Sunflower Bean, Holy Fuck, Jack’s Mannequin, and Hundreds More Added to SXSW

The third 2025 music festival announcement has landed

"...Beyond these SXSW alumni, the expanding lineup adds a significant number..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

New Year's Adjacent Events for the Week Ahead

Crafts, comedy, and more

"...treat in this special visit from Nico Santos, a Philippines-to-Bay Area transplant by way of Oregon you may recognize..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Kier-La Janisse and the Ghosts of Christmas Yet to Come

Film historian conjures The Haunted Season

"...logs, eggnog, carols, Christmas trees, and scary stories – the true heart of a British Christmas. Now, film historian..."

Dec. 19, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: High Style and Huge Flavor at OKO

Filipino restaurant makes for a great Austin date night

"...I’m just gonna come out and tell the hard truth about “date night” restaurants: These spots can..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

UT Expert Remains “Bullish” on U.S. Democracy as Trump Heads to the White House

Professor says unity can be worse than polarization

"...For six years, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime violently repressed its citizenry in..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Arts Review: Early Era Collective’s “Rising From the Roots”

Hybrid production explores the immigrant experience through dance and taped interviews

"...asks before beginning her filmed interview for “Rising From the Roots.” Through this celebration of immigrant stories – directed..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by Cy White

Playdates, Secret Screenings, and More Events for Your Week

Get out on a school night

"...so many fool's errands as Francis Ford Coppola. Enraging the mafia to make The Godfather? Founding indie mega shingle..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 5-11

"...CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Fates have authorized me to authorize you to be..."

July 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Pool Parties, Pride Picnics, and Other Events Worth Braving the Heat

Get good and sweaty

"...From Shanghai to Los Angeles, rural northern Iran to metropolitan Japan, Austin’s celebration of Asian cinema..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How a Shed in North Campus Is Growing Austin’s DIY Art Scene

Scrappy art gallery shedshows brings people together to celebrate Austin’s overlooked talent

"...Greg Valentine and Mai Snow, the co-founders of the DIY gallery space shedshows, waited for..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Changing Nations, Changing Generations: PJ Raval’s Who We Become

Austin filmmaker on his not-a-pandemic-project pandemic project

"...When someone says that they are first generation, they generally mean that they moved..."

Jan. 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Carpet Cowboys

The American dream crumbles in the Carpet Capitol of the World

"...Poking around the wreckage of the American dream has long been a..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...an indie filmmaker’s path to finishing a project. For the recipients of the Austin Film Society’s 2023 AFS Grant..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...said that you had to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to bat scientist Johan Eklöf, as of the 1980s, two-thirds of churches in southwestern Sweden housed bat..."

April 21, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Shotgun Wedding

J.Lo and Josh Duhamel mix matrimony and mayhem in this tepid rom-com

"...There are the movies that you can’t believe get lost..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Plane

Gerard Butler ages surprisingly well into elder action hero status

"...star Gerard Butler grimaces and groans through much of the surprisingly aloft Plane, a briskly paced thriller that agreeably..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 13-19

"...Capricorn activist Melchora Aquino, who was a leader in the Philippines' fight for independence from Spain, launched her career..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

In Austin, Which Peking Duck Reigns Supreme?

We list some of the mightiest ducks in town

"...duck is to Chinese cuisine like lechon is to the Philippines or barbacoa is to Mexico – the culmination..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Food Feature by Clara Wang

SXSW 2023 Announces Thao, Armani White, Blondshell, and Otoboke Beaver

Among 191 acts on the festival’s first artist list

"...be that time of year? With cooler temps arrives the first South by Southwest artist list for the 2023..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Ballet Austin II Launches Fables of the World Series

A more inclusive happily ever after with Maria and the Mouse Deer

"...For generations of young people, the wide world of fables was actually quite small –..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Leila Saidane

Triangle of Sadness Star Dolly De Leon Sails into Fantastic Fest

Award-season hopeful is putting Filipino cinema on the map

"...screening tonight got a surprise visitor: Dolly De Leon, the breakout star of the Cannes Palme D’Or winning Triangle..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2022 Filmmaker Grant Recipients

Projects from PJ Raval, Don Swaynos to financial support

"...For over two and a half decades, the AFS Filmmaker Grants having been changing careers and lives..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 3-9

"..."All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path,"..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...hard on viral hit “Beating Down Yo Block” – the forthcoming festival, 31 months removed from its last physical..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up

Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

"...of course we’re talking about distilled, liquid spirits here. The apotheosis of fermented plant material, painstakingly crafted. The fine..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Fantastic Options for Filipino Cuisine in Austin

Finding family via bold and delicious feasts

"...For the heart of Austin's culinary culture to survive, we must..."

June 25, 2021 Food Feature by Adam Wood

AAAFF Review: Cane Fire

How Hollywood created, and swallowed, Hawaiian identity

"...in 1959, Americans held celebrations to welcome it to the Union. The island nation became a romantic, exotic destination..."

June 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Around the World: Seven of the Best at Austin Asian American Film Festival

From Hawaii to Kasmir, documentaries to dramas at this year's virtual and drive-in fest

"...D: Antoinette Jadaone. Philippines, 2020, 100 min. Opening night film...."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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