All Your Memes Are Belong to Us

Austinites bloom where they're planted, and local meme-makers are here to help us laugh at ourselves

"...a meme because there was truth in its humor. "Memes are little bits of ourselves that we're comforted by..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

All Your Memes Are Belong to Us: A Gallery

Austin meme weavers at work

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature

I'm in Your 'Trek', Reading Your Memes

OH HAI I HAS TRIBBLE

May 4, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Big Eyes

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.

"...Before memes were memes, they were fads and in the early..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy Death Day 2U

Comedy-horror sequel is less Halloween, more Groundhog Day

"...perfectly millennial – we who get our kicks proliferating memes that turn the idea of death into a joke...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...In an era of memes and easily Googled references, it's easy to forget that..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nine Lives

Kevin Spacey gets trapped inside the body of his family's cat

"...cat community through amusing YouTube videos and cute internet memes by at least 10 years. Not even that adorable..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Disko Cowboy Discusses the Cross-Cultural Vision of Vinyl Ranch

"It's kind of like a pop culture blender of analog culture and postmodern memes."

"...a pop culture blender of analog culture and postmodern memes.”..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Dumb Money

The GameStop short squeeze is a meme-splattered discount The Big Short

"...so in some ways it makes sense that Reddit memes and crass internet commentary would make their way onscreen...."

Sept. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Bunny Michael’s Higher Self Will See You Now

Instagram’s spiritual meme-maker comes to Contrast Film Festival

"...actual licensed therapist – swaps tabloid TV for internet memes and tough love-isms for gentle compassion, all to remind..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Verde Report: New Faces Arrive as Austin FC Looks to Build on 2022 Magic

Core roster remains, bolstered by new recruits Gyasi Zardes, Leo Väisänen, Matt Bersano

"...has since become the stuff of legend – and memes, hundreds of memes – in Austin FC lore. Head..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

ATX TV Festival 2022: Sydney Sweeney

Euphoria talks keeping busy, and playlists for characters

"...Sweeney has seen the memes about her characters, but she doesn’t let the potential..."

June 5, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

MSNBC Gets Behind the Story of Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets

New documentary talks to the people who bought Gamestop shares

"...at its soul is a COVID story. Filled with memes and niche Reddit humor, Cooper and Canepari set out..."

April 8, 2022 Screens Post by Ikram Mohamed

The Luv Doc: "Travelin' Ted"

Was it hatred that melted several million cubic feet of snow?

"...Maybe he was jealous of all the Bernie Sanders memes dominating the interwebs...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Opinion: Breaking Up With 2020

"...not sure if you saw our 2019 "Dumpster Fire" memes and decided this would be your year of protest...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Fallon Franklin

Feels Good, Man

The tragic story of Pepe the Frog

"...explains over a wonderful animated sequence (one of many), memes are the way we transmit and copy information, just..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reality Queen!

Celebrity spoof is less fun than mocking tabloids

"...funny on Facebook by posting a slew of idiotic memes. I would recommend, in lieu of engaging with this..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Disney gets a lot of the bugs out of their arcade franchise

"...friendship together. Unfortunately, it was riddled with so many memes and side quests that it never felt like a..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Predator

The Predator needs an editor

"...is so beloved that the internet is still making memes and videos about it more than 30 years later?..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Luv Doc: A Real Rasputin

There is a razor-thin line between adorable and nauseating

"...It's entirely possible that your best friend's romance with..."

July 20, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Campus Hacks: University of Texas

Surprisingly, hook 'em isn't the only thing you need to know

"...with Bevo Bucks than with cash or credit cards. Memes and Facebook..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Maria Mendez

Ingrid Goes West

Hashtag: #thisisyourlife

"...to successfully stalk people. Nevermind the sharing of dank memes and pictures of 4-year-old offspring using chopsticks for the..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

13 Minutes

A plot to blow Hitler up goes wrong

"...Hirschbiegel’s 2004 film Downfall, from whence a million Hitler memes were born...."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Purge: Election Year

The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent

"...have always been in the manifestation of right-wing Facebook memes writ large on the big screen, delivered as satire,..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fake Person, Real Pancakes

Flapjack-loving Sim visits Kerbey Lane

"...Well, this one is weird. It's often said that memes have a life of their own, but memes very..."

Aug. 21, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Bui Is the Warmest Color

Albert Bui's latest endeavor warms us to a modern lez love-story

"...Remember Albert Bui's Judgmental Austin Map meme? Well, we..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Yes, You Could Totally Meet Grumpy Cat at SXSW

And here's an interview with the people behind the varmint

"...There's a lot to be said about Internet memes and the cycles of their popularity, the velocity of..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What's New on the Social Web

Keeping up in the world of Tumblr and Reddit and Facebook and more

"..."front page of the Internet," where users share links, memes, and endlessly sprawling discussions on the site's threaded, message-board-style..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Meme Story Journalistic Travesty

"...Dear Editor, Re: “All Your Memes Are Belong to Us” [Screens, July 20]: Somehow, one..."

July 20, 2012 Postmarks

Tumblr Today, the Tate Tomorrow

Does the rise of social media mean more art or just more noise?

"...intends to discuss the aesthetics of social media and memes in the panel, But Is It Art?...."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

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