Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...the families of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre...."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Alex Bach, Zach Spicer, Joy Jorgensen, Miranda Kahn Rayelle Martin, a commercial cleaning woman in Gary, Indiana, stumbles into..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Sandy Honig, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Candice Renee, Breon Gorman, Tim Landfield, Isaac Nippert, Devon Martinez, Clint James (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...in this unsettling psychological thriller. Cast List: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Rocks

Sofia Coppola heads to NYC for a slight but charming anti-rom-com

"...prattles on about an affair that started during Hurricane Sandy. Barbara Bain and Kelly Lynch delightfully pop up in..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Comedy: Your 2020 Lineup

Get ready for Buress, Davidson, National Lampoon, and more

"...Swim's Three Busy Debras, a new series from creators/stars Sandy Honig, Mitra Jourhari, and Alyssa Stonoha, who will not..."

March 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Stories Behind Austin’s Iconic Signs

How both classic neon and changing design continue to draw patrons to local restaurants and theatres

"...the current neon street sign designed and built. Gary Martin had done both stores' signs since the early years,..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

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

"...right until it all went wrong. Cast: Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey, Chloe Boreham (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Martin Luecke's "Campaign to Save Humanity"

Independent eyes Congressional District 25

"...That’s the message borne by Martin Luecke, the latest potential entrant in the November Congressional..."

June 12, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...in films as diverse as Machete and True Grit. Martin Thomas..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eight Classic Austin Burgers That Rival Whataburger

These local institutions have been around since at least 1968

"...Sandy’s Hamburgers..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Acacia Coronado

Pillowcore Duo Hovvdy Captures a Lifetime's Worth of Nostalgia

Lo-fi locals release sophomore LP Cranberry

"...Charlie Martin and Will Taylor work on the same wavelength...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Wareing, Courtney Eaton, Tao Okamoto, Maurice Compte, Abbie Cornish, Martin Sensmeier, Sarah McDaniel, Chris Santos, Leonardo Nam, Regan "Busdriver"..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand gives a searing performance as vengeance personified

"...Directed by: Martin McDonagh. Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Lucas..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Martin McDonagh on Directing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The film, starring Frances McDormand, could hardly be more timely or controversial

"...transfers between media, there is a certain liberation. As Martin McDonagh has moved from writing for the stage to..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wonderstruck

Two lives intertwine across time in the latest from Todd Haynes

"...The Invention of Hugo Cabret – the basis for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo) has adapted his own children’s novel for..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let's Go to the Videotape

"...demean Jones further, Whittaker noted that Jones said the Sandy Hook massacre and 9/11 were also staged events. One..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Postmarks

Land of Mine

A viscerally intense anti-war film

"...Directed by: Martin Zandvilet. Starring: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...queer existence." From witchy gender benders to transgender icon Sandy Stone – and an array of national and international..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Critics Poll

"...Jay Trachtenberg: Pedrito Martinez, Continental Club..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Words and Music

This year's Austin Chamber Music Festival and Austin Classical Guitar summer series really get lit

July 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Chamber Music Festival 2016 Schedule

"...ArtistsSaturday, July 16, 7:30pm A cast led by André Martin and Liz Beckham perform scenes from Shakespeare's Henry VIII..."

July 8, 2016 Arts Feature

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...make sense to me. And then it did, and Sandy was sleeping, and I sat there for two hours..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

The Hightower Report

Corporate-media symbiosis

"...by such giants as Bayer, Entergy, Ford, Honda, Lockheed Martin, and Prudential, as well as by corporate foundations, lobbyists,..."

June 26, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...André Martin, The Invention of Love..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...Festival was already tantalizing, what with a legend like Martin Amis, rising star Edan Lapucki, and a pair of..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: When Fine Actors Attack

Mark Strong seeks "Anna", Landau and Palance hit "Without Warning"

"...that should have happened years earlier: Jack Palance and Martin Landau...."

Aug. 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Fun: Some Like It Hot Cold & Dreary

Counterprogramming Gidget: 11 icy, downer movies

"...Sixties films were wild about sandy frolics starring Gidget, Elvis, Frankie and Annette. None of..."

May 19, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Park. Cast: Aly Michalka, Dustin Milligan, Todd Lowe, Demetri Martin, Sophi Bairley (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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