Elle Bent

Elle Bent

Community Impact • January 31, 2023

Stray Vista Studios to offer virtual production studio in Dripping Springs

One For Sorrow, Two For Joy

Austin Woman Magazine • November 11, 2022

Ana Yang & Hongwei Wu: Telling Forgotten Stories

Ana Yang and Hongwei Wu discuss their short film, One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, which won Best Narrative Short at Austin Film Festival.

Birds, Bees, and Threes

Austin Woman Magazine • November 8, 2022

Paige Hullett on the 'Birds, Bees, & Threes': An AFF Interview

Paige Hullett brings to the screen a life-changing moment from childhood to generate laughs and conversations.

Austin Film Festival

Austin Woman Magazine • November 3, 2022

Austin Film Festival: A New Week with New Surprises

The Austin Film Festival enters its second week. Elle Bent and Brena Ullrich are back on the scene with more surprises from the film world.

Austin Film Festival

Austin Woman Magazine • October 31, 2022

Austin Film Festival: First Weekend Round-up

Austin Film Festival (AFF) returns to downtown Austin for its 29th annual conference. The festival brings together the entire film industry. Everyone from producers, directors, actors, writers, cinematographers to fans. Amber Dotson recounts all of the festival’s excitement on Friday, while Elle Bent ruminates on her full schedule over the weekend.

Haylie Duff

Austin Woman Magazine • September 14, 2022

Haylie Duff Takes a Screen Staycation This Summer

Haylie Duff discusses her support for the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition’s recent campaign and her directorial debut.

Sergio Garcia

Austin Woman Magazine • August 31, 2022

Maya Koshaba: Finding Your Place on Stage

As the lights dim in the Secret Theatre in New York City, audiences may have caught a glimpse of Texan-born actress Maya Koshaba as she performed in the Act One: One Act Play Festival this month.

Elle Bent

Hilltop Views • April 6, 2022

Night Vale haunts Paramount Theatre with good time, co-creator talks return to live shows

As the lights dimmed in the Paramount Theatre Tuesday night, a strange radio show host entered the stage to transport Austin to the small desert town of Night Vale.

Gracie Watt

Hilltop Views • November 15, 2021

Review: Disney+’s “Home Sweet Home Alone” is a remake nobody needed nor asked for

Two minutes into Disney+’s modern continuation of the 1990 Christmas classic “Home Alone,” aptly titled “Home Sweet Home Alone,” Generation Z slang is poorly used, introducing the audience to an hour and a half of product placement, terrible one-liners and an awkward push of modern technology on the classic story.

Wiki Commons

Hilltop Views • October 19, 2021

Tommy Wiseau on why cult favorite, “The Room,” has stood the test of time

Tommy Wiseau wants first time viewers of “The Room” to know one thing: “Don’t expect too much.”

Juhan Noh

Hilltop Views • February 22, 2021

“To All the Boys: Always and Forever” is a satisfying wrap-up, lacks same charm as predecessors

“To All the Boys: Always and Forever,” the third and final installment of the “To All the Boys” franchise on Netflix has been released on Feb. 12, and it’s far more emotional than the last two films, but similarly cavity-inducing with its gushing sweetness and bright colors like pastel icing on cake.

Bianca Ibarra

Hilltop Views • September 29, 2020

Mary Moody Northen Theatre’s first digital production explores new side of theatre

“This process really opened my eyes that theater doesn’t have to be on a stage,” Ibarra said. “We’ve successfully done theater through Zoom.”

Miraj Mehta

Austin Woman Magazine • November 1, 2022

Soledad Fernandez-Whitechurch: The Joy of Creating Art

Muralist and painter Soledad Fernandez-Whitechurch finds joy in experimenting and creating her artwork.

Elle Bent

Hilltop Views • November 30, 2021

Leander-based artist talks inspiration, healing power of art

The smell of paint and wood fills up the art studio of Donna Dugone, an Austin-based artist who works out of her at-home studio in Leander, Texas. Paint covers the walls, floors and ceiling—a portrait of a woman adorns the wall a record player leans against.

Art84

Hilltop Views • October 19, 2020

Local Austin exhibit explores balance between American dream, African-American experience

Cornelius Carter is hopeful for the “work in progress” when it comes to the American Dream and the experience of the African-American.

Elle Bent

Community Impact • November 6, 2023

Local brewery offers Hill Country escape with sustainable approach

Elle Bent

Community Impact • July 25, 2023

Newest owner of Mazama Coffee Co. in Dripping Springs aims to build community

Newest owner of Mazama Coffee Co. in Dripping Springs aims to build community Lori Green became Mazama Coffee Co.'s newest owner in 2022, and began in the coffeeshop about 10 years ago as a barista. (Elle Bent/Community Impact)

Elle Bent

Community Impact • January 28, 2023

Sustainable seafood restaurant Keepers Coastal Kitchen launches new look

Commodore Perry Estate

Austin Woman Magazine • November 1, 2022

Sarah Rahl: Curating Creative Cocktails

Sarah Rahl’s journey in mixology is one of passion for the career.

Cheramie Law

Austin Woman Magazine • September 9, 2022

Cheramie Law: For the Love of Texas Wine

Two years ago, Cheramie Wine began taking the Texas wine industry by storm.

Ryan Dufrene

Community Impact • November 20, 2023

Austin ISD teacher to march in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Elle Bent

Hilltop Views • April 6, 2022

Night Vale haunts Paramount Theatre with good time, co-creator talks return to live shows

As the lights dimmed in the Paramount Theatre Tuesday night, a strange radio show host entered the stage to transport Austin to the small desert town of Night Vale.

Wiki Commons

December 4, 2021

Taylor Swift’s latest release highlights production differences from original

Nine years after its initial release, Taylor Swift released a re-recording of her studio album, “Red,” aptly named “Red (Taylor’s Version),” on Nov. 12.

Emma Tran

Hilltop Views • November 16, 2021

10 confirmed deaths from Astroworld festival, Houston Police still investigating cause

Texas A&M University students Emma Tran and Carson Deering did not expect the crowds they saw when attending Astroworld in Houston, Texas a week ago.

Wiki Commons

Hilltop Views • October 5, 2021

Mitski’s cut-throat new single, “Working for the Knife,” surprises fans alongside tour announcement

Surprising fans after almost three long years without new music and a total social media blackout, singer-songwriter Mitski dropped single, “Working for the Knife,” on Oct. 5.

Eva Rinaldi

Hilltop Views • October 20, 2020

Stevie Nicks returns to music scene with political new single

Stevie Nicks has a prayer for the United States in her first single in nearly a decade, “Show Them The Way.” In this political ballad, Nicks asks for peace amongst a turbulent election season. The song began as a poem she wrote in 2008 after the Democratic primaries, but she never recorded and released it until now.

Gracie Watt

Hilltop Views • October 8, 2020

BLACKPINK’s ‘The Album’ is full of spunk but not enough sincerity to sustain listeners

Carrying a four-year-old career full of breaking records such as becoming the first K-pop girl group to perform at Coachella and enormous numbers on YouTube, BLACKPINK has finally released their first full length album, “The Album.”