SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...as it is singular. In this dynamic and revelatory comedic fantasy, she delivers an audacious cinematic experience that defies..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...flop because it only made 10 times its budget back and was the No. 1 film in America for..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Romance Is in the Air at AFS Cinema

Austin Film Society programmers preview their Valentine-inspired Love Month series

"...is a new restoration. How better to impress your lover than a high-quality picture? “[That’s] a love that’s going..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Screens Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...An old friend to the festival from films like..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...a jazz bent, and so “Waltz of the Flowers” becomes the driving “Dance of the Floreadores” and “Dance of..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...Blaxploitation against rapist drug dealers, and you know who’ll come off worse.   – Richard Whittaker Off the Menu..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Markets, Matheson, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with arts, culture, and a bit of capitalism

"...of the world around us and the world to come.   – Cat McCarrey Free Press Forever: The Soulectors..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 13-19

"...the old ways. The novel resources that arrive will come only because an old resource has faded...."

Sept. 13, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Alejandro Puyana Explores the Humanity and Hardship of Venezuela With His Debut Novel

You can’t go home again

"...of politics, social collapse, and personal longing that has become the modern history of Venezuela...."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

Qmmunity: Too Hot to Handle

Summertime scorchers mean more time indoors to overthink our queer lives

"...Back for their second outing, the rave-ragous folks of Hard..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Column by James Scott

Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...economy, she wondered, couldn’t Red River receive some money back?..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Arts, Comedy, Theatre, Movies, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Jackie and Foxy Brown?! Yes please!

"...I’ll include Alicia Silverstone in there as well. Get back, ladies, because there’s a new Emma in town. Austin..."

June 7, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Beast

Sci-fi romantic drama about two lovers (Léa Seydoux and George MacKay) with multiple past lives, all tortured

"...Assisted by a robotic dream doula (Malanda), Gabriella drops back a century or so to work through some of..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...privy to its own fair share of mercurial weather. Backed by somber keys, the Danish-Japanese indie pop artist poured..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...The former Austinites and festival regulars since 2005 are back this year, and as always they will be helping..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...Knaak joining the Waddell Brothers.   – Doug Freeman Loverboy: Portraits on Vinyl by Rick Fleming..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Qmmunity: Transing Pride

ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

"...comparing 2019's crowd to that of 2022. "Even looking back at the photos, I'm just remembering like, there are..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by James Scott

We Asked Writers to Review Bands They'd Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights

Fresh looks at Grace Sorensen, Witches Exist, Vermin the Villain, Ariel & the Culture

"...Summer Jam showcase inside an ultra-soupy Stubb's on Friday, up-and-comer Grace Sorensen coursed through a 40-minute set dense with..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

The Hideout’s 48-Hour Improv Marathon Returns!

This grueling yes-and fest won’t put you to sleep, citizen

"...Yes, the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon is back after a four-year hiatus...."

May 16, 2023 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...knew was really interested in me for a feature comedy… bada bing bada boom. I mean, come on, I..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

On Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Can Take Us Anywhere She Wants

Over those bridges and through the woods to Arlington stop

"...bridge of “My Tears Ricochet,” a 2020 track to come later in the night, looped. “And I can go..."

April 2, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday

Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

"...the Chronicle’s Margaret Moser wrote: “Singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, lover, and free spirit wrapped up in one, Mandy Mercier..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...As a director, story comes first for Lesli Linka Glatter. “Everyone has a story,”..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown 

Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time

"...due to Covid, tickets are a tad hard to come by at a reasonable price. An unreasonable price is..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Cha'keeta B Goes From Running Track to Running Tracks

Multifaceted rapper/entrepreneur looks to take names

"...run miles and miles," he recalls. "She would get back first, sitting there drinking water, waiting on the rest..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...students Sarita Crocker and Claire LaVaye, which adorned the back wall, is now covered by the same rustic wood..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

aGLIFF Gets in the Ring With New Wrestling Documentary

Queer film fest announces first six films

"...Otto, Or, Up With Dead People, Hustler White) is back with his latest, The Many Loves of Lidia. And..."

July 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

H.E.R. Schools Austin Fans in Music History and Instrumental Mastery During Stunning Moody Amphitheater Show

She isn't Prince, but she might be his No. 1 student

"...“Damage,” one of many pulled from 2021 debut full-length Back of My Mind...."

April 22, 2022 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas: Fourth of July,..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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