The Austin Chronic: Austin Documentarian Links Up With Jimmy Kimmel for Reality Series High Hopes

New Hulu show captures organic humor among dispensary misfits

"...Ben Steinbauer is not a fan of reality TV...."

April 19, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...says Lewis on a phone call that morning. “We’re not like rockers or heavy partiers or anything, so we..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: The Tea on Trivia

As their second anniversary approaches, the minds behind Queer Trivia reflect

"...create more individual events for the shop. We [had] never seen a queer-focused trivia before, so we knew that..."

April 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

Triumphant world tour concludes at ACL Live at the Moody

"...the song, 1971’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” was never released on a studio album. Here, it instantly had..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Shawn Badgley

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...Back in 2011, Danny Brown was a 30-year-old, not very famous yet, Detroit rapper who’d released his debut..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Accents and Cowlicks: Julio Torres on Problemista

SNL alum explores the magical world of immigration

"...An aspiring toy designer, he seems to shun being noticed. At the same time, there’s a huge amount of..."

March 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faye Webster, Swamp Dogg, and More Reviews From Friday of SXSW

Memorable performances to close out the week

"...I’m not exactly certain when Faye Webster blew the fuck up...."

March 16, 2024 Music Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Film Review: Grand Theft Hamlet

“To be or not to be” in a virtual reality mid-pandemic? Fantastic.

"...and execute the play (an edited version, of course) not to mention the fact that, oh yeah, real life..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Review: My Dead Friend Zoe

A veteran processes her grief in emotional dark comedy

"...War as she navigates life, love, and loss. She’s not alone: Her best friend from the Army sticks to..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Madeline Duncan

SXSW Film Review: Stormy

Doc explores life in the eye of Hurricane Trump

"...get out, the documentary details, and that motivation is never more clear than at one moment during a hometown..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Kung Fu Panda 4

The titular Dragon Warrior searches for his replacement

"...that sensation. The fuzzy fighter became a beloved character not because of Jack Black’s funny delivery, but because he..."

March 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...schedule is filled with beloved classics like Hamilton and Funny Girl, and red hot new smashes like MJ and..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...Sixties, Miss Nude Universe 1975 Tiffany Carter’s dazzle has never dimmed in her over 20 years as a burlesque..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...The stars have aligned for South by Southwest’s latest keynotes and featured speakers announcement – meaning a ton of..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...incidents including at least four people shot or killed, not including the shooter), and among those, eight “mass murders”:..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...in mind, their event copy states, “Boner Bizarre is not responsible for anyone losing all sense of reality.”  ..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice

There's a lot of life in this show about death

"...Thing" points out, a show about death. A riotously funny and clap-along excellent show about death, indeed...."

Feb. 7, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death

The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage

"...Most actors fear dying on stage. Not Megan McGinnis: because as Barbara Maitland in the Broadway..."

Feb. 6, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana

The Family (Smoke) Circle

"...doesn’t fall far from the bush. My folks – funny, philosophical, followers of the Grateful Dead – have what..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...kid tender with his friend’s feelings ... until he’s not. Delectably off-kilter and teeming with gosh-wow visuals (a house..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

A Freight Train Ride Through Lucinda Williams’ Artistry at ACL Live

Former Austinite stands tall on the blues in soundtracked read-along

"...Her throaty narration and funny details, alongside archival photos onscreen, reintroduced the characters of..."

Jan. 20, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...A House Is Not A Disco Director: Brian J. SmithProducers: Jeremy Truong, Joe..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...First Amendment, SB 12 was taken to court by not just one but two different legal groups. Local drag..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville Still Reigns, Reimagined, at the Moody Theater

Try “Fuck and Run” as “Make Love and Stick Around”

"...hasn’t been clear enough throughout her three-decade career, she’s not keen on conforming to expectations...."

Dec. 2, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...have to be seriously bad at understanding analogies to not recognize the metaphor behind Chronicles of a Diamond. It..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Transitioning to the Big Screen

For Qmmunity Editor James Scott’s birthday, and Transgender Awareness Week, five trans movie recommendations

"...I'm getting ahead of criticism this year, though! Why not combine my personal love for movies and the fact..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by James Scott

It's a Wonderful Knife

Exactly the It's a Wonderful Life horror spoof the title implies

"...It's hard not to compare slasher comedy It's a Wonderful Knife with..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...corruption in the nation's capital. While this smart, quite funny, satirical novel may not pretend to be Mr. Smith..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

Unconventional music doc truly captures the prog pioneers

"...King Crimson at 50, a moving, accessible, and very funny look at one of the most precise bands in..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Joe Gross

Qmmunity: Rain on Me

A new era at the classic Fourth Street bar starts with Show Director Basüra

"...no correct "formula" for a drag show's success, they note that they do not follow "drag time," aka every..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by James Scott

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