Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and all-ages..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...for narrative feature at last week's South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, now it's walked away with the..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Producer Kathleen Kennedy to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

Legendary force in film will receive Polly Platt Award

"...There are few film producers who have had the impact of Kathleen Kennedy...."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...and Sydney Sweeney, have signed on to attend the festival...."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Reservation Dogs Star Devery Jacobs to be Honored at ATX TV Festival

Horror powerhouse duo Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel also at fest

"...episode director on the show. That's why ATX TV Festival has just announced that she'll receive this year's Breakthrough..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...lassoed two rising Hollywood stars for his dreamy-eyed arthouse film about two Portland hustlers. River Phoenix – Gen X’s..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

First Trailer: Richard Linklater's Hit Man

See Glen Powell in action as an assassin with a secret

"...crime romantic comedy from Richard Linklater and starring rising Austin star Glen Powell as an assassin-for-hire with a secret...."

Jan. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fugitive Dreams Rides the Rails to Your Screen

Jason Neulander's American fable is available on VOD now

"...The Austin-made film follows two drifters, Mary (April Matthis) and John..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to Song and his directorial..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"...collective of nine New Orleans improvisers, toward a North Austin FEMA hotel, their path intersected with another troupe: the..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Rooster Teeth Cancels RTX 2024

No annual convention for the local streaming studio

"...Rooster Teeth was the biggest pop culture phenomenon from Austin that no Austinites knew about, RTX was the biggest..."

Dec. 20, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...This year's festival selections are next year's award winners and blockbusters. So..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...of contemporary teens through the lens of an adult filmmaker. When I talked with the Austin filmmaker in 2022..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...For a film that brings together Latino filmmakers, Satanic Hispanics does everything..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...At times while reading Pulitzer Prize-winning, Austin-based writer Lawrence Wright's new novel, Mr. Texas, I couldn't..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Pharcyde and Brownout’s Special Fest Collaboration and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Find Nineties alt-hip-hop pioneers and Caroline Rose at two separate benefits

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...But once it's in film credits, it's hard to change a name, and so..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award

Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers

"...at least there's a bright spot courtesy of the Austin Film Festival, which will bestow on him the Outstanding..."

Sept. 14, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

"...(Sorry to all those hoping for rain.) The Front Festival, a gathering/celebration of women and LGBTQ creators, hits Austin..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Legendary Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Heads to Austin Film Festival

Celebration of writers continues in writers strike

"...compensated and appreciated – so it's fitting that the Austin Film Festival, the celebration of writers, is continuing with..."

Aug. 8, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Review: 7th Annual Femme Frontera Filmmakers Showcase

Short films selection looks at border life through multiple lenses

"...the past 25 years, the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival has brought work by Latinx, Indigenous, and filmmakers..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...fame – a mystique, a danger. Whatever it was, Austin stunt performer and filmmaker Gary Kent, who died Thursday..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crosstalk: Miss Manners Retires From Hip Hop Hooray After 15 Years, and More Music News

DAWA Fund apps open May 15 and Lizzy McAlpine melts ACL Live

"...Manners also started and hosted the five-year run of Austin Mic Exchange alongside local rapper Adam Protextor. The weekly..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...L'chaim! It's time to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what more suitable way than..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Megz Kelli on Her New Orleans-Set Directorial Debut "little trumpet"

Magna Carda and BLK ODYSSY collaborate on short film score

"...For her debut short film, Megan Trufant Tillman – known locally as Megz Kelli..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

SXSW Co-Founder Roland Swenson Changes Roles

CEO becomes executive chairman in leadership shuffle

"...Southwest: Two weeks after Claudette Godfrey took over as Film and Television Festival director, Roland Swenson, who cofounded the..."

Oct. 24, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Music-Themed Film Fest Sound Unseen Announces Round Three in Austin

With a Waterloo Records doc and Magna Carda-scored short

"...Back in 2020, Minnesotan films-about-music festival Sound Unseen made its virtual Austin debut with..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...violin-playing Berklee grad to tour with him. Soon the Austin-born singer and instrumentalist was belting out twangy songs and..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

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