Braving the Wintry Mix of The Baltimorons

Jay Duplass gets back to directing with an unlikely Christmas movie

"...names are more synonymous with South by Southwest than the Duplass brothers. After two decades as regulars, it seems..."

March 14, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 27 - October 3

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): On the morning of January 27, 1970, Libran songwriter John Lennon..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Respect for Austin Elders

"...that it was not in my plans to visit the city of Austin this time around. But, leave it..."

Sept. 10, 2024 Postmarks

Album Review: PES’s Corales Prematuros (En Vivo)

Peruvian-fronted rock band offers a daring approach of their debut EP

"...PES, the brainchild of Lima, Perú-born Salvatore Sissa Machado, made its..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Daddio

Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson star in this two-hander about a cabbie and his passenger

"...If it’s a bad day in the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, it could take you an hour and..."

June 28, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gasoline Rainbow

A new addition to the semi-improvised “kids on a road trip” genre by the directors of Bloody Noses, Empty Pockets

"...Anywhere’s got to be better than here. That’s the simple motivation for the road trip of Gasoline Rainbow,..."

May 17, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shayda

An Iranian mother and daughter find refuge from family violence in a Melbourne women’s shelter

"...To be a refugee is to enter a world of confusion and desperation, hoping for institutional mercy and depending..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Cyclist Becomes First Openly Gay Man to Bike Around the World

Along the way, he raised money for the Trevor Project

"...bicycling odyssey, spanning 27,461 miles across 37 different countries. The 32-year-old is the first openly gay man to officially..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

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

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Unknown Country

Lily Gladstone takes a road trip through small, meaningful stories

"...Hybrid docu-drama The Unknown Country is a contemplative film. Following the journey..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: Late Bloomers

The kindness of strangers creates beauty, growth, and laughs

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Car Accident In Front of Hole in the Wall Injured an Employee Monday Night

Owner and crowd of passersby helped lift the car off worker

"...A two car collision at the intersection of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton sent one vehicle..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Keeping Your Yuletide Gifting Gay

Qmmunity gathers a list of local queer-owned businesses to shop this holiday season

"...fast your gay little legs run you around town, there's never enough time to find the perfect gift for..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by James Scott

Compartment No. 6

Strangers on a train form a tense bond in this Finnish drama

"...Strangers on a train, once again. But in this Cannes..."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All My Life

True-life cancer romance is tepid chicken soup for the soul

"...Directed by: Marc Meyers. Starring: Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Marielle Scott, Ever Carradine, Keala Settle..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Come From Away

Tale of ordinary people embracing strangers is extraordinary

"...One of the first things you notice when the lights go..."

Feb. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...you're an independent filmmaker, a few dollars can be the difference between an abandoned project and a completed movie...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animal Center Strains to Maintain Its No-Kill Status

City shelter struggles with overcrowding and volunteer dissatisfaction

"...At the end of a group tour of the Austin Animal..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Small-Town Drama, Small-Town Hospitality

Austin director Tyler Russell gets help picking some Texas Cotton

"...Call Tyler Russell a repeat offender. In 2017, his short film "Texas Cotton" played at..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Unscripted: Sexy Future Space Lady

What says summer fun more than out-of-this-world lovin' with a Sexy Future Space Lady? Especially improvised!

"...mod Ms. with a mission: to spread love across the universe. And no matter what planet she visits or..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...in his lifetime, but he got a ton from the B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

On-set in The Iron Orchard

New film tackles Texas' oil history

"...hot as sin in Downtown Austin. But even inside the Chateau Bellevue, actor Lane Garrison keeps his hat and..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Artful Things to Do This Weekend

In case you’re, what, tired of bingeing on TV every night?

"...Yes: Full of art...."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers

This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style

"...The sermon was fiery, especially for a Presbyterian pastor –..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kedi

The cats of Istanbul shine in this affecting doc

"...“In Istanbul, the cat is more than just a cat.” So begins..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...soul, and funk, for what will surely contend as the Festival's most energetic set. 2015 powerhouse Problemas, produced to..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding

"...number turn to crowdfunding to raise all or part of their budget. That's as true for Austin, and its..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Good Day, Ramón

This Mexican hit tells a heartwarming story about a teen who's forced to rely on the kindness of strangers when he travels to Germany to find work.

"...día, Ramón and Guten Tag, Ramón), which was a box-office sensation in Mexico in 2014, migrated north this month..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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