The Legend of Ochi

Storytelling sorcery meets movie magic in this A24 fantasy adventure

"...man of the woods, its yeti or yowie or skunk ape, somewhere between a chimpanzee and a snub-nosed monkey,..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...instance of bird flu in U.S. livestock, though a skunk tested positive in Carson County last year...."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

Hundreds of Beavers

Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents

"...and failing to hunt, and the odd very stinky skunk...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronic: Christmas in Texas

A holiday miracle for the weedless traveler

"...To bring me a half ounce of Sweet Island Skunk..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here. Boycott Bogus Skunks LP..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...music, for the most part, was pretty crappy," says Skunks drummer Billy Blackmon in his nicotine-cured drawl. "But I..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

New Gathering MoFest Brings Austin Music and Art Culture to the Country

Vibe Barn? Check. Organizers discuss new fest’s mission

"...White, Texas String Assembly, Riarosa, the Sidepiece Collective, Caelin, Skunk, and Willy McGee – plus an unannounced secret headliner..."

April 20, 2022 Music Post by Mars Salazar

The Luv Doc: 10 to 12 Beers

We’re smarter these days - even with that 20% covid brain loss

"...this bong hit because I love the smell of skunk." Just. No. Be honest, goddamn it. You epicurean fucks..."

March 25, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...In Texas, the American hog-nosed skunk is known as the "rooter skunk" because it likes..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

AFS Opens 2021 Short Film Grant Applications

Society will run webinars to help you apply

"...Cannes and SXSW, Annie Silverstein took home $1,000 for "Skunk." Even David Lowery, who helmed the incredible Arthurian tale..."

Aug. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...to a Lost Well performance, singer Chris Wright (aka Skunk Manhattan) expertly crossing David Lee Roth with a latter..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...output such an entertaining cornucopia of styles. "Lost My Skunk" shreds with all the excess of the Sunset Strip,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Bigfoot and Butterflies: Across the Dark Divide With David Cross

How shooting his wilderness adventure changed his brain

"...ecological metaphors, like Exists - although, technically, that's a skunk ape, not a sasquatch...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Let AFS Help Fund Your Film

Annual grant cycle for independent Texas filmmakers opens

"...Silverstein (who received a grant for her short film "Skunk") released her debut feature, Bull, while Patrick Bresnan and..."

May 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders

Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature

"...initiative, Bull extrapolates the themes from her Cannes-award-winning short, "Skunk." Silverstein said, "I didn't feel like I was finished..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...and it's as if you've been sprayed by a skunk: The stink is on you and then you spend..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hunting Down the Clickbait Beast in The VICE Guide to Bigfoot

Zach Lamplugh and Brian Emond are on the case at the Austin Film Festival

"...exists or not, whether you call it yeti or skunk ape, it seems pretty clear that Sasquatch doesn't care..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...following a July 4 performance in Chicago. Tuesday, the Skunk and True Believer turned heavy songwriter revealed, via Facebook:..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin’s Mexican-Style Lagers Are Coming in Hot

Livin' la vida lager

"...of two camps: a lighter, softer, less bitter, sometimes skunkier version of an American pale lager, and a Vienna-style..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Austin Bold Tells PETA to Go Kick a Chicken

"Farmer in the Del Valle" promotion raises animal activists' hackles

"...may be thin. (Another fan asked about bringing their skunk, but Epstein vetoed that move.)..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

AFS Kicks Off Hitchcock Before Hollywood Series

April 4 film includes tea, vintage records, and themed photo booth

"...leader with murder in his heart and a white-blond skunk stripe bisecting his head. Nothing in the American remake..."

April 2, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Coexisting With the Coyotes of Travis County

Austin’s wildlife management program goes countywide

"...involve sightings of raccoons, possums, injured squirrels, porcupines, foxes, skunks, and many injured birds, as well as encounters with..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Eyeslicer Roadshow Aims to Melt Your Brain

Low-budget, lo-fi shorts celebrate radical filmmaking

"...well as Austin film scene fixtures like Annie Silverstein ("Skunk"), Augustine Frizzell ("I Was a Teenage Girl"), David Lowery..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...is seen trolling her old neighborhood, drunk as a skunk (she wakes bloodied and bewildered, all memories lost to..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report: Winning Even When Losing

The Democratic Party's national platform tackles the Trans-Pacific Partnership

"...their own pusillanimous language and by dragging the TPP skunk into public view...."

July 29, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Ones to Watch

A new year, a new batch of filmmakers

"...an MFA from UT's Radio-Television-Film department. Her thesis project, "Skunk," an empowering, tense story of a young woman whose..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

UT's Radio-TV-Film Program Hits the Half-Century Mark

Department celebrates with student showcase screening

"...films produced – last year Annie Silverstein's short film "Skunk" took first place in Cannes' student film competition –..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...a locally-shot creature feature, revamping the tale of Texas' skunk ape as a victim of environmental disaster. The DVD..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...front door, shocked to see a rabbit and a skunk looking for dry land. "I thought about Noah and..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Austin Film Festival: Thursday TBAs Divulged

Festival announces three encore screenings for Thursday

"...Hero" with Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero 9pm, Hideout Theatre: "Skunk" with Flutter..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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