LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...will love you back.” So says Morwenna "Mori" Phelps, the 15-year-old protagonist of Jo Walton’s weird, wonderful, genre-bending book..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Qmmunity: Splash Into the Season

Trying to stay holly and jolly in spite of the horrors, you know.

"...Holiday season wakes from its turkey-dinner-induced slumber for another round of consumerist fun. I’m no saint, though I..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...The founders of the Austin Toy Museum have a motto...."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...When you imagine a 10-hour ride-along with a cop, there's a lot of stuff you expect – sirens, squealing..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...After you cross the international bridge you turn right and follow the railroad..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Fueling the Algorithm and Finding Community: Music Creators Thrive on Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram

On discoverable platforms, Austin musicians experience encouragement, engagement, and unexpected viral moments

"...In the frenzy of the raging pandemic, livestreams and virtual music..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Books Gift Guide

It's Complicated: The American Teenager

"...It's Complicated: The American Teenagerby Robin Bowman Umbrage Editions, 156..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...a film city, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Every year, dozens of local filmmakers produce features and..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Terrifying clowns, wild robots, and the sound of chainsaws echoing across Austin! Fantastic Fest, the..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"..."M," a 27-year-old Guate­malan woman, decided to come to the U.S. with her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

TV Eye

Phil Alden Robinson's Freedom Song, premiering on TNTthis Sunday, is a touching depiction of a small town's grassroots Civil Rights movement; also, cheers to Frasier and jeers for Fox's Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire.

"...moments with star figures who, depending on who's writing the history, acted with divine guidance. Martin Luther King Jr...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

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

"...explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Step

Inspiring doc on Baltimore teenagers

"...Let’s hear it for the Lethal Ladies of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...been up with comedy, and a quick skim of the just-released feature lineup shows the fest continuing the trend,..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish-..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as closing night films, and..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

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

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New York and L.A...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for the..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Documentary Exhumes a Personal History Folk Icon and Activist Joan Baez

The Diamonds & Rust of Joan Baez I Am a Noise

"...So much of Joan Baez's life has been in the spotlight since she was heralded as the crystalline voice..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Video Reviews

"...Alex Cox's South-of-the-border cop opera Highway Patrolman takes up a familiar storyline,..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering the same line of questioning come..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...Last week, just before the film Secuestro Express premiered in Austin, News Editor Michael..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...change Fastball FASTBALL: All it took was a song, "The Way," and Austin's previously ignored power pop trio Fastball..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...You are in error for the statement in this article ["Capitol Chronicle," News, Oct. 22],..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Postmarks

"...There Goes the Neighborhood..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Column

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