The Legend of Ochi

Storytelling sorcery meets movie magic in this A24 fantasy adventure

"...feral pack, second even to proxy brother Petro (Wolfhard, Stranger Things), who is forced into an equally uncomfortable role...."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Warfare

Brutally realistic depiction of a real-life mission in Iraq

"...Midsommar) and Joseph Quinn (A Quiet Place: Day One, Stranger Things), but this is an impressive ensemble, where each..."

April 11, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...that speaks to larger geopolitical realities. It tells a stranger-than-fiction story with staying power. The exceptional craft of this..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Reeling

A Hawaiian party cracks under pressure from a tragic past

"...Families are messy things in the best of times, and as Reeling shows..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa

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

"...quest for love and destiny. (O’dessa is played by Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink, who started on Broadway; her clear..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Dust Bowl Blues and Dystopian Futures in South by Southwest Musical O’Dessa

Geremy Jaspar on his Sadie Sink post-apocalyptic Americana odyssey

"...of the musical drama – which makes it even stranger that he wrote and directed O’Dessa, an Americana fantasy..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Forgetful Husband

Wherein the Luv Doc contemplates the original cause of blunt force head trauma

"...tell me it upsets him when I “overreact” to things. I told him that since he is such an..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...The late, great David Lynch was many things – arguable genius, surrealist auteur, lover of American cuisine..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: An Absolute Nightmare

If this was happening to someone you really care about...

"...– usually me – and mostly over trivial, ridiculous things. She will call me names, tell me I’m stupid,..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...tropical honeymoon, she recruits an enigmatic expat to spice things up—for better or worse. Cast: Madison Lanesey, Travis Quentin..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After Years in Jail for a Crime He Was Never Convicted of, Cyrus Gray Is Free ... for Now

Living in the free world, but the case just won't go away

"...hell,” Gray said. “And there were a lot of things that happened that I was dragged into, whether I..."

Dec. 20, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

All We Imagine as Light

Three women seek connection in Mumbai

"...a husband working overseas who’s more or less a stranger. Prabha shares her flat with a younger nurse, Anu..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The UT Grads Who Helped Moana 2 Take to the Seas

How Hei Hei became the mascot for all those finishing touches

"...feathers on Hei Hei’s senseless head. “Hei Hei eating things is a wonderfully fun challenge for us to work..."

Nov. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Podcast Listens to Austin 24 Hours at a Time

KUT stays in one place to get a better sense of the town we live in

"...and look around, you can witness some pretty amazing things in the community...."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Hasina Shah

Reaping the Strange Harvest

Fantastic Fest mockumentary recreates classic true crime shows

"...new one to filmmaker Stuart Ortiz, but he’s no stranger to non-conventional storytelling. As half of the Vicious Brothers,..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In New Production of Belle, Ballet Austin Finds Grace in Beauty and Beasts

Stephen Mills mulls better life through dance

"...and choreographer for the past 35 years. He’s no stranger to adaptation – his repertoire over the years boasts..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Chloe Gong, Vilest Things..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

In Politics to Win, Again and Again

Introducing the passionate people who get our local politicians elected

"...for most people the idea of knocking on a stranger’s door to talk politics is frightening...."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Glen Powell Clears His Throat for The Best Man's Ghostwriter

Austin's movie A-lister on his new Audible audiobook comedy

"...men are forced by societal convention to say nice things about each other in a public setting. “When anything..."

Sept. 11, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.

"...Thing as Time does occasionally veer into moodier musicality. "Stranger," a slow-building, eerie waltz, is open in its brooding,..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Truth can be stranger than fiction, and that’s definitely true at Fantastic Fest...."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Trailer: Brian Taylor's Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Austin filmmaker brings the demon hunter back to big screen

"...an attempt at a franchise reboot in 2019, with Stranger Things's star David Harbour donning the horns and trench..."

July 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Theatre Review: Trinity Street Playhouse’s A Million More to Go

Play examines preposterous political climes with chuckles galore

"...even more votes than previously tallied). This landscape, this stranger-than-fiction truth, inspired playwright Max Langert with its sheer audacity...."

June 21, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Recommended Events for the Week

Just because it's a workday doesn't mean you can't get out

"...debut novel of her latest series. Linde is no stranger to magic or smut, with a back catalog of..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ethan Hawke and the Inner Life of Flannery O’Connor in Wildcat

Finding the drama of an author who laughed at her own biography

"...Milledgeville, Georgia, and become one of the bright young things of the artists’ community of Saratoga Springs. That is,..."

May 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Babes

Female friendship, pregnant bodies go under the microscope in hilarious Babes

"...If you’ve watched Pamela Adlon’s Emmy-nominated Better Things – part of that same 2010’s starburst of women-centering,..."

May 17, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Beloved Birthday, Dragon Boats, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Get out before the heat descends

"...prizes, or just watch other active folks do active things. To make the whole event even more Austin-y, the..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Off Beat: KB Brookins’ Poetry Book-Turned-Art Exhibit

“Freedom House: An Exhibition” heads to Prizer Arts and Letters

"...reception, which runs from 6 to 9pm. While no stranger to the publishing world – their debut memoir Pretty..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

SXSW Film Review: Babes

We need more raunchy female friendship films like this

"...is as delightfully irreverent as fans of Adlon’s Better Things and Glazer’s Broad City could hope for. Loaded with..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

An Army of Women Tells the Story of a Criminal Justice Crusade in Austin

Julie Lunde Lillesæter shines a light on the women who made Austin a better place for rape survivors

"...“One of the things that struck me about this lawsuit is that, even..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

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