After two years of pandemic-influenced pivots, this year, the Portland Book Festival is back as a 100 percent in-person event. “We’re really excited to welcome people back,” says Amanda Bullock, ...

Vulture Festival returned to the Hollywood Roosevelt in L.A. last weekend, welcoming guests to 25 exciting and often chaotic events. Lee Pace (recipient of the 2022 Vulture Honorary Degree), Kali ...

Did someone ask Rian Johnson to play “Fuck, Marry, Kill,” famous fictional detectives edition? Yes. And that someone was Vulture critic Alison Willmore. Johnson’s answers did not disappoint.

But this week, there’s Austin Film Festival, a fall counterpart of sorts to March’s South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in terms of the caliber of films that you might see. Austin Film Festival ...