Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...it or not, SXSW actually hosts a plethora of queer talent. In fact, this year, the fest took it..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Queer Queer Queer Movies

SXSW films for homos, films for this homo.

"...let you in on screenings and film events that queers might really love… now, of course, this list is..."

March 13, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Cinema, Comics, and Crafts in This Week’s Arts Events

Weekday nights are for arting

"...Kicking off new HFC series “Freaks Only” where all cinematic picks are “by, for, and about freaks” is the..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...of change: From January to this very December, Austin's queer community weathered good, bad, and neutral shifts to the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Frisk

"...Lyons, Alexis Arquette, Raoul O'Connell and Jaie Laplante. This experimental film portrait of sadism, sexual compulsion, and murder based..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...life in the South. Featuring touching music and beautiful cinematography, Gay Chorus Deep South is the perfect booster shot..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Coloring in the Margins

Pop-up series Alt Girl Cinema highlights diversity

"...The alternative film series Alt Girl Cinema offers its third showcase this weekend: "Women of Color:..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

England Made Me

Culture editor Richard Whittaker presents a season of classic British movies that defined the nation's cinema

"...British cinema is not just American cinema with a funny accent...."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...talent and titles Now it's time to get dark, experimental, and immersive with today's wave of Midnighters, VR projects,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A New Documentary Meditates on Texan Electronic Composer Pauline Oliveros

Celebrate the queer theorist behind Deep Listening this Sunday at AFS

"...New York in the mid-Seventies. Gold, now an Austin-based experimental dancer and choreographer, had already been studying Oliveros' 1971..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

OUTsider Fest 2018 Legacy Award

35 years later, Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames is ahead and on time

"...the complexities of time through its signature showcase of queer, underground, and soon-to-blow-up artists and performers of today on..."

Feb. 13, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Welcome to the Clown Show

Ryan Trecartin will be your mirror…

"...his hands, tangent is an embodied (and a very queer) reality... his characters carry phones at all times, speak..."

March 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...“VYZEE,” “Faceshopping,” and “BIPP” – and since the beginning, queer performers have known what’s up with SOPHIE. So to..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...winner Abinadi Meza, a globe-trotting local sound artist and experimental filmmaker.   – Kat McNevins Fresh Kill..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

St. Paddy’s Day, SXSnacks, Sailor Moon, and More Weekend Events

Our recommendations for the waning days of the Fest

"...Mark Frost’s much-beloved soap opera. Before experiencing the bisected cinematic story of Laura Palmer’s last days alive – days..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Recommended Austin Events

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

"...and a disenchanted southern preacher.”   – Lina Fisher Queer Field Day..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Pride Piper

Artist and Pride piper Silky Shoemaker brings DIY joy to the Pride table

"...one night only, and the founders of Austin's upstart queer multimedia variety show have chosen drama for the evening's..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...Thursday 6, AFS Cinema..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...to fit in, an insecure Chinese American teenager undergoes experimental trans-racial surgery to become White in order to secure..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Follies, Samurai, and a Few Non-Alcoholic Events for the Weekend

Got a resolution to get out more? No problem.

"...little fun while you’re there.   – James Scott Queer Film Theory 201: Burlesque..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...title: Now Charli XCX closes the six-day celebration of cinema with her digital quest to make a collaborative album..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Contrast Film Festival Flick Picks

Our selection of the cross-media event’s boundary-pushing films

"...Flaming Creatures Thu., July 18, 8pm @AFS Cinema With its graphic depictions of sex coupled with an..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...Hopi word meaning “life out of balance”) reshaped non-narrative cinema. In collaboration with Rocket Cinema, Cloud Tree is bringing..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fusebox Facts, Sullivan’s Travels, and More Recommended Events

Some recommendations for the week ahead

"...Monday 27, Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30, AFS Cinema..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...its inability to maintain the bare minimum support the queer community needs. "Before, we had the privilege to ask..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

Gay Place

Too excited about Pride to let 2017 get me down

"...being grateful for our amazing community, proud of my queertastic self and fabulous friends, and awed by the epic..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...in mid-Nineties Austin, AYWKUBTTOD's incendiary post-punk destruction evolved into cinematic art rock on 2014's IX. Fresh off headlining Keely's..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Oddities, Psychos, Unprofessionals, and More Weekday Events

Get out and get weird

"...to Temple of Doom in the well-stocked Divorced Guy Cinema genre, even David calls this movie “Kramer vs. Kramer..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Take You to the Gay Bar

A round-up of Austin's LGBTQ bar scene

"...Who’s a pro at the drink, drank, drunk scene? Queers. Was there ever any doubt? Perhaps a little background..."

July 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Fantastic Fest Review: The People's Joker

Transgressive trans satire of superheroes is a victory for good

"...is a fearless, gloriously funny, and moving act of cinematic anarchy. Filmmaker Vera Drew (who also stars in and..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

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