Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...is a shockingly toxic culture that lies within the global fast fashion industry. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Three Generations of Writers Reflect on ACL Fest 2021

Personal journals from a plague-era festival

"...can’t get into Austin’s 21-and-up centers for live music capitalism, so they depend on ACL Fest. They deserve it,..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Opinion: The Problem in Texas Isn’t Republicans – It’s Capitalism

To prevent last week's crises from recurring, we have to go beyond the Democrat vs. Republican culture wars and take back control of Texas' energy system.

"...article last week quoting William Hogan, Harvard professor of global energy policy and ERCOT market architect, on the climate..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Dave Pinkham

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Copeland, Guy Fletcher, Midge Ure, Roger Glover. (World Premiere) GLOBAL..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Reveals First Speakers for 2021 Fest

Climate, cannabis, and creativity featured in initial drop

"...evolve in times of crisis), The Rebirth of Business (capitalism and the global economy), Transforming the Entertainment Landscape (metamorphoses..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"...the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Push

Documentary exposes how faceless landlords turn homes into assets

"...Gertten on the housing crisis faced by every country globally...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Made in Bangladesh

Workers' rights under siege in this feminist Asian drama

"...decades later, female workers at the bottom of the global textiles food chain don’t even have a hard-hearted but..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary

"...sum remains the same: That the growth of runaway capitalism began in the late 19th century with the transition..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Livestreaming in the Age of Quarantine

Austin musicians “going live” instead of playing live

"...for my friends in Austin, Texas, morphed into this global dance party,” the DJ, a.k.a. Mel Cavaricci, mused in..."

March 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...we produce and listen to music today. (World Premiere) GLOBAL..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bob Odenkirk, M. Night Shyamalan to Speak at SXSW

Plus Jim Belushi on weed and T Bone Burnett on surveillance capitalism

"...a conversation – of all things – about surveillance capitalism; and Jim Belushi adds to the conference’s emergent “Cannabusiness”..."

Dec. 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

"...the late Nineties, emerging in a form against war, capitalism, and globalism. At that time, a new era of..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...a cultural phenomenon on the path to becoming a global creative empire. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Blood of the Common Man

The Workers Cup is a sobering look at global capitalism

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way

The Parrothead behind the empire

"...the effects of selling the Key West lifestyle into global capitalism all from a wistful tune penned on a..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: A Li'l Spendy

The kind of economic Übermensch G-Dubs prayed for back in '07

"...As G-Dubs would earnestly try to make you understand, capitalism is a stern taskmistress. You're always having to fleece..."

April 7, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Panels: Food and Technology

More highlights from the 2017 food track

"...Garg talked about the ways in which issues surrounding global malnutrition can be addressed using microbial fermentation. As Roth..."

March 13, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Pornocracy Details the Fall of the Adult Film Industry

Documentary investigates the corporate porn multinationals

"...YouTube model have become responsible for 95 percent of global porn consumption. The world of porn is becoming prisoner..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...he's scored a number of Ken Jacobs' films. Their "Capitalism: Child Labor" won the grand prize at Portugal's 2007..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...international band guides, the Chronicle ceded its gatekeeping of global acts and turned its attention instead to panels –..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Hightower Report: Shoveling America's Wealth to the Top

Rich get richer; poor get poorer

"...but that's just the natural workings of the new global economy, in which financial elites are rewarded for their..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Eco: Remember the Dinosaurs

Green conference bridges gap between environmental movement and tech scene

"...Eco – with the question of the reality of global climate change settled, the problem now is how to..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The Revolution Will Be Printed

Digital fabrication will change the course of the future

"...Michael Idelchik, vice president for advanced technologies at GE Global Research. Idelchik cautions that 3-D printing "has the potential..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: What Are Human Beings For?

No I, only robot

"...in all its operations. ... Mr Idelchick, of GE Global Research, [says,] 'One day we will print an engine'"..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Eco and TribFest: Festivals for the Rest of Y'all

Sate your inner policy wonk at these two fall favorites

"...a career of connecting the dots between outsourcing, vulture capitalism, and economic and environmental collapse. If he wants some..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The System Ain't the System

The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce

"...powerless workforce with no real representation in government is global capitalism's wet dream...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Civics 101

"...gives a progress report at Year Ten of the Global War on Terrorism. UT's Plan II Honors Program hosts...."

March 23, 2012 News Column

Letters at 3AM: What's Your Sign?

Michael Ventura observes the Occupy signs of our times

"...cities in the USA and created actions in 1,500+ globally. #OWS is fighting back against corrosive power of major..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case, attracting global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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