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Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It
With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar
Black Star Co-op Announces Permanent Closure
Pioneering brewpub turns off the taps this weekend
Katie Folger Shares a New Year’s Stage With Amy Schumer
Behind the Austin actress’ unexpected support slot in NOLA
Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films
Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support
Temporada de campo
Temporada de campo 2021, NR, 36 min. Directed by Isabel Vaca. Documentary about a young boy who dreams of becoming a cowboy.
Body Melt
Body Melt 1993, NR, 81 min. Directed by Philip Brophy, Starring Gerard Kennedy, Ian Smith. Australian body horror.
Octopus with Broken Arms
Octopus with Broken Arms 2024, NR, 109 min. Directed by Jacky Gan, Starring Yang Xiao, Liya Tong. A wealthy businessman’s daughter is kidnapped.
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This 2024, NR, 84 min. Directed by Nick Toti, Rachel Kempf. Found footage scares.
89th Cotton Bowl Classic
89th Cotton Bowl Classic 2025, NR. Can’t make it to Arlington Stadium for the big game? Area theatres will be screening No. 5 seed Texas take on No. 8 seed Ohio State in this semifinal match-up.
Mavis Staples and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Lead the Lineup for the 2025 Austin Blues Festival
Returning to Moody Amphitheater April 26-27
1-800-ON-HER-OWN
1-800-ON-HER-OWN 2024, NR, 77 min. Directed by Dana Flor. Documentary about singer-songwriter and Righteous Babe Records founder Ani DiFranco.
Grand Design: Brady Corbet on The Brutalist
Writer/director on the foundations of the architectural drama
Ben Siekierski’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” Takes a Jaunt Through Austin’s Ring Camera District
Wandering eyes and security signs lead McLennon art show
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same 2012, NR, 75 min. Directed by Madeleine Olnek, Starring Lisa Haas, Susan Ziegler, Jackie Monahan, Alex Karpovsky. In this well-received indie comedy, space aliens drop into New York’s gay dating scene.
Austin Film Critics Association Picks Anora As Year’s Best Film
Local reviewers call Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing Best Austin Film
Austin FC Reportedly Splits With Driussi, Signs USMNT Striker Vazquez in Franchise-Altering Weekend
Expect more roster shakeups ahead of Feb. 22 season kickoff
Daaku Maharaaj
Daaku Maharaaj 2025, NR, 150 min. Directed by Bobby Kolli, Starring Dulquer Salmaan, Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal, Prakash Raj, Shraddha Srinath. Telugu language action adventure centered around a fearless robber (Balakrishna).
Lust for Life
Lust for Life 1956, NR, 122 min. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown. Stirring portrait of the artist Vincent van Gogh.
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare 2025, NR, 90 min. Directed by Scott Chambers, Starring Megan Placito, Martin Portlock, Kit Green, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney. Grisly reimagining of the Peter Pan tale is part of the ongoing Poohniverse, a British slasher series making demented work of childhood favorites.
Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter 2012, NR, 127 min. Directed by Mika Ninagawa, Starring Kaori Momoi, iko Mizuhara, Anne Suzuki, Erika Sawajiri. J-horror adapted from the 1990s manga by artist Kyoko Okazaki.
Birdeater
Birdeater 2025, NR, 115 min. Directed by Jack Clark, Jim Weir, Starring Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Alfie Gledhill. A bride-to-be is invited to join her own fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. Bad things happen.
Inside the Multi-Partner, “Second Chance” Takeover of 29th Street Ballroom
Tweedy’s and Resound Presents teams lead venue’s management
The Damned
Psychological horror set in 1800s Iceland
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Review: The Ballot, the Bullet, the Back Beat
Colonialism, the Cold War, and jazz collide in engrossing documentary
The Count of Monte-Cristo
From the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas
UT Researchers Find Key Ingredient for Phones and Other Tech in Coal Ash
Rare earth elements revealed in byproducts
Witness This Weekend’s Recommended Arts and Culture Events
Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more
Six Months of HOME Permits Show Neighborhoods Aren’t Changing Much
Developers are planning smaller homes on smaller lots
Dungeons & Dragons, Trivia, Comics, and More Recommended Events
It’s a new year! Why not try some new things?
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 3-9
Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead
The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more
Visual Arts Review: Karim B. Hamid’s “Saturn Returns”
Lydia Street exhibit ponders subversion and deconstruction
City Council Has More Time to Decide on Funding for I-35 “Caps”
TxDOT moves deadline to decide on the $900 million cost
The Off Beat: haha Laughing Chuckles Through Nasty Feelings
Experimental rap duo talk musical catharsis, Free Week discovery
Headlines / Quote of the Week
President Carter Passes: President Jimmy Carter died this week at the age of 100. He was the only Democratic president to win Texas in nearly 50 years, KUT pointed out in a story that tracked political shifts in Texas since his election in 1976. In his 1980 reelection bid, Ronald Reagan beat Carter by 14…
The Off Beat: Marry Cherry Preps for a Bigger, More Experimental 2025
Vocalist Adam Schnitzer teases psych rockers’ electronic turn
Day Trips: Fort Phantom Hill, Abilene
History is whispering on the wind at the ruins of Fort Phantom Hill
Opinion: A Call for Unity to Fix a Broken Health Care System
A health care professional with chronic illness urges bipartisan action to address high costs, insurance barriers, and mental health gaps
The Luv Doc: The Inevitable Discomfort of Self-Knowledge
Honestly, a class action suit is probably in order
Album Review: Hayes & the Heathens
Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens capture Southern-fried synergy
Qmmunity: Queer Pride’s Back on the Menu
South Austin coffee bar Once Over paints their winter menu all the colors of the rainbow
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Psychic Deborah Davies predicts that aliens will make contact with Earth in 2025 to help us from destroying the planet. The late Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga predicted there would be significant advances in treating cancer and perhaps a cure in 2025. According to one interpretation of Nostradamus, the war between Ukraine and Russia will end…
Introducing the 2024/2025 Austin Music Poll
Vote now to determine this year’s Austin Music Awards winners
Solo Shoegazer Dottie Makes Free Week Debut
Saturday Mohawk set alongside Ringo Deathstarr and Fawn caps off the project’s successful 2024
The Common Law
Stamped and ready? Expedited passport problems
