Paramount Theatre Announces Star Wars, Pink Flamingos, Sin City for Summer Classics Film Series

Plus Robert Rodriguez gets his star on Congress Avenue

"...Mark your calendar: The Paramount Theatre has announced when Robert..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Single Women With Grocery Dogs

Flying a nondescript gray flag and trolling through shallow waters

"...flying a nondescript gray flag and trolling through shallow waters, so maybe don’t give her your apartment key just..."

March 15, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Recommended Austin Events

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

"...fact that they do.”  – Lina Fisher Queer Flea Market..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Day Trips & Beyond: The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

There’s something in the water: The Baker Hotel rises again

"...of the grand old lady of Mineral Wells with Mark Rawlings, head of the construction project for the Baker..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Fantastic Fest Review: Scala!!!

The very punk history of London’s legendary art/grindhouse cinema

"...as the first three patrons/talking head interviewees are DJ Mark Moore, PiL cofounder Jah Wobble, and The Duke of..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

"...John Waters Tiki Nights Enjoy all-night camp cocktails and bawdy bevies..."

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray

This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?

"...low-budget 1988 nonmusical film by transgressive cult filmmaker John Waters, the musical version premiered on Broadway in 2002 and..."

June 14, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

The Little Mermaid

Inessential remake of the Disney classic is bloated as a puffer fish

"...if the new songs (again) add little. "Wild Uncharted Waters," an Ed Sheeran-esque power ballad, is part of that..."

May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Do You Really Know Your Parents if You Don’t Go Through Their Record Collection?

Who we are is what we listen to

"...“You had to mark your shit so people didn’t steal it,” my dad..."

June 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...walking distance of the South Congress strip, looks wholly unremarkable today. But it's an Austin cultural landmark dating back..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...sharpening their Chicago-esque chops onstage with greats like Muddy Waters and Bobby Blue Bland...."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Mark the Calendar for A John Waters Christmas

The filmmaker and raconteur takes on COVID arguments, sloppy airplane dressing, and how to be rich with class

"...That's sort of what John Waters is leaving under the tree with his annual show,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Investigation Discovery Show "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" Rips Holes in the Michael Morton Case

Linklater and AFS host first look at the investigative doc

"...one point that testing the bandana would “muddy the waters.” The documentary details a confrontation between Raley and Bradley,..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns

Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground

"...a third round, and it promises an octet of remarkable documentaries from around the world, complete with director Q&As..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Luca

Pixar's lull continues with a shallow fish-out-of-water tale

"...to the Italian coast for the foreseeable future – mark some of the few, and fleeting pleasures of this..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interview: Leah Purcell Writes and Rights History in The Drover's Wife

Australian filmmaker takes a classic and gives it three lives

"...a much-loved classic. My partner described Lawson as Australian's Mark Twain [but] for international audiences it doesn't matter if..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...guard will be thrilled at one of the most remarkable works of musical archeology in recent years: Tom Petty,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Where’s Our LDC Rewrite?

Back into the looking glass with your City Council

"...housing ("Planning Commission Leaders Step Down to Chart Housing Waters") is a good thing: They're talented pros who may..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Truth

Binoche and Deneuve clash exquisitely as mère et fille

"...and implicit rather than volatile and disruptive. Lumir may mark up her mother’s book with angry Post-Its contradicting her..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Revolution Foods Partners With City to Provide 1,000 Meals a Day

Tackling food insecurity with fresh, chef-prepared meals for pickup

"...such as vitamin C packs, bandanas, socks, extra bottled waters, etc. to those in need.”..."

May 9, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled SXSW, Roger Waters should analyze global news on prime time. Televisions would..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...founding member and creative force for Pink Floyd, Roger Waters (Music) Featured Speakers..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bait (United Kingdom) D: Mark Jenkin Bait (2019) is a brilliantly original and visually..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...Directed by: Todd Haynes. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber,..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

UT Students Break Into E-Sports Through Longhorn Gaming

The university's independent organization gains notoriety in the competitive gaming world

"...it sent UT-Austin's Longhorn Gaming team into unexpectedly treacherous waters and a premature stoppage of play. After they were..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...Coast meets West and swimming laps in the chill waters of Barton Springs in February is oddly commonplace. His..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

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

"...Valley, they encounter the unexpected and enter uncharted emotional waters. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Counterpart Season 2 Episode 1 Premiere Creator: Justin Marks Executive Producer: Jordan Horowitz..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...venue before introducing his guest. Dorham swelled in his trademark romantic elegance to the chagrin of the infamously prideful..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Performa / Dance's Artist and Muse

Performa / Dance's program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth

"...Mark your calendars for next June: Performa/Dance, led by choreographer..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

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