Further proof that 3-D movies are here to stay: The University of Texas announced today that the Department of Radio-Television-Film has received a $2.17 million grant to create the first comprehensive 3-D production curriculum in the country. The program, called UT3D, will launch in fall of 2013.

Wednesdays have always been Lars Nilsen's day, and today is no exception: The Austin Film Society has just announced that the Alamo Drafthouse institution and Weird Wednesday has joined their programming team. And it's a big Wednesday for AFS too, as they sign a new deal with the Marchesa Hall & Theatre.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what's the challenge on Face Off to which one will fall? We've had monsters all this season, so the most recent challenge is the upsetter: Recreate a fairytale princess. "Not my strong point," bemoans the last Austin contestant, Eric Z.

Parade’s End, an adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s four linked novels, already aired in Britain last summer, but HBO was smart to hold the U.S. premiere until tonight: It’s been a whole week now since Downton Abbey season three went dark and audiences haven’t settled yet on where next to get their period kicks.

How do you get to Westeros? Try travelling via Guadalupe. Mondo Gallery will be hosting a new show featuring art inspired by the HBO sensation Game of Thrones, and are launching a series of eight new prints, just in time for SXSW.

It is almost too obvious to state that Marfa is both a place of being and an act of imagination.

If you're feeling confident that you may win your office Oscar pool, the good folks at Mondo will try to lure that cash out of your pocket tonight with a series of Academy Award nominee prints.

Oscars ubiquity getting you down? Bored of seeing the same films everyone else has seen? Trust us, the Alamo Ritz will have something you've never seen this Sunday: Maybe even five. And if they're dull, so what? You're only seeing the first reel. That's how a first reel party works.

Try to sum up Cartoon Network's series Adventure Time, or even explain it. Can't be done. It's like asking why Muppets are furry, or how come Wile E. Coyote gets that kick-ass delivery service in the middle of the desert.