Culture and Society

Garth Brooks was Friday's keynote speaker at SXSW Music Festival 2017, which included performances by Snail Mail, Maggie Rogers, and Spoon.

What happens when our press freedoms are compromised by power, money and overarching authority?

SXSW Conference attendees at the world premiere of 'I’m Dying Up Here' were treated to what Executive Producer Michael Aguilar called, “A very dramatic show about being funny.”

Tonal shifts aside, "Hot Summer Nights" is a fairly entertaining comedy/drama from the first-time feature director.

The New Pornographers and Kate Nash were among the hundreds of artists and bands performing Thursday at SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.

'True Sadness,' by the Avett Brothers, was nominated for a Grammy in the Americana category. What was the journey of its creation?

This year’s SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas, brought attendees a funny and insightful conversation with Bob Odenkirk, hosted by Fred Armisen of 'SNL.' Blogcritics was on the scene!

Three female inmates in a federal prison in Texas have gone to court in an attempt to block a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that requires them to share bathrooms and showers with inmates who identify as transgender females but are biologically male.

A real estate agent unwittingly shares his flat with an unseen guest in this dark comedy making its world premiere at SXSW.

Once the first shot is fired, there is no turning back.