SXSW Film Review: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Jenny Slate brings this talking seashell to life

"...he doesn’t even know how to measure. The only person left for him is grandma Connie (Isabella Rossellini), and..."

March 13, 2022 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

SXSW Doc Recounts the 50 Year Reign of King Crimson

Heavy hangs the crown In the Court of the Crimson King

"...tough taskmaster (he even describes himself as a “disagreeable person”) who presided over seemingly endless iterations of a band..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Clair (trombone), Derek Phelps (trumpet), Kullen Fuchs (trumpet), and Zach Varner (clarinet, saxophone). Thus, horns snake throughout like serpents..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...the gender binary”; Mark Cuban (Mavs owner, Shark Tank personality) and Kendra Scott (designer, founder, philanthropist) on Texan entrepreneurship;..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Mobley Readies Enthralling Multimedia Pandemic Collaboration A Home Unfamiliar

Collaborative visual album (dis)connects 30 musicians & filmmakers

"...four gamers create a drawing in sequence. Since a person can only glimpse a couple centimeters of their predecessor’s..."

July 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ATX Television Festival Takes on the Coronavirus

Virtual festival will tackle how the pandemic changes lives

"...YouTube channel, June 5-7. Originally scheduled as a regular, in-person festival, the current lockdown inspired the organizers to head..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer Preview Broad City's Finale at SXSW

The creators of the Comedy Central series also get back to their comedy roots with Upright Citizens Brigade

"...have the chance to say it to them in person. This weekend, the Live Music Capital becomes the Broad..."

March 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bow Down and Pay Up for J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

The power of slack compels you in this SXSW documentary

"...Russian Orthodox Church, and in those days the only person that could get away with doing that, and not..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sustainable Food Center’s Farm to Plate Fundraiser Announces Lineup

12th annual sip-and-stroll event is stacked with talent

"...Tickets start at $300 per person, and are on sale now. Sponsorships for tables are..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Spectrum Theatre Company's Juneteenth Chronicles

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

"...Capitol City Playhouse, Live Oak Theatre, State Theatre Company, Zach Theatre, Austin Playhouse, and Spectrum, which he had helped..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Meow Wolf Pounces Into the SXSW Fray

The Santa Fe-based art collective debuts newest creation and new film

"...effort to get rid of the, you know, The Person Who Tells You What to Do for 10 Minutes..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Soccer Watch

"...continues to center on the Butler Shores site behind Zach Theatre at the mouth of Barton Creek, despite concerns..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...Reindeer seem evermore like a transition movie for director Zach Clark. Previously, he had wrapped his blackly comedic sensibility..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Linalice Carey

Pioneer of Austin independent theatre passes at age 95

"...Theatre – the community group that later became the Zach Theatre – was producing regularly, and the Zilker Summer..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...to the stage announcing that they were not the person just named as the winner that by the time..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Long Center CEO Resigns

After four years, Jamie Grant leaves Austin for St. Paul

"...Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards, in partnership with Zach Theatre and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance,..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Late-Night Lovin' on Austin: The Sequel

'The Daily Show' tapes in our town, nearly proposes

"...off and he was simply addressing the crowd in Zach's Topfer Theatre. Compliments spilled from his lips – about..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Headlines

"...business on Oct. 28, just 13.9% (or 90,712) of in-person, mobile, limited and mail-in voters had cast their ballots...."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature

The Daily Show Is Coming to Austin

A week's worth of midterm election coverage set for Oct. 27-30

"...Each taping’s tapped to go down at the Zach Theatre’s Topfer Theatre, a 420-person venue on South Lamar..."

Sept. 9, 2014 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...The Heart Machine Director/Screenwriter: Zachary Wigon A man begins to suspect that his long-distance..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

DVDanger: '+1'

Teen parties and time loops merge to surprising effect

"...paints them with the kind of queasy fun-not-fun feel Zach Braff depicted in the x-ed scenes in Garden State...."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Introducing Grace Spaulding

Country music comes to the Proper Nang

"...do with my life. I’m a very laid back person, but when it comes to music, I do my..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Playback

R&B, race relations, and rap: Black Joe Lewis and the League of Extraordinary G'z, plus Ginny's Little Longhorn

"...When I ask about the drama around Honeybears guitarist Zach Ernst and drummer Matt Strmiska quitting, he politely declines,..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Real Country

In and out of Austin with honky-tonk road crew Mike & the Moonpies

"...Ponder, then guitarist Catlin Rutherford and pedal steel player Zach Moulton...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Film 2013: The Janet Pierson Guide

Film fest chief talks themes, screens, and surprising changes

"...this year. Luckily, the new Topfer Theatre at the Zach Theatre on South Lamar is available. "We're really excited,"..."

Jan. 31, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Parents Still Don’t Understand in ‘In Our Nature’

Filmmakers Brian Savelson and Anish Savjani at weekend screenings

"...the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival, is a four-person roundelay starring John Slattery (Mad Men’s Roger Sterling) and..."

Dec. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Happy Hobbit Trails

Rooster Teeth pair take 'A Simple Walk Into Mordor'

"...Demarais had worked with fellow UT grad/erstwhile Oprah favorite Zach Anner on his travel documentaries, but neither he nor..."

Dec. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Adds 'Pusher', 'Antiviral' to Lineup

Final additions include docs, sequels, remakes and world firsts

"...Melton and cast Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick in person..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Gaming News

New Releases, LeetUps, networking, and more

"...of the Show. For me, seeing a podcast in person is like seeing a DJ play live when no..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Gay Place

Take your typewriter, pencil, or pen, and if you make a mistake, you gotta do it again!

"...names will be drawn. Cash only. Two tickets per person. Bring valid photo ID. Dang. Even Dorothy's trek through..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

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