Russell Crowe

By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) In 2002, we had Russell Crowe at SXSW for a screening of his band's documentary, Texas. This was also back when the Oscars took place after SXSW, and Crowe was neck-and-neck in the predictions to win Best Actor (for A Beautiful Mind) against Denzel Washington (for Training Day). During the Q...

By brian(bbrooks@indiewire.com) It is always an interesting collision of worlds when an independent studio makes a bigger budget genre picture. So it was perhaps somewhat appropriate on Monday night when Lionsgate hosted their New York premiere for their monster fall release, "3:10 to Yuma," in the basement of the Trib...