“Be Like the Water,” today’s second drop from the upcoming solo debut by Jonas Wilson, delivers a double barrel curl. Most importantly, inside the guitarist’s Science Fiction Post Blues dwells all the right ghosts in the machine. That the aqua reverberator simultaneously courses through a 20-minute tease of Bastrop distributes justice for all.

For Beto Martinez, the cultural synthesis of growing up in Laredo near the Texas/Mexico border, proved formative.

Clue. Ouija. Battleship. Jumanji (sorta). We've had movies based on board games, but Murder Bury Win, the new dark comedy from Michael Lovan, is something different: It's a movie about board games.

Why does Aaron B. Koontz keep killing Jeremy King? "I lie awake at night," the actor mused, "wondering why Aaron Koontz, maybe, possibly, in the back of his mind, maybe doesn't like me. And doesn't like me so much that he wants to kill me whenever he gets the chance."

Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to cut your own hair. Just a couple of months ago, I was in a bind and didn’t have the time to find a salon, schedule an appointment, make the drive and wait in the waiting room, so I took matters into my own hands.

When you're a kid, you should be able to trust adults. And if you can't do that, at least you've got other kids. In modern Gothic thriller The Boy Behind the Door, the transgressions and aggressions of adults mean its young protagonists have to count on each other when they are kidnapped and bundled in the trunk of a car.

If you know a musician, you've probably joked with them more than once about whistling in your ears, or made "what? WHAT?" responses. But that's gallows humor, to ward off the ultimate loss, as close to living in limbo as imaginable.

Jeanne (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire) has finally found someone that appreciates her for who she is. Jumbo is kind, considerate, pays attention to her, and listens rather than speaking. The only wrinkle is that Jumbo is a fairground ride.

Get ready for a heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest from Minneapolis that's opening a second virtual stage in Austin during the pandemic, has announced that Sound of Metal will be this year's opening night film.