South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island In 1950s New Zealand. The trio rail against the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...Ernesto Green (Gun Hill Road) and Andrew Ahn (Fire Island) and Sundance short film programmer Lisa Ogdie. This year’s..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Suzume

Another modern fantasy wonder from the creator of Your Name

"...and Akira. But catastrophe is the way of an island, especially one as tectonically unstable as Japan, and that's..."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Self Reliance

The Most Dangerous Game spoof lacks bite

"...Andy Samberg (who also produced the film under the Lonely Island’s film banner and plays himself) dubiously courts Tommy..."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Screenwriters: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman Lonely teenager Mia gets hooked on the thrills of conjuring..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...his grandmother, Nana Connie (Isabella Rossellini), he befriends a lonely documentarian (played by Fleischer-Camp, who also co-wrote and directed..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...UK release deal. As Trail's music spread across the island (motored by the same overzealous British music journalism that..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Islands Director/Screenwriter: Martin Edralin Producer: Martin Edralin, Priscilla Galvez Joshua,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Graphic Gift Books For Your Creative Favorites

Or even for your own holiday-besieged self, right? Potentially?

"...schlub of a cartooonist living in French-speaking Quebec, a lonely man who’s still wrestling with the aftermath of his..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rad

Hal Needham's BMX action flick restored

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Permanent Vacation in Palm Springs With Max Barbakow

A time loop movie influenced by everything but Groundhog Day

"...As long-time fans of the Lonely Island troupe (both their prodigious work ethic and expansive..."

July 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queerantining With Qmmunity’s James Scott

Hint: It involves lots of podcasts and (mostly) gay reads

"...doing things we don’t like to do, like being lonely and staying home, but these safety measures are what..."

March 20, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

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

"...the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Principal Maggie Lea Takes on Breast Cancer

Cheer Up Charlies co-owner reflects on business and mental health evolution following diagnosis. Meanwhile, the Convention Center expansion gets approval by Music Commission, and Project ATX6 announces a new lineup.

"...I didn't realize I had become this totally self-sufficient, lonely island of functioning everyday robotically," shares the business owner...."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Honors Japanese Film Master Takashi Miike

Third wave includes special tribute to the J-horror innovator

"...storm at sea leaves her stranded on a deserted island, Jenn gathers all her strength to find ways to..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Angry Birds Movie 2

The birds are back, with an added subversive twist

"...peace, then at least a certain detente between Bird Island and Pig Island, defined by occasional outbursts of escalating..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Last Week in Live Music: Mac DeMarco, The Lonely Island, Local Natives, Cruserweight, and More

"...photos from last week's local shows. Pictured here: The Lonely Island at ACL Live on June 13, 2019..."

June 17, 2019 Photo Gallery

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

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

"...Enda Loughman (Ireland) Rose, a mostly sweet and mostly lonely small-town driving instructor, must use her supernatural talent to..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Cooking With Skate Kitchen?

Hanging with the crew behind the true-life skateboard drama

"...star and founding member Rachelle Vinberg plays Camille, a lonely young skateboarder who finds refuge in the open arms..."

Aug. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

Wonder Wheel

Woody Allen's ode to Coney Island

"...film since Manhattan, is an idealized dream-memory of Coney Island’s amusement park just after World War II. The movie..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

DVDanger: Another Evil

Carson D. Mell on crying exorcists, plus home release update

"...FF 2016 alum, unnerving coming-of-age supernatural spinechiller Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl arrives on streaming site Shudder on May 4...."

May 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Red Turtle

Poetic beauty abounds in this animated gem

"...swallow him whole. Washed ashore on a deserted tropical island, the bedraggled castaway forages for food; his only companions..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

But Take Great Care, for Maybe She’s a Sort of Basilisk

Author Ottessa Moshfegh at BookPeople on Tuesday night

"...floor; arranging a hookup over the phone with some lonely stranger you’ve randomly called, someone you’ve been sure to..."

Jan. 30, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...(US Premiere) A young priest travels to an isolated island community to face a dark supernatural force that has..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...Eliot Sumner Information (Cherrytree/Island)..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival

The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two

"...castaway ekes out an existence on a deserted tropical island guarded by an enigmatic red tortoise in this magnificent..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

DJ GirlFriend continues to make space for queers and also raise funds for some hard-workin' orgs

"...Premiere If the demise of HBO's Looking left you lonely, catch the movie that wraps the story. Starring Jonathan..."

July 15, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Comedy collective The Lonely Island writes, directs, and stars in music biz comedy

"...of misdirection on the part of comedy trio the Lonely Island, which wrote, directed, and star in the film...."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...surreal tale of a young boy on a remote island who develops a mysterious illness and is subjected to..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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