Blood on the Controller With The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Who will play, and what will become of them?

"...game fans who wanted to step into their favorite Texas horror franchise had exactly one option: 1983's The Texas..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...wouldn't have been there at all. It took a generation of people who had seen the Butthole Surfers in..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

Francesca T. Royster’s Book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions Highlights Beyoncé and Tina Turner’s Influence at SXSW

Taylor Crumpton joined talk on Black resistance within the genre

"...Tina Turner and Beyoncé rarely surface in discussion of..."

March 13, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Ice Downs Tree Limbs and Power Lines, Tens of Thousands Without Power

Austin bears the brunt of localized winter storm

"...Two years after Winter Storm Uri, Austinites are experiencing déjà vu, as Wednesday morning brought the right combination..."

Feb. 1, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...the festival (running March 11-20) has unveiled a whole extra slate of new speakers, panels, sessions, and podcast recordings...."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online: Recommended Programming

Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

"...10am: Opening Remarks: Befriending the Breath — Featured Session Start SXSW Online off on the right foot with Austin's Yoga..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...I’m in the overlap. You’re in it, too, right? SXSW is definitely in it...."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...As a lens, the coronavirus epidemic extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality, from economic..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Lovebirds

Midsummer comedy that should fly falls flat on its face

"...Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Nicholas X. Parsons, Kyle Bornheime, Barry Rothbar and Catherine Cohen...."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Can Quibi Be Your New Go-To App?

CEO Meg Whitman on diversity and innovation in the new streamer

"...The coronavirus lockdown has been a mixed affair for the entertainment industry. Production has halted, cinemas..."

April 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How ATX Studios Has Quietly Become Valuable Real Estate for TV in Austin

One of the city's big filming facilities is about to undergo a massive expansion

"...paint outline on the floor of Stage 3 at ATX Studios. If you're an eagle-eyed fan of Robert Rodriguez's..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Out of the Voidoids Comes a Strong Silent Type

In which Ernie Stomach AKA Richard Hell gets downright abecedarian

"...good news about letterforms and divinely or demonically inspired texts, brings the world the return – the expertly produced,..."

March 30, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Q&A: Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew are Tone-Deaf

How the sardonic Midnighter is a battle of (and for) the ages

"...over race, class, religion - the war between the generations, of boomers versus millennials, has inspired a thousand think..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Sauce Sampling: Tasting the Scoville Rainbow

When a self-proclaimed wimp becomes a heat-seeker (sort of)

"...a nice drizzle of Sriracha as much as the next gal. I don’t mind a fresh jalapeño here and..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...You’ve got The Voice, X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, all sorts..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

I Heart K-Pop

Korean DJ nights choreograph a local niche

"...They scream every time one hit transitions into the next...."

May 25, 2018 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...post-punk destruction evolved into cinematic art rock on 2014's IX. Fresh off headlining Keely's Golden Street Festival in Phnom..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX 2017

SXSW: Another year queerer

"...Over the course of 10 nonstop days and nights expect a chaotic barrage of never-ending shows, free-flowing beer, and..."

March 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...under a single banner (?!) – and the high expectations set by The Expanse, this winter’s breakout hit. And..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Editor's Note

"...are the three new columns debuting this week and next. Our news editors Amy Kamp and Mary Tuma will..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...for the Australian Music Prize on the strength of extra-catchy baubles like "What Falls Away" and the hilariously poignant..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...Selektah. In January, Termanology dropped Cameo King II, a mixtape doused in East Coast classicism, with features from Sean..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...school band room. That swell of horns and honking sax, the seesaw of ascending clarinets against descending flutes –..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

The Wizardly Way

Human Centipede, Abe Sapien and more speak at Austin Comic Con

"...the organizers were talking not just about coming back next year, but making the already impressive event much larger...."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Great Scott!

Edgar Wright and his Scott Pilgrim cast touch down in Austin

"...a whole lot of handmade T-shirts with the words "Sex Bob-omb" hastily stenciled or silk-screened on them. That's the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...[Note: The second part of this column is the next-to-last section of an essay about alternative newsweeklies, originally planned..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: We Are the Walrus

... And other tales of circles unbroken

"...resurrected and nascent punks. They were there for the Sex Pistols' San Antonio show. Toward the back of the..."

July 9, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Preaching Beyond That Choir

San Fran Bishop Yvette Flunder has some 'mighty real' revelations

"...She's spent a life in the cloth, the third generation of a family that has served in the Church..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...originally printed in conjunction with screenings put on by CinemaTexas, a graduate-student-run film society that was part of the..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

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