Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

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"...The newest film from Austin’s Zellner brothers, about the tragic..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: I Wish You All the Best

Nonbinary teen leads coming-of-age family drama

"...To love and be loved. To have hope for the future. To be comfortable living an authentic self. To..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

An Outdoor Screening, Bluey Live, and More Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

Get out and art this week!

"...APF Movies in the Park: Elemental..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...2 – one day after rent is due! For the broke community and broke allies, Los Mentirosos and Bobby..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Angsty, glitchy, brash bastion of the Spotify-encouraged hyperpop genre, a teenage ericdoa signed to Interscope..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...In/visible A: The Building of an Asian American Film Community..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Austin’s Best Wheat-Free Joints in 2023

Top 10 gluten-free glimmers

"...Whether exclusively gluten-free or offering thoughtfully curated options, local heavy..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

A New Documentary Meditates on Texan Electronic Composer Pauline Oliveros

Celebrate the queer theorist behind Deep Listening this Sunday at AFS

"...Heloise Gold first met Pauline Oliveros at one of the influential composer's concerts in New York in the mid-Seventies...."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The 39 Steps

An aerobic workout for the cast, a delightfully mindless experience for the audience

"...The first taste of the winking and nodding to be..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

SXSW Film Review: Citizen Sleuth

Doc is a dogged investigation of true-crime podcasting

"...From the moment true-crime podcaster Emily Nestor comes onscreen, you can..."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...On Sunday, February 26, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"..."Ladies and gentlemen, this is Eddie Taylor, the man that made all the great Jimmy Reed records,..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Faith and Fatness in The Whale

Darren Aronofsky and writer Samuel D. Hunter redefine the religious movie

"...Two themes run through the films of Darren Aronofsky: the fragility..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...As the skies dumped rain on a night in 1997, a..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn

The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation

"...Like all the best parts of queer history, not everyone knows about..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

Fall

It's a great view in this vertigo-inducing survival thriller

"...47 Meters Down, but 2,000 feet up in the air. If that sounds mean to extreme climbing survival..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...In pop culture, the late Seventies signify a cutesy suburban Spielberg fantasy or..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Keep Your Arts Account in the Black

From a fresh take on War of the Worlds to pushing back against censorship

"...your panic room due to fear of critical race theory or even the suggestion that much of modern culture..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Matteo Lane: "I’m Joking, Can You Imagine?"

How is a comedy festival like Six Flags? Ask comedy's rising star.

"...From struggling to sell 50 tickets to selling out theaters in Denver, San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver, London, and even..."

April 20, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

All in the Family

Bonded for life

"...The borders between "work" and "home" have always been blurred..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Lights Are On at AFS Cinema

After 16 months of closure, the arthouse indie cinema reopens this weekend

"...Mark your calendars and grab your seat. AFS Cinema, the Austin Film Society's two-screen theatre, is back. After 16..."

July 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...Mark your calendar: July 15. AFS Cinema, the two-screen theatre operated by Austin Film Society, will reopen..."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...The streaming service nabbed headlines when it acquired Warner Bros...."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

12 Things to Do With the Family Over the Thanksgiving Break

Give blood, see the circus, do a virtual 5K, and more

"...this year. Many traditions just can’t go on in the same way because of the pandemic, and we’ve all..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"..."Like so many of us, these pandemics – COVID-19 and ongoing systemic racism – have..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Have an Issue: Happy Trails

In this week’s issue, we look at the logistics, and emotions, behind plotting a cross country road trip mid-pandemic

"...The itch to roam hasn't gone away. If anything, the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres

Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright

"...Everyone in the film distribution and screening business is nervous right now...."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Parallelogramophonograph Goes Virtual

Local improv troupe storms the internet with live yes-and comic relief

"...How the hell can a live, improvised comedy show be done..."

March 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel

Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19

"...With the rapidly changing situation caused by the COVID-19/coronavirus, daytrippers and..."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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