The Wedding Banquet

Remake is a sweet, if restrained, ode to found families

"...Cynically, you could roll your eyes at a film industry so bereft of original ideas it’s even remaking..."

April 18, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...1968 saw student protests around the world, including one violently put down..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...it’s at least an interesting disaster. Defenders of the film are few and far between and did not include..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

A Zambian family's long-buried secrets surface when a body is found

"...party animal Nsansa (the fantastically over-the-top Chisela) and college student Bupe (Singini), who seems to be sacrificing her studies..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Luv Ya, Bum!

How Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips led with kindness

"...The answer from the lecturer was that if a student handed in an article that was filled with a..."

March 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Doc Tells the Story of Local Psych-Punk Legends Butthole Surfers

Never sacred, always profane

"...would agree. He first saw them with fellow Tisch student Alex Winter (yes, from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Brand Events and Immersive Experiences, No Badge Required

A black hole re-creation, the Criterion Mobile Closet, and Alien: Earth close encounters await

"...in case you want to monologue like a first-year film student about the influence of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

How the BTS ARMY Superpowered the Megapopular Boy Band

This fandom moves mountains

"...Ahn, a professor of K-pop, was introduced by a student to BTS song “Spring Day,” which has been connected..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Lawmakers Consider Restricting College Degrees Leading to Low-Paying Jobs

Proposed program cuts based on debt-to-income ratios

"...many countries public university education is free, in Texas students owe a staggering $120 billion in federal student loans...."

Feb. 28, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...selling an array of spooky items, a vampire short film contest, a vampire look-alike contest, and live music from..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...Friday 14, Hyperreal Film Club..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Aquatic Anime and Crafty Options in This Week's Recommended Events

Getting out isn't just for the weekend

"...Warning: This Queer Film Theory 101 screening is NOT the same as the..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...Thursday 6, Hyperreal Film Club..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Les Misérables Is Definitely Not Miserable

Touring production rewards fans while offering new twists

"...album I played on repeat, and the first concert film I obsessively watched – most notably on repeat one..."

Feb. 5, 2025 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

A Celebration of Black Women, a Benefit for Palestine, and Other Crucial Concerts

Hans Zimmer, Superfónicos, Lola Tried, and more recommended shows

"...me. Make things! provide additional head-bobbing distortion, while French Film, Ritual Club, and McBryde round out the bill. A..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Colors Within

GKIDS animated film from the director of A Silent Voice

"...real – or at least real to Totsuko. A student at an all-girl Catholic school in Nagasaki, the meek..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support

"...Thank goodness, then, for the AFS Grant for Short Films program which just announced its latest round of supported..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...“I was always called the non-traditional MBA student,” Kelleher remarks. “It was almost said like an insult...."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Complete Unknown

Biopic plugs into Bob Dylan at an instrumental moment in time

"...Walk the Line filmmaker James Mangold returns to the milieu of Sixties singer-songwriters..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...by KUT’s Becky Fogel. Chronic absenteeism, defined as a student missing 10% or more of class days during a..."

Dec. 20, 2024 News Feature

Cute Animals, Crafty Adults, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Movies, arts, and more things to do

"...book of self-portraits she took in private as a student between 1984 and 1999. At the time, she explains,..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Festival: Christopher Yates Finds His American Spirit

Interview and first teaser for this Austin-made romantic drama

"...Spirit, gets its world premiere at this week's Austin Film Festival...."

Oct. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan stars in a staggering portrait of addiction and recovery

"...Fingscheidt roam from the source text to make the film its own unique thing. Saoirse Ronan (who also produced..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations

But it's more than just scares

"...ensemble for his psychotropic midnighter with his first two films, Kenny & Company and Jim, the World’s Greatest, and..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Between the Temples

A widower cantor and a septuagenarian bat mitzvah student forge an unlikely friendship

"...zoom into close-up. That’s the more standard way a film camera moves. Between the Temples opens with the opposite:..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fortune and Glory: How The Spiel Celebrates Steven Spielberg

Eric Vespe discusses new podcast, life after Scott Wampler

"...that’s first memory – not first memory of a film. “I was 2 or 3 years old at this..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Jukebox Musical, Chicken Tips, and More Weekday Events

Don't pretend like you don't need chicken tips

"...your imagination. Thank you, Video Vortex, for celebrating those filmmakers who just had some homemade effects, a few buddies,..."

July 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Reality Bites: Looking Back at The Real World: Austin

Austin's film community shaped the reality show and vice versa

"...living downtown were on deadline to finish a short film about a band trying to make it at South..."

July 22, 2024 Screens Post by Paul Stekler

Twisters

Pale imitation of what made the original such an unexpected smash of a disaster movie

"...a twister, but this time it’s Kate (Edgar-Jones), a student storm chaser from Oklahoma who gets most of her..."

July 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Elders: Meet Sara Laas, the 94-Year-Old Who Couldn’t Stay Away From Austin

This independent woman won’t be “put in a box”

"...1947 to attend Rice University. At the time, female students were not allowed to live on campus, so Laas..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Naina Srivastava

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