Couldn’t have asked for a better way to ring in Hispanic Heritage Month! 💐 Thank you Carrie Rodriguez, @ginachavez & Felix Contreras! 📸: Rachel Parker

We just gotta keep livin', man. L-I-V-I-N 🍃 So honored to host the Austin Film Society's 30th Anniversary screening of DAZED AND CONFUSED with the cast, crew, and director Richard Linklater! 📸: Rachel Parker

Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa Dazzle at Austin City Limits Week 1: See the Photos dallasobserver.com/music/austin-c…

ACL Week 1 was HOT (T-O-G-O), and we don't just mean the weather. See more photos and read the review at dallasobserver.com/music/austin-c…

Chappell Roan Wraps Tour and Willie Nelson Surprises Everyone at ACL Fest Week 2 dallasobserver.com/music/review-a…

Robert Robert Rodriguez screened his personal 35mm print of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN for an Austin audience at our final Panic at the Paramount! Alongside special effects makeup legend Greg Nicotero, it was the perfect close 🧛 📸: Rachel Parker

¡Brb nuestros lados todavía están sufriendo por el show AGOTADO de Sofia Niño de Rivera! 📸: Rachel Parker

Soulful magic in the air 🎶 As always, @ruthiefoster brought the house down ✨ Kam Franklin opened the evening! 📸: Rachel S Parker

🎶 Marc Broussard took us "Home" with his Carencro 20th Anniversary show on Saturday! 🎶 📸: Rachel Parker

These boots were made for stompin'...on EVERYTHING 👢👢 Fran Lebowitz brought barbed joy to a full Paramount audience in the midst of what she would call an unbearable time. Shout out to Andy Langer for his pitch-perfect moderation 👏 📸: Rachel Parker

A full house + Ben Affleck + Jon Bernthal + World Premiere at #SXSW….That adds up to one hell of a night! The long awaited THE ACCOUNTANT 2 screening is officially in the books and delivered a thrilling first look to an electrified Paramount crowd 🤩 📸: Rachel Parker

We come to this place for magic… and Nicole Kidman 🌟 SXSW brought Prime Video's HOLLAND starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen, Gael García Bernal, and director Mimi Cave! 📸: Rachel Parker

Another killer thriller from Blumhouse! Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar and Director Chris Landon joined us for the world premiere of DROP at #SXSW! 📸: Rachel Parker

Ladies and gentlemen, ✨H.E.R.✨ H.E.R. made her directorial debut with THE MAKINGS OF CURTIS MAYFIELD at #SXSW! 📸: Rachel Parker

THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING made its debut, earning a roaring standing ovation. Stars Matthew McConaughey, Cole M. Sprouse, Rob Morgan and Angelina LookingGlass were in attendance for the electric premiere, kicking off the film’s journey in true SXSW style 🔥 📸: Rachel Parker

MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE is a "vibrant documentary portrait of a trailblazer" (The Hollywood Reporter), highlighting Marlee Matlin’s groundbreaking journey & advocacy for the Deaf community 🤟 Matlin joined in person, along with director Shoshannah Stern & Lauren Ridloff. 📸: @rachelparkerpix

💛 Ron White on this weekend’s shows w/ Joe Rogan & friends: “The Guadalupe Love Fund weekend was a huge success. Can’t wait to tally it all up and make damn sure this money goes exactly where it will be the most impactful. the numbers are more than we could have ever imagined.”

Back to back sold out shows 🔥 That’s just how Jimmy Carr does it. 📸: Rachel Parker

The first weekend of ACL Fest 2025 has wrapped. We sent our Austin contributor Rachel Parker again, here's who she saw and photographed. dallasobserver.com/music/acl-fest…

.Jordan Klepper: The Daily Show desk ➡️ Paramount Theatre for a SOLD-OUT SHOW. 📸: Rachel Parker