Blank Generation

Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy'

"...and film-distribution limbo, the feature-length "prequel" to the cult Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy arrives. In doing so,..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...brief season on MTV's Austin Stories and a five-minute comedy set on NBC's Later, America doesn't know that Howard..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

115 Comics Walk Into a Bar ...

"...Dallas comic Chris Cannon Nothing brings comics crawling out of..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...gentry, and still leave room for a short film called "Radioactive Crotch Man." Not surprisingly, the documentary form is..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...a microphone, a spotlight, and a sign that says "Comedy Night." I rather fancy myself a roving court jester,..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Oh, Alannah Ong, Stephen Chang, Frances You, Johnny Mah, Callum Rennie, Donald Fong. Multiculturalism as a concept is something..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the bizarre cult hit Twister comes this genuinely affecting comedy-horror film that updates the Dracula lineage to present-day New..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment

Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity

"...Too many horror films in too many cultures are basically The Exorcist in a different hat...."

April 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...The festival and the streaming platform originally announced their collaboration on April 3, adding that they..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Film Programmer, said, “The filmmaking teams, while particularly diverse, all seem to be using their films as a cathartic..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aaron Brooks Has This Story

Aaron Brooks' skill at shaping bits of life into laugh-filled tales may soon put him out of a job

"...me, he considers it "definitely a supplemental thing until all of a sudden, it's not." But Brooks is not..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature

Jim's Still Frank

Underground comic Jim Norton has changed the way he looks but not the way he speaks his mind

"...been the face of sin and vice in the comedy community. Ribald, crude, and slick, his stand-up often feels..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...a special place in the hearts of genre fans: Especially after last year, when the team scheduled the breakout..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Demetri Martin

Whether making jokes with punch lines or with pie charts, Demetri Martin's job is directed daydreaming

"...six writers who penned the monologues. "It was a really good comedy-writing school for me," says Martin. "It was..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Our collective state pride pervades all that we do, from our insane devotion to high..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

What a 'To Do'

Maggie Carey talks about improv, Clinton, and her daughters' convent

"...A raunchy riff on the classic teenage sex comedy, The To Do List is loaded with wince-worthy gags..."

July 25, 2013 Screens Post by Amy Gentry

Dr. Joker and Mr. 'WTF'

Marc Maron on his double life as a comic and a podcast star

"...radio at Air America, and in TV hosting on Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater. But of all his..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

FronteraFest Schedule

"...the Short Fringe, five weeks of performances in which all the works run 25 minutes or less. For the..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...Austinites, we don't need to travel to underground Chicago's marble-walled DCMRC to partake in such training. This town of..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Don't Everybody Panic, but Online Sketch Troupe Backpack Picnic Has Definitely Gone What They Call 'Viral' and Is Also About to Contaminate the Alamo Drafthouse

Online sketch troupe Backpack Picnic has definitely gone viral

"...the sort of vessel in which a person could, especially in a college town, covertly but with malicious intent,..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest Schedule

"...All Short Fringe shows start at 8pm.Tuesday, Jan. 13Short Fringe..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

To Sitcom Hell and Back

Getting her own sitcom nearly killed Margaret Cho, and she talks about the experience in her new show I'm the One That I Want.

"...the concept, one realizes that the heroic journey is really an inward mission to find the true self, slaying..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic

Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been

"...Personally, I blame Terry Galloway...."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Star Wars Satire ¡Estar Guars! Gets Laughs and Gets Political

Latino Comedy Project takes on planetary issues

"...The Latino Comedy Project, a comedy sketch group led by artistic director..."

May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Savannah J Salazar

In Memoriam: Lashonda Lester

Remembering the Queen of Austin Comedy, who died April 6

"...would be the first to notice, the first to call it out, and her word had the finality of..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

Not Another Rom-Com

Sean Mullin brings a light touch to heavy material in Amira & Sam

"...edges of star-crossed amour. That pairing of romance and comedy has produced some of the best movies ever made,..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Just Cos

SXSW Comedy headliner Bill Cosby shares his worst gigs ever

"...Philadelphian remains a people person, which of course underlies all his humor. South by Southwest Comedy, meet Bill Cosby...."

March 5, 2014 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Comics for Courage

Funnyman Christopher Cannon is serious about helping veterans

"...notion of him doing something for the military never really crossed his mind. He was too busy figuring how..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Movement Downtown!

Even comedy can metastasize

"...The New Movement Theater, that Eastside powerhouse of comedy started by Chris Trew & Tami Nelson, all relentless..."

April 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Booker & Ronen Say Howdy-Do!

Or something analogous, anyway, this very weekend

"...Yeah, you know: That hotbed of improv comedy and similar antics, headed by Tom Booker and Asaf..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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