The Powerful Never Change in Death of a Unicorn

A24’s star-studded satirical horror comes to SXSW

"...Scharfman started researching unicorn stories, he found there’d been myths about the beast for two and a half millennia..."

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

"...her birthplace of Mobile, Alabama, in The Order of Myths, or towns along the Gulf of Mexico in The..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Announces First Round of Speakers

Tech, business, and the business of tech dominate session list

"...knocked down and replaced with a new state-of-the-art facility, SXSW's opening list of featured speakers may not feature the..."

Sept. 17, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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..."

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

"...man when the star of the movie his ex (SXSW alum Emily Blunt, The Quiet Place) is directing goes..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW 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

"...Detroit theater alongside Questlove (or was it Common?). A SXSW panel re-created the myths and magic of that book,..."

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

"...all to be in deep decline at this year’s SXSW thanks to an extended crypto winter that evaporated trillions..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Tom Cheredar

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

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

"...opening hour of the encyclopedic documentary (which won the SXSW 2021 Midnighters audience award) explores the British tradition, and..."

Sept. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes

Biodoc of pioneering musician is best when she speaks for herself

"...synth blips, tape hiss and warped voice recordings. Fittingly, SXSW selection Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes is..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

SXSW Film Jury Awards Announced

The Fallout, Lily Topples the World take big wins

"...but the prizes are as meaningful as ever. The SXSW Film Festival just announced its 2021 Grand Jury prize..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Encyclopedic documentary finds the global roots of a genre

"...trees become forests, moss grows in between boughs, and myths dance twixt sunlight and shadows. Folk horror, like the..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Films and Shows at SXSW by Austin Residents and Veterans

Fill your schedule with ATX @ SXSW

"...Dear Mr. Brody Keith Maitland's followup to SXSW 2016 critical and audience smash Tower pulls apart the..."

March 5, 2021 Screens Feature

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Pierson said, "While we won’t have the wonderful in-person SXSW that we know and love, we can gather together..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...SXSW may not have happened IRL this year, but today..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Demons on the Set of Cursed Films

New series on Shudder asks why we want to believe in evil

"...streaming horror site Shudder: an appreciation for the cinematic myths that shape our connection to iconic horror movies, and..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival launchpad for..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Following yesterday’s announcement that Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert

Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city

"...audience of 5,000 prompted pushback. Instead, the homegrown Marfa Myths welcomed around 1,000 fans last weekend...."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...brings the NYC dweller's "two-and-a-halfth" performance ever at Marfa Myths, backed by members of Maryland's Dubistry. The set will..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek revise the poet's life and loves

"...The film (which played last year at both SXSW and aGLIFF) stars Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson and..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Southwest of Salem Director on Satanic Panic

Deborah S. Esquenazi talks collective madness before her SXSW panel

"...Austin-based Esquenazi over the phone ahead of her upcoming SXSW panel about the secretive new project she’s working on..."

March 8, 2018 SXSW Post by Amani Newton

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...Rise of the Black Panther with award-winning memoirist (and SXSW 2018 keynoter) Ta-Nehisi Coates. Marquez and Roberson have moved..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Panel: Jessica Hopper

Facing the industry’s “baseline condition” of sexism head-on

"...was quick to dispel one of the most pervasive myths in all facets of the music industry...."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW List No. 5

NOFX, Leon Russell, and Trae Tha Truth join Iggy Pop

"...the 68-year-old Muskegon, MI., native’s first time at the SXSW rodeo – he appeared solo in 1996 and with..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats

Abbott, Cruz, Jade Helm, and the death of the sane GOP

"...a pain (kind of like avoiding Downtown Austin during SXSW, or maybe Pease Park on Eeyore's birthday). Or the..."

May 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

CineMarfa Announces 2015 Lineup

Sci-fi in an out-of-this-world setting

"...Demme-curated Made in Texas program, which just premiered at SXSW, will get another showing in Marfa, hosted by co-director..."

March 25, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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