15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019

A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest

"...someone we have a crush on. Most likely, they’re just real damn good...."

March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff

Is That a Perfectly Legal, Anatomically Correct Condom Education Model, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

"...One of these things is not like the others. Can you guess which one?..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Talking Terror and Trauma in New Horror Smile

Director Parker Finn and star Sosie Bacon Smile, and the world screams with them

"...In the background of an apartment in Smile, the new horror film from Paramount Pictures opening this..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...The secret is the smile...."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Just Looking

"...Ryan Merriman. After having indelibly burned his public persona into that of the kvetchy George Costanza on Seinfeld, Jason..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cha'keeta B Goes From Running Track to Running Tracks

Multifaceted rapper/entrepreneur looks to take names

"...There's an unmistakable ferocity found within Cha'keeta B's eyes, a..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

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

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Bakers Feed a Hunger to Serve Their Community

Making cookies and sandwiches is critical to community health

"...Record numbers of people across the world turned to baking, for many reasons, during the pandemic – passing..."

May 21, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...Jackie Venson intersperses casual munching, humorous sarcasm, and smacking her hand on a countertop into a discussion primarily on..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...Twenty weeks into her pregnancy, Carole Wall and her husband discovered through..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...When I buy my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get to Know Austin R&B True Blue Alesia Lani

The ACL Fest performer invites listeners into her universe

"...manifestation, as in the visualization and expressing of abstraction into reality. She also practices the fine art of proceeding..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

In Her Own Time

Haunting the dark corners of Karen Dalton

"..."My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton," writes Bob Dylan on p.12 of Chronicles: Volume One...."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Mona Lisa Smile

The new Julia Roberts movie applies a retrofitted sense of feminism to the Great Housewife Debate of the Fifties.

"...references the most famously ambiguous facial expression in the history of art, considering the million-watt smile of Mona Lisa..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...Who can turn the world on with a smile? Besides Mary Tyler Moore, try Sara Hickman...."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...realization I ever had was that all I had to do to live in heaven on earth was to..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What Happens to Us

First Place winner

"...tell anyone about the list, but if I had to, I would rather tell Madeline than my mother. I..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessica Rutland

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...announcement Humphrey is waiting for: which schools are going to the state one-act play competition and which schools are..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Farewell to Junior the Wendy's Guy

UT institution died Monday, family raising funds for gathering

"...face around the Texas Union: running around with a smile, taking everyone’s orders, and making a fast food joint..."

April 14, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...with the almost imperceptible ambient babble from the shop's other customers is the voice of the young man seated..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...Judy Arnold, Jacqui Cross and Yolanda Williams in Dreamgirls photograph byKenny Braun ig and shiny and fun. Want the..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happy Trails to You

Writer-director Jill Sprecher journeys toward enlightenment in "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"

"...Jill Sprecher sits in an upscale hotel room on an uncomfortable..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Piet Levy

Vegan Shop Rebel Cheese Is More Than Just Good Taste

Mueller's artisan cheese spot offers food for a cause

"...is often stigmatized as hippieish, uncultured, or alternative. And to be fair, that's sometimes the case – wheatgrass tonic,..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...Just a few days ago he was sitting in a..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping – get those damn roosters..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...My grandmother told me that the passenger pigeon traveled in flocks..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...At a press conference last month outside her campaign headquarters, Carole Keeton Strayhorn was zipping through a..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Count Her In

For 30 years, article by article, Denise Schmandt-Besserat has built an ironclad case to explain a mystery that foiled archeologists, anthropologists, and philosophers for hundreds of years.

"...began, as most such groundbreaking work does, with a seemingly unrelated pursuit. When the University of Texas at Austin..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

Going Back to "Lake Charles"

"...band. Embarrassingly, Margaret Moser sings "Don't Slander Me" (right). photograph by Martha Grenon He had a reason to get..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Toast to an Artspace About Art

Pro-Jex's Tunnel of Art on Fifth Street Was More Than a Gallery, Much More

"...Neil Coleman at the original Pro-Jex Gallery photograph by Brenda Ladd..."

April 3, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

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