Trent Thompson

Senior design students hang up their projects on the walls in “Catalyst,” an exhibit at UT’s Visual Arts Center designed to evoke pause for thought and a greater understanding of the world.

With “6 Balloons,” writer and director Marja-Lewis Ryan delivers a film that truly works when it’s slowed down, leaving room to breath in the details. Although brilliant and beautiful, these slow moments soak up all the substance that could’ve been used to make a longer film.

Instead of watching all 101 minutes of “Game Over, Man!,” just stick to the two-and-a-half-minute trailer.

Like any other part of the festival, SXSW’s speaker conference is enough to make any attendee feel like they may miss all the high points. Fret not, for The Daily Texan has a list of the speakers you won’t want to miss across SXSW this year. 

To ease the pain and misery of midterms and mid-semester projects, here is a list of five shows on Netflix to help slow down and unwind.

Unique storytelling is hard to come by in the 21st century as studios rely more on the same money-making tropes rather than sticking their necks out for original content. But the rich fictional universe and unpredictable storyline in “Altered Carbon” tests the legitimacy of this blueprint.