SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Having already announced speakers, including Lee Daniels and the Game of Thrones team, plus 125 films, and six catalogues..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Power Games

Eight reasons to go on living if you don't' own a PlayStation2

"...able to scrape one up this late in the game. Most retailers can't even estimate when they'll receive new..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Slouching Toward Happy Hour

East Sixth & Thereabouts

"...Jazz is an Austin stalwart that's been around for years. As you can..."

March 19, 1999 Food Feature

Players' Guide

Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers

"...Here in Austin, we like to think of ourselves as a little..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...of filmmakers and stories that are always linked to Austin, such as Jay Duplass, who returns with his latest..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...tree limbs took out power lines. Those events prompted Austin city officials to begin holding ongoing preparedness training classes..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

'Hustler Days,' 'Hustler' Night

Alamo and local author pair up with pool.

"...it set off a tremendous American embrace of the game that still appeals to thinking as well as drinking..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...British control; writer-director Neil Jordan's success with The Crying Game and Interview With the Vampire has allowed him the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood on the Controller With The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Who will play, and what will become of them?

"...For the better part of 50 years, video game fans who wanted to step into their favorite Texas..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Games People Play

Casual gaming's rise opens the doors for players and developers

"...roughly three-day process of making a fully realized video game as part of the Global Game Jam. The table..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...They're not the only directors with Austin roots in today's massive lineup drop: PJ Raval has..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Time for a blur of information. SXSW unleashed their..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The Texas-specific Lone Star States sidebar has been axed..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...know but I must say it: I love the Austin Public Library. I also believe parents and guardians should..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...there are as always a few one-off special events. Austin Film Festival will be bringing in screenwriter Dale Launer..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Looking at the Independent Games Festival Nominees

"...it's a season thick with time wastability. The Independent Games Festival – set to pop off in March of..."

Nov. 5, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

SXSW Gaming at a Glance

From the Expo to the Awards, it's time to play

"...be free anymore, but SXSW Gaming has stepped its game up every year to make a players' paradise. Three..."

March 16, 2018 Screens Feature by Milo Webb

Mobile Games to Keep You Cool

When the heat is on, cool off with local apps

"...It's during this temperate season in Austin when we try to forget that insufferably blistering temperatures..."

May 15, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

La Musica y el Director

Robert Rodriguez adds "composer" to his long list of film credits.

"...There's another Bermuda triangle, of sorts, close to Austin, west of town, where a 13-year-old boy lives in..."

July 25, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Coach's Corner

Year-end columns stink. Coach tells you why in 2002 sports will stink, too.

"...a free ride in a time machine back to Austin circa 1979: Traffic disappears. Rush hour becomes, for a..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Jacqueline Susann Story

My Heart Belongs to Daddy... or His Equivalent in Drugs

"...blockbusters at the time (I remember being in the Austin Community College bookstore in 1975 and seeing boxed sets..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...cult classic, as this reinvention has been directed by Austin's own Macon Blair. This reinvention features Game of Thrones..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive

Troy Dillinger has so much to give

"...Dillinger, the creator and host of The Austin Variety Show, loves to talk about himself – unapologetically..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Stadium Devildare

The Rude Mechanicals' Stadium Devildare, from a script by Ruth Margraff, offers a muscle-bound riff on reality game shows and superpatriotism, but its torrents of text eventually leave the brain numb

"...trained on Stadium Devildare, the latest theatrical creation by Austin's Rude Mechanicals from a script by sometime local Ruth..."

May 7, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

O.t.: Court and Spark

"...The worst thing you can say about Austin playwright Clay Nichols' O.T. is that its title (short..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the raving, wild-eyed Jeffrey Goines (Pitt), who helps him escape before Cole seemingly vanishes into thin air. ColeÕs search..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...the Zen that its heroine espouses for the perfect game of golf. Like the incomparable but unpredictable Bernhard, without..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...As always, there's a strong showing from local Austinites. Sandra Adair is best known as Richard Linklater's longtime..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...and send them to the state district attorney at Austin. The proposal was received with whoops and cheers. The..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Fall Film Previews

September

"...FUNNY GAMES..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

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