Clown in a Cornfield

A clown terrorizes teens in a former factory town

"...Read Richard Whittaker's interview with Craig from the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

May 9, 2025 Movie Review

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The stupidity and disruption is the point: Last month,..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature

Death of a Unicorn

Corporate satire meets creature feature

"...horror. When the film had its world premiere at SXSW 2025, the Chronicle’s Jessi Cape wrote: “It’s nearly two..."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review

Just One Spark: Disney and the Business of Joy at SXSW

Josh D'Amaro and Alan Bergman on how to make someone's favorite ride

"...Well, it’s hard to pick one from the 70..."

March 16, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Together

Real spouses Brie and Franco are magnificent in adult horror

"...One has to believe that Alison Brie and Dave..."

March 16, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick

Anti-thriller mines wellness culture to unnerving effect

"...The effectiveness of the sound design does much to..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Secret of Me

Intersex doc depicts lifelong fallout of genital mutilation

"...The Secret of Me, the debut documentary feature from..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Film Review: Fantasy Life

The most Gen X movie in years stars a millennial and Amanda Peet

"...the Before trilogy, Grosse Pointe Blank, and so on. SXSW Narrative Competition feature Fantasy Life – about a nervous,..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa

Bold rock opera dazzles but doesn’t quite land its allegory

"...O’Dessa is set to be released on Hulu on..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Review: Death of a Unicorn

Jenna Ortega stars in darkly absurd tale of carnage and corporate greed

"...of Death of a Unicorn, Claudette Godfrey, head of SXSW Film & TV, warned the palpably excited audience: “I..."

March 9, 2025 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Short and Sweet: “Neuro”

Austin-made psychotropic short explores the mutability of memory

"...An alumnus of legendary Austin online studio Rooster Teeth,..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Flying Lotus on Moving in Front of the Camera in Ash

The musician-turned-filmmaker on leveling up in his SXSW Headliner

"...His first day on set was also his first..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inside the Unspeakable Killings That Changed Austin Forever

Margaret Brown explores the tragedy and lingering trauma in a four-part series

"...It’s also about Austin over the last three and..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Film Awards Adds More Stars to March 6 Ceremony

Zazie Beetz, Jay Duplass, the Sing Sing team join in

"...Jay Duplass, who will be in town for the SXSW world premiere of The Baltimorons, his first film as..."

Feb. 24, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart Eyes

Squabbling coworkers mistaken for a couple attract the murderous attention of the Heart Eyes Killer

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On Swift Horses Rides Into SXSW

ATX true crime series The Yogurt Shop Murders also joins fest

"...After a first round of titles that includes new..."

Feb. 5, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Rocks AFS Cinema

Fest screens films on pop fame, a lost guitar, and a legendary metal club

"...Sound Unseen was originally founded in 1999 in Minneapolis..."

Dec. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...The next year he and his wife returned to SXSW on a tourist visa to scout the city. They..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Elijah Wood and Ant Timpson Turn Over a New Leaf in Bookworm

The Come to Daddy team make a very different family flick

"...First of all, the festival has a long history..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Preview: West 22nd Hooks ’Em at Their First ACL

UT-Austin student band on big breaks and next steps

"...AC: From Chief Cleopatra to the Tiarras, there’s solid..."

Oct. 1, 2024 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...film about an aspiring band coming to perform at SXSW. As a known quantity teaching documentary at UT’s Radio-Television-Film..."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

MaXXXine

Triumphant third installment in Ti West's cinematic slasher-horror series

July 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Angels, Devils, and Jim Cummings at The Last Stop in Yuma County

The indie icon breaks down his new dusty noir and its ensemble

"...He’d been impressed by Galluppi’s early shorts, but it..."

May 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fall Guy

Funny and fleet, this rom-com/actioner pays tribute to stuntpeople

"...Read Richard Whittaker's SXSW 2024 interview with director David Leitch and producer Kelly..."

May 3, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

David Dastmalchian Welcomes Satan to the Set of Late Night With the Devil

From Svengoolie to Carson, the hosts that made the horror

"...The star of the South by Southwest 2023 Midnighter..."

April 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernest Cline and Felicia Day Are Waiting Under the Bridge to Bat City

Don't miss the special reading and signing tonight

"...It’s a chance to get your hands on the..."

April 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge

Dimitri Simakis on his new short and the state of the industry

"...If Simakis' name seems familiar, it better be, as..."

March 20, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...It's a double win for Bob Trevino Likes It...."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Invader

Chicago-set horror from the director of Offseason.

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...The Q&A was packed with SXSW alums: Gosling, of course, who premiered his 2015 directorial..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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