The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...some personal history and also wrote about in these pages quite a bit. When one thinks about how to..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits

Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week

"...last October, Kindred Spirits has arrived on VOD and Digital HD. For McKee, it's a special opportunity to say..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Talking small-screen, this year's episodic list includes the eagerly awaited TV adaptation of Parasite director Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"...Rendezvous Ballroom to see Dick Dale & the Del-Tones onstage, they recognized them because they surfed with all those..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is too complex, too costly, too demanding in time..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...of director Ali LeRoi. It follows a gay black teenager (Steven Silver) who is murdered by a cop, but..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: ACL Fest’s Recipe for Success

Essential ingredients for a modern edition of our city’s largest music festival

"...was his second-to-last show. Here's hoping lineup mate 21 Savage joins onstage for viral collab "This Is America."..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Interview: Playing With the Tracking With Tim Robbins on VHYes

It's a father-son deal in this home movie insanity

"...already started writing) was a surreal take on found footage: in 1987, a young boy is given a video..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Democrats and Their Campaign Teams Train Up to Turn Texas Blue

The Texas Democratic Party focuses on flipping the state as early as 2020

"...about ... emails. The presenter was Shelby Cole, currently digital director for the Kamala Harris campaign, and formerly the..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Roxy Bonafont

Richard Linklater Shooting 20-Year Stephen Sondheim Musical

Merrily We Roll Along his most ambitious project yet

"...Merrily We Roll Along. Yet this is no normal stage-to-screen conversion, but a 20-year odyssey...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Traveling Through Time at the Speed of Life

Director Liz Manashil on a romance across time ... and Bowie

"...we get to follow a single woman over the age of 40 in a fiction film. It was important..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...has created is that she has also discovered the passageway to her resurrection. Even though she learns that she..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin at Large: You Can’t Take Our Sons Away

On gun violence, white supremacy, misogyny, and fatherhood

"...who got through their middle-class boyhood and are his age now and have nothing going on. "They went off..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Hentaii Looks to Broaden the Idea of What People Can Do in Drag

From artistic lip-syncing to live sets and beyond

"...metaphor to compare an addictive, toxic relationship in the digital age to the attractive and repulsive forces of magnetism.”..."

July 25, 2019 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

Selfie-Conscious on the Snapchat Series Two Sides

New Austin-set series explores breakups in the digital age

July 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Katelyn Landry

Selfie-Conscious on the Snapchat Series Two Sides

New Austin-set series explores breakups in the digital age

"...a look into what a breakup looks like for teenagers today.”..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

Faster Than Sound: Spoon-Feeding the Hits With Britt Daniel

Spoon frontman talks Beto, streaming, and 26 years of steadfast indie rock

"...UK producer Mark Rankin (Adele, Queens of the Stone Age). The group recently announced the departure of longtime bassist..."

July 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Rooster Teeth Pumps up the Volume With New Podcasts at RTX Austin

The media giant adds some fodder for your headphones

"...in an Austin bedroom has mutated into a multimillion-dollar digital media giant. This year marks the ninth annual RTX..."

July 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Katelyn Landry

The Luv Doc: Doing the Legwork for Love

The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn

"...a fetching photo on Grindr – ideally something that manages to capture both your smoldering sexuality and your scintillating..."

April 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Mercy Black

Viral horror faces the reality of childhood crimes

"...you agree that we are living in the golden age for both true crime adaptations and independent horror films,..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...On Story: The Golden Ages of TelevisionEdited by Maya Perez and Barbara Morgan, University..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Exploring Friendship in Ralph Breaks the Internet

Screenwriter and former Austinite Pamela Ribon talks BFFs, online and IRL

"...Ribon was best known to her fans as a digital avatar. Under the name "Pamie," Ribon wrote recaps for..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

State of Mind Event Opens Up Dialogue on Mental Health

Local filmmaker Nate Araya wants to elevate the conversation

"...We may live in the Age of Communication, but the topic of mental health doesn’t..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Chron Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

The Bruno & Britney Show Waxes and Wanes

Vegas spectacles reiterate that the show must go on

"...and Britney Spears are only three years apart in age, but performance-wise, the Hawaiian entertainer born Peter Gene Hernandez..."

Oct. 22, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...Ferris (CTO Open Technology, IBM), Neha Narula (Director of Digital Currency, MIT Media Lab), Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Developer, Programming..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Ravyn Lenae

"...Internet), Chicagoan Ravyn Lenae ruminates on love in the digital age. Short and sweet at only 20 minutes, the..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Is the Net Neutrality Repeal Another Blow to Tex-Mex Musicians and Broadcasters?

Bidi bidi bom bom

"...Rancho Alegre Radio, a homegrown, preservationist nonprofit that recently staged its fifth annual conjunto festival at Stubb's (revisit "Playback:..."

July 6, 2018 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

Hot Luck Review: Peter Hook & the Light

A cover band with substance

"...aggressive couple making trouble near the front of the stage didn’t help - Hook had them ejected...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Tapestry Dance Company's April Fools

This remount of the tap troupe's valentine to vaudeville brought the old art form back with delights in abundance

"...bit of prestidigitation – and us denizens of the digital age could rediscover the delights of a mixed program..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Upgrade

Cyberpunk action thriller has a few hidden features

"...charm by Benedict Hardie). An analog guy in a digital age, a hot rod grease monkey in a world..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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