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Pet Sematary Premieres at SXSW, but Does the Big-Budget Revival Stand Up

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Amazon Adventure

at Bullock Texas State History Museum

America's Musical Journey at Bullock Texas State History Museum

Drag Me to Hell
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

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SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

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Lance Bass Relives an Astounding Fraud in The Boy Band Con

Manufactured pop meets true crime in this documentary about Lou Pearlman

by Richard Whittaker

Can Kitties, Weed, and Votes Save Blockchain?

As the cryptocurrency bubble looks ready to burst, developers and innovators at SXSW see new uses for the underlying tech

by Tom Cheredar

MOVIE REVIEWS

Apollo 11 Astounding documentary takes us back to the first crewed mission to the moon

Birds of Passage Colombian drama redefines the drug trafficking movie

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase The original girl detective makes a modern return

Captain Marvel Brie Larson confidently lays the next cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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SXSW Film: Pet Sematary Red Carpet

22 photos by Gary Miller

Mar. 18, 2019

SXSW Film: Stuber Red Carpet

15 photos by John Anderson

Mar. 18, 2019

SXSW Film Review: Amazing Grace

Two nights with the incomparable Aretha Franklin

Michael King • Mar. 17, 2019

Pet Sematary Premieres at SXSW, but Does the Big-Budget Revival Stand Up

Will the latest Stephen King adaptation raise your spirits?

Matthew Monagle • Mar. 17, 2019

Tracking the Next Big Things at SXSW Gaming

Beyond playtime: where the developers and designers will be at SXSW

Tucker Whatley, Mar. 15 issue

SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

Mar. 15 issue

Saint Frances Takes a Charming and Honest Look at Pregnancy

Millennial comedy and the things women don't want to talk about

Sarah Marloff, Mar. 8 issue

Tackling Inherited Trauma in SXSW Film Mickey and the Bear

Writer/director Annabelle Attanasio on when bloodlines become scars

Beth Sullivan, Mar. 8 issue

The Garden Left Behind Bears Witness to Anti-Trans Violence

A new paradise lost from filmmaker Flavio Alves

Sarah Marloff, Mar. 8 issue

Bob Byington and Kaley Wheless Go to Nebraska in Frances Ferguson

Small-town sins follow an unlikeable person in this likable film

Richard Whittaker, Mar. 8 issue

Going on the Offensive With The Art of Self-Defense

Jesse Eisenberg navigates the hierarchy of martial arts

Richard Whittaker, Mar. 8 issue

Austin's Queen of Soul Is Weird Made Flesh in Becoming Leslie

A personal look brings the local legend into posthumous focus

Mike Clark-Madison, Mar. 8 issue

PHOTO GALLERIES

Photos From the Final Weekend of SXSW 2019

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Crisis Pregnancy Center Pushed Out Abortion Provider Whole Woman’s Health Anti-abortion CPC to replace reproductive health clinic

DC Swoops Into SXSW to Kick Off Batman's 80th Anniversary To the Bat-Bridge, Robin!

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book "We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

Review: The Wandering Earth Chinese sci-fi epic about the hunt for a new sun

Review: Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral The original mad black woman faces her mortality, and the end of the series

Review: Captain Marvel Brie Larson confidently lays the next cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Review: The Kid The tale of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid gets a worthwhile if workmanlike retelling

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