Can Reviving Extinct Species Slow Climate Change?

SXSW panel explores the science of de-extinction

"...Lamm – CEO and founder of Colossal Biosciences, aka the company that wants to bring the woolly mammoth back..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Madeline Duncan

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"...make one when just about every character died in the last movie? Well, Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge,..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest

With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town

"...Ever feel that the only bad part of Halloween is that it just..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kendrick Lamar, Brandi Carlile, Red Young, Chucky Blk, and more recommended shows

"...guiding conscience returned. Though our decaying world expected salvation, the messianic MC rose bearing an evasive, eremitic double LP..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

Other Worlds Review: Red Snow

Vampire comedy takes a bite out of Twilight fans

"...What's worse, a vampire or a Twilight fan? That's the joke at the..."

Dec. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Six Mindblowers From Fantastic Fest’s FF@Home

Our picks from the streaming side of the genre celebration

"...Fantastic Fest is over, right? Wrong! Yes, the in-person celebration of global genre festival, which opened with..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...The streaming service nabbed headlines when it acquired Warner Bros...."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Minnow Mountain Co-Founder Goes Into the Archives

Animation studio's Steph Swope takes a mountaintop view

"..."We started the company to make it," Minnow Mountain co-founder Steph Swope..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature

The New Mutants

The last of the X-Men finally get to the screen

"...There are two positions to take on The New Mutants,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Supernatural

Catch two of Austin's biggest stars in the long-running hit

"...When SXSW was canceled, one of the big losses was the CW pulling a very special..."

April 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Powerhouse Animation Assembles Cosmic Stars for Masters of the Universe

Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Henry Rollins join cartoon reboot

"...For a generation of cartoon fans, there's only one true Joker, and that's Mark Hamill. Now..."

Feb. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Massive Shakeup in Top Management at Rooster Teeth

New roles for longtime RT personalities as Jordan Levin becomes GM

"...The next wave of the ongoing shakeup at Austin-based online..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Six Documentaries Not to Miss at AGLIFF

From strong voices to strong representation, true stories being told at the LGBTQ+ film festival

"...The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus has been an icon..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...Break out your best red carpet attire! aGLIFF – the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival – has..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Getting Over Someone

We're programmed to dream up worst-case scenarios as a survival mechanism

"...and has had a problem with alcohol and drugs the entire time. Yet I sit here missing her and..."

May 24, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Guzu Gallery Celebrates Peak TV

Binge: An Art Show Inspired by Television opens tonight

"...The centerpiece of the modern living room is the TV...."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gets Virtual

VR film pioneer Jessica Brillhart announced as 2019 keynote

"...Get ready for the fourth wall to vaporize at SXSW 2019, as the..."

Nov. 27, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry Will Keynote SXSW

Scottish singers among first wave of speakers for SXSW 2019

"...Two of the Scottish Lowlands' finest will be in the Texas Hill..."

Sept. 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Queer-story being made in Austin

"...– a monthly meetup for anyone and everyone on the trans spectrum – will host its 50th hangout Sunday..."

May 11, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...and, after more than a dozen big-screen spectacles, it’s the fuckin' apotheosis of the Marvel! Cinematic! Universe!..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Tragedy Girls

Serial killer high-school girls in the social media age

"...Meet Sadie and McKayla. They’re the queen bees of their high school, in the..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

What makes Austin so queer-friendly?

"...My masculine-of-center friends get a lot less shit for their androgyny. I've been told, ever since I got here,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

What’cha Watchin’?

Art Director Jason Stout programs a night of stellar series finales

"...organically, a few years ago: I decided to rewatch the series finale of Breaking Bad. It was fantastic, so..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Column

What’cha Watchin’?

Marketing Director Sarah K. Wolf is Team Joey 4VR

"...romance, murder, and killer fashion, #PLL is quite possibly the most complicated teen drama of all time. I watch,..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Column

ATX Television Festival: Sweet/Vicious

Sparky female vigilante show deserves a second life

"...now-cancelled Sweet/Vicious under “gone too soon,” but judging by the diehard crowd that assembled for ATX Television Festival’s Saturday..."

June 11, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Tragedy Girls

Neo-Heathers cuts, but not so deep

"...Meet Sadie and McKayla. They're the queen bees of their high school, in the..."

March 14, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Regional Office Is Under Attack!

This adventure tale pulls elements from many corners of pop culture, but Manuel Gonzales’ writing chops make it wholly his own

"...Given all of the disparate elements that UT alum/former Austin Bat Cave director..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Adrienne Martini

Lee Majors Can't Stop

The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World

"...From starring in classic Western series The Big Valley, to The Six Million Dollar Man, to..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch: Across Steven's Universe

The curious connection between programming and content

"...Lots of things killed Firefly, but chief among them was scheduling. Not just airing the episodes out of..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

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