AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...Utah, then Utah will just come to you. Last month, Austin Film Society announced it would be partnering with..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Woman 1984

Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s

"...Anyone who tells you that blockbusters can’t be important should..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...Greengrass. Starring: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Elizabeth Marvel, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham, Neil Sandilands and Chukwudi Iwuji...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Sad Songs Holiday Special..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2020

The pandemic picks you wanted to read about

"...your viewing habits. And, wow, did you make some selections. Hey, no judgment here...."

Dec. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...Men of KUT" – Jay Trachtenberg, John Aielli, Larry Monroe, and Paul Ray – graced the cover of the..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Lord Friday the 13th: "Bigots Beware"..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-October Roundup

Travel news from around Texas and beyond

"...In 1880, San Antonio architect Alfred Giles designed the town of Comfort’s first..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Bonnie Whitmore: Last Will & Testament..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Call to Spy

Heroic women spies of World War II get a worthy, if prosaic, tribute

"...make for unlikely heroes, which is why the Special Operations Executive (Britain's spy agency during World War II) scrambled..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 18-24

"...the necessary moment, going naked will be your most convincing disguise," writes poet Dobby Gibson. As I apply his..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...been announced, with more than 150 authors joining the Lone Star literary jamboree through some screen or other...."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...may be taking a year off due to the coronavirus lockdown, but that's just the in-person gathering. The local..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Made in Bangladesh

Workers' rights under siege in this feminist Asian drama

"...Rahman, Shahana Goswami, Momena Chowdhury, Azaz Bari and Mostafa Monwar...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick to their mission of bringing the best of new cinema, even while..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Flannery

The first lady of Southern Gothic letters on the cusp of the modern era

"...Fiction, Flannery O'Connor wrote, is not an escape from everyday..."

July 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...is regarded as the first American killed in American Revolution...."

July 3, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

A Celebration of Tradition and Change in Miss Juneteenth

Writer/director Channing Godfrey Peoples gives Black Texans back their crown

"...set and shot her debut feature. The film, which won the Louis Black "Lone Star" Award at this year's..."

June 19, 2020 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

AGLIFF Going Online, Holding Weekend Teaser Festival

House of Cardin and more streaming free for Pride Weekend

"...Queer cinema enters the virtual zone, as the organizers of All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities..."

June 11, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

U.S. Senate Debate Closes Upbeat Texas Dem Convention

M.J. Hegar and Royce West seize the center

"...M.J. Hegar and Royce West met in a high-speed, hour-long TV debate Saturday evening. The two Dems, headed to..."

June 8, 2020 News Post by Michael King

New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials

Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment

"...They were men and women, boys and girls, some Black, white, Hispanic, and even..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Drive-In Concerts ATX..."

May 15, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

We Have an Issue: How’s Your Blood Pressure?

Platitudes don't help. Now is 100% the time to get political.

"...in our state: a dizzying 30 days in which conservative leaders used COVID-19 as cover and effectively banned abortion..."

May 1, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Industry Advocates Women in Animation Open Austin Chapter

Rooster Teeth, Powerhouse pledge to support women's careers

"...In the current coronavirus lockdown, pretty much all film and TV production has..."

April 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre

Sculptor of Austin's beloved Philosophers' Rock has died

"...shirtless and in swim trunks, all wholly absorbed in conversation with one another and oblivious to all else. It's..."

April 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...Starring: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Konstantin Balakirev, Kseniya Kutepova and Timofey Glazkov...."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...celebrated his 36th birthday holed up in South Austin alongside his girlfriend and dog – and a new album,..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Pink Floyd fanatics be warned: This document contains NO music. Every word, 7,900 or..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Series Motherland: Fort Salem Conjures a Magical Post-Patriarchy Present

Freeform gets bewitched, bothered, and goes to war

"...was his costume of choice at Halloween, and an occasional source of concern for his parents. He devoured folklore..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...That said, the Lone Star State is always in need of a good..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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