Austin Film Festival Announces First 10 Films

New films from Tilda Swinton, Steven Yeun, plus honorees added

"...Ghosts, sounds in the earth, bad boyfriends: Austin Film Festival (Oct. 21-28) the..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors

Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun

"...In his North Loop adjacent home studio, the DIY polymath sits, surrounded by his beautiful, rough-edged paintings..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 27 - September 2

"...VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "I sing like the nightingale whose melody is crowded in the too narrow..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Powerfully Poetic Folk and Country Songwriter Nanci Griffith Has Died at Age 68

Song-crafter’s career spanned Hole in the Wall to Carnegie Hall

"...has died at age 68. Her management company, Gold Mountain Entertainment, confirmed her passing and wrote: ​​“It was Nanci's..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fantasia Interview: A Vision Quest With Richard Bates Jr. in King Knight

Coven comedy where the witches are just like us. Dorks.

"...With films like the grisly Excision and violent social satire Tone-Deaf, Richard Bates..."

Aug. 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jordan Levin on the Future of Rooster Teeth

Post-pandemic, the studio's general manager looks at the next steps

"...Burnie Burns once called Rooster Teeth - the Austin-based online content leviathan he cofounded - the biggest..."

July 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Screen News: Animation, aGLIFF, and the Alamo Village

Incentives get funded, aGLIFF gets glam, and the oldest Alamo is reopening

"...Texas film, gaming, and TV incentives roll on. In the recent session, lawmakers allocated $45 million to fund the..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Joe Bell

Earnest true story of a father's guilt and contrition over his gay son's death

"...It’s telling that in the time since this topical slice of social justice-y, quasi-biopic..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Back to the Screens for the Lake Travis Film Festival

Sophomore celebration of indie film opens the new era of in-person film festivals

"...The Lake Travis Film Festival was one of the last..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...There's an unassuming brilliance to William Maxwell's songwriting. Lyrically, he's..."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX Will No Longer Manage the Cactus Cafe

University station terminates "disheartening" negotiations and Spider House Ballroom changes ownership.

"...Ending a decadelong run, KUT/KUTX will no longer manage the Cactus Cafe. As reported by the Chronicle this month,..."

May 28, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban

SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider

"...The most extreme six-week abortion ban in the country is..."

May 5, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Every time Denny Freeman picked up his guitar, whether a lean and mean Fender Stratocaster or a beautiful..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

The Verde Report: Oh, You Thought This Would Be Easy?

Looking back at game 1, as game 2 approaches

"...LAFC left-back Diego Palacios rifled a venomous strike toward the top corner of Austin FC's goal 27 seconds into..."

April 23, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Ben Wheatley Goes Digging In The Earth

Of mushrooms, men, and subterranean superintelligences ..

"...Over the last few years, forest management has become part of..."

April 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Sports, Balls, and Bills

"...On Monday the National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Governors announced the..."

April 16, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Tunnel

Fire in the mountain in the Norwegian disaster flick

"...If Scandinavian cinema has taught us anything over the last few years, it's that Norway will try to..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC, Explained

What you need to know about the team, the league, the players, and more

"...going. MLS is short for Major League Soccer. It’s the top men’s professional soccer league in the United States...."

April 9, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Goodman

Happily

Deliciously acerbic comedy finally knows what to do with Joel McHale

"...Everyone knows that couple. The perfect couple, the insanely happy couple, the inseparable pair..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Review: Northern Expo Perfects the Concept of a Remote Showcase With Arctic Circle Concert Film

Ozas, Oter, I See Rivers, and Heave Blood & Die rep the Arctic Circle

"...to present your grade school science fair project, and another student raises the bar so high that your work..."

March 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

We Have an Issue: Speeding Toward Normal

In this week's issue: How Greg Abbott's Great Unmasking puts state and local leadership at odds yet again, plus the SXSW virtual experience

"...On the first day of South by Southwest 2021, my hair..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips: Fort Parker State Park

Park between Mexia and Groesbeck is renowned for its sunsets

"...Mexia and Groesbeck is renowned for its sunsets. When the sun sinks below the horizon, the colors are magnified..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Seoul's Jambinai soars heavy post-rock with trad instruments like the geomungo...."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Pay My Rent

Three strikes and you might be the messiah

"...moved a year and a half ago. I love the apartment and the location, but without a roommate, it..."

March 5, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 5-11

"...have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Sin

Portrait of the original Renaissance man lets obsession obscure the vision

"...extraordinaire Michelangelo Buonarroti is frequently accused of greed in the incohesive historical drama Sin, but the only real transgression..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Luv Doc: A Happy Outcome

Dream-chasing is a baller move

"...were reasonable. We have made a few updates to the kitchen and master bathroom as time has passed, but..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Land

Robin Wright heads to the country for her directorial debut

"...healthy optimism, which, let’s be honest, is fleeting in the best of times. And yet, I look at the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...does sound become music? USA/Mexico, apparently: first Laredo (2017), then Matamoros (2019), and now Del Rio (2021). Three songs..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rosa Jimenez Is Free: "Exciting, Overwhelming, and I Feel So Blessed"

New DA Garza commits to "aggressively pursue innocence"

"...in prison for a crime that attorneys, advocates, and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office believe she did not..."

Jan. 28, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

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