I Saw the TV Glow

Probes the mystery behind an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like children’s show

"...How old were you the first time you felt like a piece of media..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Lost Soulz

Gen-Z grabs the mic in this heartfelt rap road trip

"...Directed by: Katherine Propper. Starring: Sauve Sidle, Micro TDH, Krystall Poppin, Siyanda..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Arts Review: Austin Opera’s Carmen

Love and death mingle in a classic, crowd-pleasing opera

"...know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah Chorus” or “Ride of the Valkyries,” classical songs..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Who Is Stan Smith?

The man behind the face on hip-hop's other favorite shoe

"...That’s the enigmatic personalization inscribed in black marker on a white..."

May 3, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alma Jette, I Found a Reason

Mary Bryce’s piano ballads explore anxiety-drenched love

"...Austin native Mary Bryce undergoes reinvention under the moniker Alma Jette on her debut album, I Found..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Miranda Garza

Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts

Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues

"...Friday 26, Paramount Theatre..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...Rock the Park: Geto Gala..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Stick Around, Say Damn: Inside the Cactus Cafe’s Tuesday Open Mic

Songwriters connect under Jake Farr’s ground rules

"...post-performance cold one. His black guitar case thuds against the wooden counter, and the bartender behind shatters a shot..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Dina Barrish

Civil War

Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists

"...Civil War is not the film you think it is. The trailers. The initial,..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

Triumphant world tour concludes at ACL Live at the Moody

"...Ways World Wide Tour – when a woman in the audience seized a medium-quiet moment of tuning to make..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Shawn Badgley

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Lousy Carter

A charismatic David Krumholtz plays the titular lit professor

"...miserable bastards as Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington. He is the bard of the gleeful underachiever. Those that do not..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...famous yet, Detroit rapper who’d released his debut album the previous March and recently signed to the influential indie..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney excels in just-OK nun horror

"...The imagery of Roman Catholicism is ripe with the melancholy..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Shayda

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

"...and desperation, hoping for institutional mercy and depending on the kindness of strangers. That’s also often true for women..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Greatest Hits

Love means never having to flip to the B side

"...when a sudden flash from our personal past overwhelms the present. In the romantic drama The Greatest Hits, however,..."

March 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Civil War

Alex Garland enters the battlefield of combat zone journalism

"...Civil War is not the film you think it is. The trailers. The initial,..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...From the peaceful pews of Central Presbyterian to the Eastside’s Revival..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Review: Omni Loop

Woman stuck in time reckons with life choices

"...her inevitable end comes, she wakes up back in the hospital. Stuck in a quantum loop, Zoya relives her..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...On Wednesday evening, South by Southwest announced the 2024 Jury and Special Award winners of the 31st..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...Even after his Marilyn Monroe homage at the Oscars, the Barbie star proved he definitely is not..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Immaculate

Nun horror delivers decent scares, but gets in its own way

"...The imagery of Roman Catholicism is ripe with the melancholy..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Day Trips: Lost Maples State Natural Area

This heavily wooded canyon is a remote treasure

"...For a few weeks in November, the only large stand of bigtooth maples in Central Texas..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Review: Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts

Rom-com spotlights a slowly unraveling relationship

"...Ben (Sathya Sridharan) arrives in Sri Lanka counting down the minutes until he reunites with his long-distance girlfriend, Suzanne..."

March 12, 2024 Screens Post by Naina Srivastava

SXSW Film Review: We're All Gonna Die

Sci-fi romance balances humor and grieving

"...experiencing more of what was once unheard of. But then, incredible things happen, and no matter how much we’re..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Mike Judge and Cast on the Impact of Office Space 25 Years On

SXSW panel celebrates the cult comedy that refuses to quit

"...As the moderator of Saturday’s Office Space reunion panel pointed out,..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Panelists Talk LGBTQ+ Activism and Power

Struggles and hopes in the fight for queer rights

"...During the 2023 Texas legislative session’s peak, thousands showed up at..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Naina Srivastava

SXSW Film Review: Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

An endearing portrait of the R&B/country/etc. musician

"...There are very few artists quite like Swamp Dogg, and..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...Did you hear that? As globe-trotting suits confirm their hotel reservations, Austin’s most music-loving, hard-partying locals let out..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Hardcore for a Cause, Gary Clark Jr., and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the coming week

"...As if boasting some of the lengthiest day-to-night South by Southwest lineups weren’t enough, Hotel..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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