Bay of Angels, Books, and a Brewery Bee in This Week’s Arts and Culture Events

Movies, spelling, and more weekday fun

"...side of the law.   – James Scott The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Dream in Your Heart, Cool Shoes on Your Feet

Pride still going strong in the Austin queer community

"...partner all the easier. Featuring DJ Ed West, group games and icebreakers, shuffleboard, cornhole, Pride-themed drinks, and post-party pool..."

May 30, 2025 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa

Bold rock opera dazzles but doesn’t quite land its allegory

"...Part The Hunger Games, part NeverEnding Story, O’Dessa is a visual feast,..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Qmmunity: For Queers By Queers Fest Recs and More

Mostly unofficial SXSW recos, local non-Fest fun, and Oscars complaints this week in Qmmunity

"...the Boots, Binders & Bras fundraiser. No Sleep No Hunger..."

March 7, 2025 Column by James Scott

A Surreal Party, a Dead Parade, and More Recommended Events

Liven up your weekend with these undead events

"...so many interpretations, so many thematic representations, so much hunger for brains. Director Jacques Tourneur’s film is both titled..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cuckoo

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer stars in this thriller set at a resort in rural Bavaria

"...Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) plays Gretchen,..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...for their meat, which of course makes all cats hunger for human flesh. Yum!   – James Scott David..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Cuckoo

Black Forest fairy tale strains credulity

"...Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes plays Gretchen..."

March 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Y2K

Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia

"...row of Gen Z cast members: Rachel Zegler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Jaeden Martell..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

YA epic's prequel can't catch the book's inner fire

"...You don’t have to have prior knowledge of the Hunger Games series – Suzanne Collins' YA book trilogy or..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

UT-Austin’s Esports Level Up

A new state-of-the-art gaming arena creates a space for all students

"...lack of a central hub on campus and a hunger from and for gamers to connect in person after..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Vesper

Enthralling eco-fable rewrites Snow White as a young Galileo

"...But she is a quiet revolutionary. There's no Hunger Games spectacle here: Instead, Vesper and Camellia quietly inhabit..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Vesper

Eco-horror melds with fairytales in this remarkable SF parable

"...But she is a quiet revolutionary. There's no Hunger Games spectacle here: instead, Vesper and Camellia quietly inhabit..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bodies Bodies Bodies

Killer cast cuts to the core in this Gen Z Clue riff

"...as Bee, fresh in love with Sophie (Stenberg, The Hunger Games’ Rue). Bakalova is next-level in the film as..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies

Whipsmart horror is more than its Gen-Z Clue setup

"...Bee, fresh in love with Sophie (Amandla Stenberg, The Hunger Games’ Rue). Bakalova is next-level in the film as..."

March 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 11-17

"...Lawrence portrayed a rugged, fierce, resourceful champion in The Hunger Games film trilogy. In real life, however, she has..."

March 11, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

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

"...But it's not all fun and games. OK, so there's a lot of gaming, starting with..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 26 - December 2

"...on a great scale. All over Greece, there were games" – for athletes, dancers, musicians, and other performers. Spirited..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Shift Meal's Job Fair, the Quesoff's Triumphant Return, Jester King's Pet-Adoption Rescheduling, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...been, to avail yourself of some camaraderie among the games and clever diversions? In this column, we feel compelled..."

May 26, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...director, writer and producer Elizabeth Banks (Charlie's Angels, The Hunger Games, and Shrill). Banks will talk to the Russo..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Embark on a Halloween Recipe to Suit Your Fear Factor

A dish best served frightening

"...Too harsh? Tone it down with a screening of Hunger Games and a professional vegan cake maker...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

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

"...in a reality TV show – like all three Hunger Games movies in succession...."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin At Large: Cars That Go “Boom!”

Let's never be desperate enough to hook up with Elon Musk, OK?

"...statue would serve us ill in the perennial economic-development Hunger Games, but Tulsa has shown me how wrong I..."

May 29, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...tribute to unfussy Sunday Fundays, awash with oversized Hasbro games and horseshoe pits, covered porches and oak-shaded picnic tables,..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Hideout Theatre's Dystopian Teen Future

In this take on Hunger Games and Divergent-style tales, the improvisers struggle to find a plot or laughs

"...from the chaff, pitting young people against each other Hunger Games-style. Among the adolescents, one key character emerges as..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The Best of Enemies

Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama

"...and class in Durham ’71. Previously a producer (The Hunger Games), he infuses The Best of Enemies with a..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DoorDash Celebrates Its Sustainability and Hunger Efforts With SXSW Party

Queue the line: Free food and booze from Torchy’s Tacos and Project DASH

"...need through Project DASH (DoorDash Acts for Sustainability and Hunger)...."

March 6, 2019 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Teicher In the Athlete Village at the Olympic Winter Games, Penelope (Alexi Pappas), a cross-country skier, befriends Ezra (Nick..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...Runner (2014) When stacked up against the Divergent and Hunger Games franchises, the Maze Runner movies have always been..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Hate U Give

Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America

"...the brilliant young actor Amandla Stenberg (Rue from The Hunger Games), renders the plight of young, urban African-American kids..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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