Co-Founder of Local Org That Pushed for Cannabis Decriminalization Abruptly Replaced

Julie Oliver exits Ground Game, Catina Voellinger takes helm

"...one wants to say exactly what happened, but Julie Oliver, the co-founder and executive director of Ground Game Texas,..."

April 5, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...and Special Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Babes

We need more raunchy female friendship films like this

"...Hasan Minhaj as Husband, John Carroll Lynch as OB/GYN, Oliver Platt as “Deadbeat” Dad, and Stephan James as Lover..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards

Austin’s favorite albums, artists, and instrumentalists of 2023

"...Grace Sorensen & Magna Carda, “Digits”..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by The Music Team

The Austin Chronic: How Worried Should Cannabis Users Be Over Paxton Suing Austin?

A Q&A with Congressman Greg Casar

"...turned his attention away from his many legal concerns – an upcoming court date on felony fraud charges, depositions..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Out of Darkness

Stone Age survival horror echoes through history

"...by Ruth Greenberg, with a story credited to Greenberg, Oliver Kassman, and director Andrew Cumming – centers on an..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ken Paxton Attacks Austin’s Lenient Marijuana Policy

Critics say it’s a distraction from the A.G.’s legal woes

"...Julie Oliver, the executive director of Ground Game Texas, was one..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Occupied City

A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation

"...a half, if you include the intermission scored by Oliver Coates). Lanzmann needed the time because he was covering..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Cheech & Chong's Last Movie Director: David BushellProducers: David Bushell, Robbi..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The 10 Best Things I Drank in Austin in 2023

Cheers to staying thirsty

"...5) Frozen Pimm's cup, épicerie..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 1-7

"...have an enhanced ability to perform these same services – both for yourself and for others...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Recapping Elon Musk’s Antisemitic Shitstorm

Losing his mind, or just advertisers?

"...And he’s definitely losing advertisers on his social media company, X, formerly known as Twitter...."

Nov. 27, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Saltburn

The Talented Mr. Ripley riff adds little to the conversation

"...Fennell. Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver and Richard E. Grant...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Pharcyde and Brownout’s Special Fest Collaboration and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Find Nineties alt-hip-hop pioneers and Caroline Rose at two separate benefits

"...Been There 2 w/ the Pharcyde & Brownout Esperanza Community, Saturday 11..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of Saltburn

Director’s aristocratic follow-up to Promising Young Woman opens Austin Film Festival

"...compared to the standard novels of the English gentry – the homoeroticism of E.M. Forster, and Evelyn Waugh's end-of-an-era..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 6-12

"...stable and solid and secure. Now read this Mary Oliver poem aloud: "You do not have to be good./..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

A Haunting in Venice

The man and the mustache return in Kenneth Branagh’s third Hercule Poirot mystery

"...previous films, but readers will recognize Christie regular Ariadne Oliver. Amusingly reinterpreted by Tina Fey with a Katharine Hepburn-like..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Hypothesis, changing lanes with her young-adult romance novel Check & Mate; and Colombian author Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose 2022..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival

Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop

"...Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Legendary Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Heads to Austin Film Festival

Celebration of writers continues in writers strike

"...Other confirmed panelists for this year’s Festival include Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Gavin O’Connor (Miracle, The Way Back), Dan..."

Aug. 8, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Danny and Michael Philippou Say Talk to Me

Creators of the new A24 horror on the foolishness of youth

"...DP: And James (Oliver) who plays James in the movie is James, my..."

July 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: The Stage Austin's The Real Inspector Hound

The director, not the dead guy, is the victim in Tom Stoppard's vicious critique of critics

"...Every playwright who has received a negative review – which, let's face it, is every playwright – has..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 14-20

"...from your nightly dreams. Take steps to remember them – maybe keep a pen and notebook next to your..."

July 14, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival Announces 2023 Film Lineup

LGBTQ film fest starts 36th year with musicals, mystery, more

"...Opening night film Glitter & Doom, a jukebox musical featuring the Grammy Award winning..."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by James Scott

The Blackening

Dismal horror spoof is just a dated, laugh-free cash-in

"...2005’s Fantastic Four flop and the utterly soulless Tom & Jerry live-action feature is back with his foray into..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A farewell party for Jim Eno, Rock the Park with Rosie Flores, and more recommended shows

"...Jim Eno's moving away – back to his homeland of Rhode Island. With that,..."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What's Love Got to Do With It?

Rom-com look at arranged marriage in contemporary Britain

"...James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Sajal Ali, Taj Atwal, Oliver Chris and Asim Chaudhry...."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chevalier

Fascinating life story of the Black knight is foiled by its own polemic

"...by Boynton, who’s dressed in delicious confectionary colors by Oliver Garcia.) But by the end of this well-intentioned biography..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...jazz degree from Texas State, the storyteller channels somber pop-R&B in uncovering her life's lies and epiphanies. In her..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 3-9

"...who loves to dance, I reject that limiting idea – especially for you. In the upcoming weeks, I hope..."

March 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

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