Thin Line Festival, the longest-running film festival in Texas, held its 16th annual run in downtown Denton April 26 through 30. Over 40 musical acts spread across seven venues, and 46 films were shown throughout five days. The “thin line” in the festival’s name refers to the line separating reality and fiction, as well as subject and filmmaker. Claire Dejarnette, Fort Worth resident and Thin Line film programming director, said
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Brightly colored powder clouds filled the air last Thursday evening as people gathered on the South lawn of the University Union. For two hours, the crowd of students danced to upbeat music playing over a speaker, laughing and dousing each other with water and colored powder in celebration of Holi. “It’s about bringing all people together and celebrating,” said Karan Kakroo, university graduate student and Hindu Youth for Unity, Virtues
AUSTIN, Texas — First-time director Adele Lim excitedly makes her way across the red carpet outside of The Paramount Theatre minutes before the world premiere of her directorial debut, “Joy Ride”at South by Southwest world. The “Crazy Rich Asians” writer was vocally ecstatic to have her vision realized at its Austin screening. “It started with my friends and I coming up with this movie in our living room thinking ‘Who
AUSTIN, Texas — South by Southwest’s fourth, fifth and sixth days included an A24 film premiere, live performance by Strawberry Guy and a Denton-based band’s concert amongst the festivities occurring across Downtown Austin. Day four of the festival included featured session “A Conversation with Jake Johnson,” the comedic actor-turned-director of “Self-Reliance.” Johnson spoke with Variety’s Co-Editor-In-Chief Variety Cynthia Littleton two days later about his directorial debut and experiences within the
AUSTIN, Texas — South by Southwest 2023 kicked off on Friday with its Conference and Film & TV Festival. The conventions, which feature a variety of film and television premieres, as well as conference sessions, will run March 10-19. On the first day of the convention, the Daily attended the evening’s opening night screenings: the world premiere of “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and Donald Glover and Janine Naber’s
Editors Note: This article has been updated to include additional information about Chancellor Michael Williams. University President Neal Smatresk and Provost Michael McPherson spoke today at the university’s faculty senate meeting to discuss changes to diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the UNT system. Chancellor Michael Williams’ notice, sent out to university students and faculty 30 minutes before the meeting, states the university will pause “the implementation of any new
Our photographers have been on the fields and courts capturing all the motions of spring sports. Check out some of their work here!
New campus organization Hindu YUVA hosted their first major cultural event, Deepavali Utsav, on Nov. 6. The celebration was held in the Union and open to the campus community. It featured dance and singing performances, as well as other cultural practices, including Lakshmi Puja and Bathukamma. Hindu YUVA’s university chapter was officially registered this semester to serve as a platform for the preservation, practice and protection of Hindu dharma. The
This past weekend, Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival took place on E. Hickory and Industrial Street. The event featured food, vendors and community.
Photographers of the North Texas Daily have been covering various sports this fall. This gallery highlights a few of their images.
