Did the BLM Protests Influence the SXSW lineup?
This past year has been a time of extraordinary changes. Following the Black Lives Matter protests, the stories and experiences of women of color seem to have been moved to the foreground of this...
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This past year has been a time of extraordinary changes. Following the Black Lives Matter protests, the stories and experiences of women of color seem to have been moved to the foreground of this...
As expected, South by Southwest is all digital this year. It’s bringing Texas to the world, instead of bringing the world to Texas. Singer/ National Treasure Willie Nelson is a SXSW keynote speaker, as...
Before Covid hit, Austin, Texas was a party town. We had festivals and events and a town where people had the skills needed to create a temporary city from scratch. We even had a...
During these Coronavirus times so many people have turned to cooking as a way to cope. I have not. I’m the very opposite of a foodie. Maybe that’s to be expected given my upbringing....
Click here to read Anna’s column in the Dallas Morning News on what should be the next trend in Covid home activities: a return to hanging out the laundry. Original story online https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/02/06/whats-the-next-homespun-covid-trend-how-about-line-drying-your-laundry/
By Jason T Sparks Imagine, if you will, that the human brain consists of a huge number of index cards: you can imagine it as a vintage Rolodex or an old-school library card catalogue....
From our coverage of the 2020 Nashville Film Festival by Jason T Sparks When you watch documentaries you learn things. Here’s a thing I learned from a documentary: within the city of Los Angeles,...
From our continuing coverage of the 2020 Nashville Film Festival by Jason T Sparks Once upon a time, there was a skinny guy from Nebraska named Johnny Carson, and he was the burning-hot epicenter...
BY JASON T SPARKS About a year ago, on this very website, I wrote the following: Going to a film festival is its own experience. For the most part, it’s a positive experience. By...
While the Pentagon just confirmed the sighting of UFO’s, that hadn’t yet happened in 1950s America. There were rumors, mysterious objects in the night sky and starchy government confirmations of…weather balloons. This film places...