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I recently posted my Top Five favorite movies from the virtual edition of the 2021 South by Southwest multimedia festival — but here are...
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I recently posted my Top Five favorite movies from the virtual edition of the 2021 South by Southwest multimedia festival — but here are...
With a year to prepare after becoming one of the first major American events derailed by the coronavirus in 2020, the virtual 2021 South...
What a long, strange trip it’s been. When I wrote my preview of the 2020 South-by-Southwest Festival just about a year ago, there were...
If I’m remembering the family lore correctly, my parents brought three-year-old me to a screening of Love Story in 1970, meaning that it’s literally...
Though SXSW 2020 was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, a digital sampler plate of the festival’s scheduled lineup nevertheless yielded three amazing documentaries...
Executive Produced by Vinnie Malhotra, Stephen Espinoza, Pat Kondelis, Michael H. Rockafellow, Jody M. Wingrove, Stephen Germer Produced by Lynsey Tamsen Jones Written and...
Full disclosure: after covering the jam-packed South-by-Southwest line-up for more than a decade, 2020 is the first and only time I’ve ever managed to...
Executive Produced by Adam Bhala Lough Produced by Claire Bargout, Michael Reich, Matt Ornstein, John Eisenman, Alex Lee Moyer Written and Directed by Alex...
South-by-Southwest (a.k.a. SXSW) began in Austin, TX as a music festival in 1987, continuously expanding in the years since to feature movies, TV, comedy,...
Forget the weather: everyone knows the worst parts of winter are the cinematic dregs dumped into cineplexes this time of year while the art...
Produced by Megan Ellison, Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfield, Jessica Elbaum, Katie Silberman Written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman Directed by...
When it comes to having an idea for a movie, the journey from dream to screen can often take years (assuming it’s completed at...
The term “festival goggles” refers to the heightened reaction that a movie can receive when seen by viewers surrounded by the stars and filmmakers...
In the words of comedian and Broad City cast member Hannibal Burress (during his unscheduled appearance at a SXSW preview of the final three...
Produced by Casey Silver Directed by John Lee Hancock Written by John Lee Hancock, John Fusco, Scott Frank Starring Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy...
March is set to come in like a lion once more at the 31st running of the legendary Austin, TX pop culture lollapalooza known as...
Produced by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle Robert Graf Written and Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Starring James Franco,...
Produced by Glen Zipper, Max Paolucci, Derrick Kunzer, Raymond Esposito, Kevin Sisti Jr., Tommy Avallone, Jon Dean, Alicia Avallone Written by Tommy Avallone, Max...
Produced by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub Written and Directed by Bo Burnham Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake...
Produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker Written and Directed by Boots Riley Starring Lakeith...
Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley Screenplay by Ian McEwan Based on On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Directed by Dominic Cooke Starring Saoirse...
“This is funny as f*ck.” That was the reaction of Lance Guest (star of 1984’s The Last Starfighter) to a recent workshop reading of...
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One chronicles an epic battle for control of a fully immersive, massively multiplayer online virtual reality space known as the...
I recently shared my Top Five favorite films of the 2018 South-by-Southwest festival, but what about the other screenings I attended? What didn’t quite...