CGI to cinema magic
UT Faculty Say Conservatization of the School Is a Long Time Coming
Another brick in the wall
SXSW Music Spotlight: Claire Rousay
San Antonio-based experimental artist swears she’s making the most accessible music ever
In The Thief Collector, Thrill-Seeking Fantasies Turn to Criminal Delusions
Ordinary people, exceptional thieves
$1M Gift From the Son of the First Black Graduate of UT Funds Endowments
Pathways for grad students from HBCUs and a professorship focused on inclusion in the built environment
SXSW Music Spotlight: Los Bitchos
International quartet pops the cork on Latin dance-folk
Candy and Contraband in The Pez Outlaw
Sweet treasures at SXSW
Closing AISD Middle Schools, One Grade at a Time?
Students, families, and educators at Martin and Mendez Middle Schools still have many unanswered questions after Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde announced early last month that both schools would no longer offer sixth grade. The plan has been proposed as a solution to declining enrollment and academic shortfalls at both campuses, but advocates fear that…
SXSW Music Spotlight: Sloppy Jane
An avant-garde record that journeys from the center of the earth
Patton Oswalt Catfishes His Son in I Love My Dad
And you thought your love life was tough
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 10, 2022
Chaos Reigns at the “Fyre Festival of Crawfish”
Problems with parking and lines arose at the festival after its return from a COVID-19 hiatus
SXSW Music Spotlight: Mattiel
Atlanta band wears Georgia on their sleeve … and also their arthouse inspirations
The Lifesaving Cooking of Chef José Andrés in We Feed People
Making a longer dinner table
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?
Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away
La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
