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Short and Sweet: Chris McInroy Has "GUTS"
Austin filmmaker discusses his gross-out office comedy short
"...horror Antropophagus would have the makings of a great comedy? Chris McInroy: After "GUTS" premiered at Fantastic Fest I..."

Feb. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crosstalk: Parish Reopens Following Fall Fire, and More Music News
Billy Strings at Radio and proposed touring visa rate hikes
"...with various social media giveaways, a surprise Hit List Comedy lineup (Feb. 24), and sets from DJ Python and..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List
Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin
"...speaker list for the conference side of this year's festival (running March 10-19) may be its most star studded..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower Announces Jenny Slate, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, and More for Its Just for Laughs Festival
Samantha Bee, Ziwe, Monét X Change, and many more added to lineup
"...Moontower Just for Laughs just made its lineup of comedy and comedy-adjacent personalities even more irresistible. The two-week festival..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Arts Post by James Renovitch

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris
New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second
"...for a reason: South by Southwest Film and Television Festival has just added gaming and international intrigue drama Tetris..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice
Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets above-average adaptation
"...it's the simplest, a fantastical replay of the 1971 comedy Skin Game, in which James Garner and Lou Gossett..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest Is Back to Push New Boundaries
The theatrical fringe festival proves there's still space to experiment in a crowded Austin
"...jungle once again, Austin's longest-running and most beloved performance festival returns after a two-year pandemic hiatus. In 2023, FronteraFest..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves
Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup
"...TV shows, and VR/AR/XR projects just released for the festival (running March 10-19), the biggest news may be the..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: New Year, New Homoscopes
The stars predict what lies in the queer new year of 2023
"...bit of everything, like drag, spoken word poetry, and comedy, but never the same act twice. Tuesdays, 10pm. Neon..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Column by James Scott

Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn
How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice
"...first at Tribeca, and at other times on the festival circuit when we saw it with an audience, it..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories
New fests, new venues, and big returns
"...Austin's longest-operating comedy club shuttered after 30-plus years in a dark dilapidated..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

White Noise
Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?
"...an event, is basically the de rigueur of contemporary comedy, and Baumbach harnesses that style to great effect for..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Farewell to the Future at the Final Other Worlds Film Festival
Founder Bears Rebecca Fonté looks back and forward
"...at the schedule for this year's Other Worlds Film Festival, it's the lineup of a festival on top, packed..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seth Meyers and Devon Walker Bringing the Funny to Moontower
Late Night host and SNL star join the 2023 comedy fest lineup
"...A former fixture on the Austin comedy scene and Moontower veteran before he departed for NYC,..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmaker Emily Hagins Says Sorry About the Demon
Hagins brings her horror-comedy home for Other Worlds Film Festival
"...collecting the components for her latest film: a friendly festival, a regular actor, a great production team, and a..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Films for a Phantasmagoric Final Other Worlds
Blast off for one more weekend of wonder as the film fest bids adieu
"...Since 2014, Other Worlds Film Festival has wrapped up Austin's festival year with the best,..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival
Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW
"...ATX TV Festival, nicknamed the TV camp for grownups, has hit the..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Former Spider House Cafe Has Reopened as Tweedy's
Run by the patio experts behind Kinda Tropical and Hotel Vegas
"...Nightclub, Escape Club, Club XS, Sundowner, and Bad Dog Comedy Theater. Finding backing from prominent names in Austin entertainment,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon
Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing
"...filmmaker Emily Hagins. She returns to the romantically-entangled horror comedy elements of her 2010 vampire flick My Sucky Teen..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Says Cheers to James Burrows
TV legend to be honored at next year's fest
"...be on everyone's lips at next year's ATX Television Festival when he receives the Achievement in Television eXcellence award...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival
From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history
"...to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what more suitable way than with the huzzah..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest
With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town
"...a part of the community deciding that as the festival organizers." Moreover, he hopes Phantom Fest will encourage Austinites..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

What It Means to Be Funniest Person in Austin
Tyler Groce's victory in the returning comedy contest shows Austin's comedy scene is thriving and diversifying
"...September 21, Tyler Groce emerged victorious as Cap City Comedy Club's Funniest Person in Austin (FPIA)...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Qmmunity: Memoria Queer-us
October is LGBTQ History Month, so honor the past by making the most of the gay present
"...in Cheek Catch Ivy Le and Aira Juliet's queer comedy open mic ahead of House of Lepore's monthly Vogue..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Column by James Scott

Darren Aronofsky to be Honored by Austin Film Festival
Fest features Bob Saget's final film, new Laura Poitras doc
"...announced as the recipient of this year's Austin Film Festival's Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award...."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Signs of the Season Changing
Anticipating Oktoberfest, our Halloween costume contest, and the midterm election
"...coughs up for our entertainment every autumn – the festivals and football games and happy return to al fresco..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Take Me Home, Country Queers
OUTlaw Pride Festival declares there's nothin' more outlaw than being queer in country music
"...your awareness is this Saturday's second annual OUTlaw Pride Festival, put on by Pearlsnap Music Group at Rustic Tap..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Column by James Scott

Five Austin Filmmakers at the Lake Travis Film Festival
Get out of the city and enjoy a big weekend of movies
"...Back in 2020, the inaugural Lake Travis Film Festival was one of the last film fests before the..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2022 Filmmaker Grant Recipients
Projects from PJ Raval, Don Swaynos to financial support
"...Line Entertainment, David Lowery, and the Oak Cliff Film Festival) dedicated to filmmakers in the Metroplex and beyond...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale
Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3
"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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