Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs

"...ponders bad comedy, luxury apartments, and the destruction of Manhattan. Indie rockers Sour Widows arrive from the Bay to..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Friend

A dog and woman find common ground in grief

"...in the dog, even though her rent-controlled building in Manhattan forbids it, so she has only days to figure..."

April 4, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...she attempts to change her life by moving to Manhattan. Her manuscript-typing day job plays second fiddle to a..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Bunny

What do you do with a dead body? Call your friends.

"...contains multitudes. We first meet him running down a Manhattan street, blood on his clothes, his long hair disheveled..."

March 8, 2025 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Ex-Husbands

A divorcee crashes his son’s bachelor party in Mexico

"...Reeling after his wife ends their 35-year marriage, a Manhattan dentist (Dunne) decides to crash his son’s bachelor party..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Movie Review

Queer Transmedia Fest OUTsider Honors Julie Tolentino With Legacy Award

Entering its second decade of existence / resistance, the fest gives the longtime HIV / AIDS artist / activist their flowers

"...Tolentino co-founded and managed Clit Club, the infamous downtown Manhattan lesbian party noted for its wide representation of age,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by Genevieve Wood

Adrian Quesada Goes Back to College for Home Free’s Original Soundtrack

Grammy winner channels the Nineties for indie film’s music

"...of New York City – what they called the Manhattan scene. [We also listened to] rock like Dinosaur Jr.,..."

Feb. 3, 2025 Music Post by Derek Udensi

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...Director: Charles Frank, Producers: Daniel Lombroso, Meliz Yilmaz On Manhattan’s jam-packed streets, NYC’s most iconic driving instructor prepares students..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Inevitable Discomfort of Self-Knowledge

Honestly, a class action suit is probably in order

"...and go whack an insurance company exec in downtown Manhattan. Rich folk should be more than a little disturbed..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Jon Hamm Is Headed to ATX TV Festival for a Mad Men Retrospective

Emmy winner will reflect on 10th anniversary of show finale

"...about a brilliant but self-destructive ad man in 1960s Manhattan. It’ll be his first appearance at the Austin festival,..."

Dec. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Rufo’s talk was partly a victory lap. Six months..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...Bob Marley’s Wailing Wailers, because especially in Austin, this Manhattan sextet stacks up as a true legacy act. Knocking..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Village was a meeting place of Canarsie, Sapohannikan, and Manhattan tribes. They also played lacrosse there...."

Nov. 1, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Brighton Beach Memoirs: Sean Baker and Mikey Madison on Anora

How the new movie immerses itself in NYC's Russian enclave

"...Prince of Broadway, about a Ghanaian street vendor in Manhattan. Anora (in cinemas now from Neon) takes a trip..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chappell Roan Gives 'Em a Good Show at ACL Fest

The pop supernova comes through with cowgirl chic

"...on and on”), while a sped up “Naked in Manhattan” transformed the song from a slow burner into an..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Find Creativity, Karaoke, and Even a Casket in This Week’s Recommended Events

Art and death become you

"...Kids Club: The Muppets Take Manhattan..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Peak Season

Indie dramedy about a Manhattan consultant mulling her life choices while on vacation in Jackson Hole

"...between jobs and uncertain which direction to go in, Manhattan consultant Amy (Restrepo) arrives in Jackson Hole with her..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Rehabilitative Power of Art in Sing Sing

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo teams with Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar in a story of transformation behind prison walls

"...Sing Sing. The 198-year-old prison 30 miles north of Manhattan has defined the American popular image of a prison...."

Aug. 2, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...of footage. MTV bit and filming began in a Manhattan loft over the Memorial Day weekend in 1991. A..."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith

From professional musician to professional defender of musicians

"...Seaboard, where a New York Times writer rated their Manhattan show among the best live performances of ’77, right..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...first night on a giant floating casino/discotheque just off Manhattan: What can possibly go wrong? Well, since this is..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Fourth film heads home to the Big Apple, baby

"...of his life) – have decamped from Oklahoma to Manhattan to help clean up this town. Now they have..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Before it was called Manhattan, the island was designated by the Lenape tribe as..."

March 22, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

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

"...Y2K-era iPod Nanos and NYC’s rich post-punk tradition, the Manhattan-formed fourpiece invites listeners into an ecstasy-soaked aesthetic feast on..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: We Can Be Heroes

Cheering doc about summer camp for the awkward and adventurous

"...inside his teenage heart. This British lad living in Manhattan has multiple books to his credit, but at camp,..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

First Look: Endo

An intimate omakase in West Campus from NYC sushi royalty

"...This iconic omakase in Manhattan’s West Village helmed by Daisuke Nakazawa – who trained..."

March 7, 2024 Food Post by Taylor Tobin

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

"...sends them down the rabbit hole of depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. Cast: Jack Irv, Dario Yazeb Bernal, Willem Dafoe,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...– living in Brooklyn, going back and forth to Manhattan on the train every morning, it's a harder life..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Changing Nations, Changing Generations: PJ Raval’s Who We Become

Austin filmmaker on his not-a-pandemic-project pandemic project

"...Broad City. “It’s a day-in-the-life of them going through Manhattan, and it’s all told through Snapchat. And it’s hilarious,..."

Jan. 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Migration

Minions studio wreaks havoc and fun with a family of ducks

"...a mysterious red light – accidentally winds up in Manhattan, but that’s played purely for plot shenanigans. It’s on..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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