Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 24-30
"...CANCER (June 21-July 22): In myths and legends, the consummate spiritual goal has various names:..."
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May 24, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny
DogMan
A thief survives an abusive childhood to forge a soulful connection with canines
"...a version of America born only of its own myths about itself – part Southern Gothic, part revenge thriller,..."
March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 1-7
"...SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The myths and legends of many cultures postulate the existence of..."
March 1, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny
Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement
Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced
"...a multi-million dollar VC firm, Hamilton will debunk wealth myths and emphasize entrepreneurship as a means to achieve financial..."
Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson
South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere
3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival
"...An immersive triptych of AI visuals subverting classic cinematic myths; scenes include a car crash transformed into a kiss,..."
Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
My Animal
Poignant addition to the teen wolf movie pack
"...connected lycanthropes with adolescent female sexuality. But the underlying myths are difficult to kill: In the case of the..."
Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The League
The history of the Negro Baseball League as the history of America
"...bound to hear an equal measure of history and myths. For decades, the Negro Leagues existed more as apocrypha..."
July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 21-27
"...(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The dragon has appeared in the myths and legends of many cultures. Europe, China, and Mesoamerica..."
July 21, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 2-8
"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the central myths of Western culture is the Holy Grail. For over..."
June 2, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny
A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment
Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity
"...no one I knew had ever known about these myths. So I had to put it somewhere where this..."
April 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday
Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more
"...(or was it Common?). A SXSW panel re-created the myths and magic of that book, featuring Dilla collaborators Peanut..."
March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers
Myth and Tech Merge for the SXSW Art Program
Technology becomes the new enchantment in Mixanthropy
"...a parallel to, instead of a resistance to, ancient myths.” SXSW Art Program Installation “Mixanthropy” by Meichun Cai &..."
March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Where Have All the Crypto Bros Gone?
Molly White, Web3's most visible skeptic, is busy debunking myths about tech before the next bubble
March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Tom Cheredar
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 3-9
"...our depths, we need the mysterious stories provided by myths and fairy tales. He also says that conventional hero..."
March 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny
Austin Critics Announce the Five Best Austin Films of 2022
Linklater and mountain lions, the pandemic, the legacy of slavery, and the fight for abortion rights all part of this year’s AFCA Austin Film Award short list
"...where she filmed her 2008 breakout, The Order of Myths, to track the detective work behind uncovering the evidence..."
Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn
How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice
"...we do, here's how we can utilize the Greek myths in the statue," and all that stuff started lining..."
Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Tamales: A Winter Tradition
One writer’s picks for the best in Austin
"...took turns working at it with my mom. Kitchen myths say only one pair of hands should ever touch..."
Dec. 6, 2022 Food Post by Christina Garcia
Five Fantasy-Forward Arts Events
Experience the outer reaches of creative imagination
"...call artists, have been making stuff up – fables, myths, legends, sitcoms, miniseries, religions – and much of it..."
Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner
Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars
Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest
"...musical convergences like Terlingua's Spatula City Limits and Marfa Myths seemingly on pause, the team may be onto something,..."
Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Podcast the Myth: B.J. Novak Goes to Texas in Vengeance
The Office star explores the stories that Texas tells itself
"...outsider coming in and trying to deal with those myths. Where does Ben come from?..."
July 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Vengeance
B.J. Novak tells a touching tale of truth, myths, and Texas
"...more of a story about America (obviously) and the myths and stories people tell themselves when they are unable..."
July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur
Black Women Reclaim Space in Austin’s Outdoors
Black Women Who Kayak+ is leading the way
"...she realized she needed to address the "barriers and myths that have been deeply rooted for Black and brown..."
June 10, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele
A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience
Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas
"...the festival, now published in his book Uncurtailed Kerrtales: Myths, Legends, and Spontanacities, which will be available at the..."
May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin
Day Trips: Faywood Hot Springs, New Mexico
Healing waters and a whole lot of history
"...By 1896 the springs were a full-blown health resort..."
May 6, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy
The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn
"...the filibuster is shrouded in a halo of manufactured myths:..."
May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 29 - May 5
"...with epic fairy tales and heroic sagas and tear-jerking myths. Is there a problem with that? Not necessarily. It..."
April 29, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny
An Old Crime Bubbles to the Surface in Descendant
Margaret Brown observes a drowned history
"...Austin Chronicle: Your 2008 film, The Order of Myths, was about Mobile's two segregated Mardi Gras. ... What..."
March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Fantastic Fest Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Encyclopedic and engrossing wander into the wilderness
"...trees become forests, moss grows in between boughs, and myths dance twixt sunlight and shadows. Folk horror, like the..."
Sept. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
"Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams" Tells the Story of an Artist
The first-ever museum exhibition of Daniel Johnston's work digs deep into the man, the myths
"...than his mental health, and the exhibition explores the myths that Johnston created for himself. For instance, his never-ending..."
Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry
"...while "Blackfoot Creation Story/Spirit Power" concerns First Nations creation myths. The band digs hard into the angry, anthemic "Nemesis,..."
