“Concrete Cowboy” earnestly explores Philadelphia’s Black cowboy subculture and the relationship between an estranged father and son. Although its coming-of-age narrative is predictable, strong performances...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.
Each week Charlie Garcia used to set aside $20 from his serving tips to eat at Fricano’s Deli.
West...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 10 print edition.
The Daily Texan’s team of South by Southwest Online reporters have created a list of must-sees for students...
Writer-director Justine Bateman’s new film “Violet,” which premiered at South by Southwest Online on Thursday, is anxiety-inducing, infuriating and ultimately freeing. It is experimental...
Newly appointed United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart on Thursday as part of South By Southwest Online’s keynote speaker sessions....
TW: This story contain descriptions of enslavement and sexual violence.
A timely follow-up to Channing Godfrey Peoples’ 2020 narrative film “Miss Juneteenth,” which follows...
TW: police brutality, violent imagery
Editor’s note: Because his first language is Portuguese, Lázaro Ramos spoke mostly in English and occasionally used a translator.
“Executive...
Alfred Enoch, best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter films and Wesley Gibbons on hit show “How to Get Away with Murder,” stars in the new Brazilian film “Executive Order,”...
South By Southwest has always been a paragon of film festivals for independent filmmakers everywhere, giving them the opportunity to share their films with vast audiences and renowned creatives, producers...
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new film, “Raya and the Last Dragon,” follows a lone warrior as she searches for the last living dragon in the fantastical land of Kumandra, hoping to restore...
Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to date.
As inclement weather continues, individuals on campus,...
Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be or up to date.
Freezing temperatures, unsafe road conditions and low power...
Writer and director Sam Levinson’s newest film “Malcolm & Marie”, released Feb. 5 on Netflix, is a memorable and daring piece of work that relies on the brilliance of its actors to...
The product of two brothers, filmmakers and Texans, “No Man’s Land” is an earnest attempt to reverse the stereotyped narrative of illegal immigration into America — instead, the...
“Delayed” was the word that marked Hollywood in 2020 as COVID-19 made theatergoing risky, leading many studios to push their films’ release dates to 2021. A number of cinephile favorites,...
Chadwick Boseman, an actor best known for his role as Marvel’s Black Panther, died Friday after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Boseman also played icons such as baseball legend Jackie Robinson,...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the entertainment industry, viewers have been unable to watch films originally set to release this year. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller “TENET”...
As a liberal inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders and the son of a Mexican immigrant, Steven Garza was an odd man out at Texas Boys State 2018.
Boys State, a summer program held annually across the...
Painting a portrait of Black life in contemporary Texas, Channing Godfrey Peoples’ directorial debut “Miss Juneteenth” is a timely celebration of freedom and Black beauty.
On...
June 19, or Juneteenth, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were notified of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. “Miss Juneteenth,” written...
At 11 years old, Ya’Ke Smith watched “Boyz n the Hood” for the first time.
Released in 1991, the film follows Tre Styles, a young Black boy sent to live with his father in south...
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic took...
The transition to online learning has been difficult for many students, with technical challenges and spotty Wi-Fi being just a few of their problems.
The Daily Texan spoke to Jennifer Lazarow, who...
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here.
Comprising a mere 10.6% of the student...
After President Gregory Fenves announced that residence halls would be closing, students started to leave campus in droves, packing up their belongings and heading for home.
But some students remain...
Last Friday, the Austin community received the devastating news that South by Southwest, the annual film, music and interactive festival, would be canceled for the first time ever in its 34-year history.
If...
Beyoncé needed it in 24 hours, and Nina Berenato delivered.
Last spring, Berenato, an Austin-based metalsmith and jewelry designer, got a call from her public relations firm. Beyoncé’s...
Laurie Aroch, Maya Aroch and Shannon Mouser had no business opening a spa. Fifteen years ago, the pharmacist, ex-corporate employee and masseuse did it anyway.
While the two sisters and their...
In 2017, several months after Donald Trump had been elected president, Amina Amdeen went to a Love Trumps Hate rally in Austin. Joseph Weidknecht, a Trump supporter, was also marching toward the capitol...
It’s that time of year again for heart-shaped boxes, bouquets of roses and chocolate-covered strawberries. It’s the day when some lucky couples go out for romantic candlelit dinner dates or...
Angharad Valdivia, a Latino/Latina Studies professor and media scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gave a lecture Feb. 6 titled “What’s up with Disney & Latinidad?...
When UT’s job announcement for a new dance professor came across Leah Cox’s desk, she wasn’t necessarily looking for a job, but after reading the description, she knew UT was where she...
Through the lens of contemporary photography, “In Their Own Form” reimagines the transnational Black experience and what it might look like without the burden of racism and oppression permeating...
In a little more than three years, health-conscious grain bowl business Ranch Hand has gone from a meal subscription service at UT to local food truck to sharing space with other small businesses at Native...
Netflix’s original show is back to give its young audiences a second round of a true sex education — not the kind you learned in high school.
Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), the son...
The first time Tina Sipp heard the African Children’s Choir perform, she knew she wanted to be a part of their mission.
After joining the organization as a volunteer tour chaperone, Sipp held...
Growing up in a more conservative small town in central California, PJ Raval said there weren’t many people who looked like him, which left him feeling isolated.
Raval is a queer, first-generation...
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician. Her first novel, “Como agua para chocolate,” which translates to “Like Water for Chocolate,” was published in...
Balancing exams, clubs, friends, payments, work and staying healthy can be tricky for college students. Oftentimes, self-care and enrichment fall to the back burner in the chaos of a busy schedule. Podcasts...
Dallas-born Ephraim Owens is a blues, jazz and gospel trumpeter who performs in Austin and around the world. He has also recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow and Mumford & Sons.
Owens enrolled...
Texas contemporary artist Saakred came out as transgender in 2015 and has been documenting their experience through music and visual art ever since.
“Sin Nombre, Sin Cuerpo,” which means...
Since graduating from UT in 2012, comic artist Cait Zellers has been telling “angry feminist stories.”
Zellers sells prints, fan art, stickers and comic books under the brand name “Miss...
With Halloween quickly approaching, giant bags of candy line the shelves of every supermarket. For students looking to curb their Halloween cravings minus the calories, the Texan compiled a list of three...
Film fans flocked to theaters to witness famed director Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” on July 26. The nostalgic piece fixates on recreating...
