South by Southwest

Hollywood Film Festival sounds cool, right?

source: Indie Wire

When I worked at SXSW, I always grew tired of other festivals that gave what we were trying to do, a bad name. While regionally-based festivals like True/False, Atlanta, Sarasota, and Hamptons (among many others) try to do good work with good films, there was always something “off” about t...

Published Mon, Oct 19

Sundance Review: 'Black Dynamite'

source: HitFix

 CA This elaborate parody of the blacksploitation genre just won an Audience Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, it played Tribeca, I saw it back at Sundance, and I remember thinking about it again when I saw "Black" at the SXSW festival, ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

“Revenant” Resonates With Vegas Audiences

source: Indie Wire

In Winnebago Man, filmmaker Ben Steinbauer sets out to find him.” “Man” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this March, where indieWIRE's Eric Kohn said it “brilliantly encapsulates the transformative power of the online video boom.” Winnebago Man Variety all 2 news articles

Published Tue, Jun 16

Can't Miss It: Monday

source: Seattlest

 Seattle The intimate, emotional film has won awards from festivals as diverse as SXSW, the Philadelphia Film Festival, and the San Francisco Documentary Festival. In a Dream screens at the NWFF through Thursday. NEVER PISS OFF MOTHER EARTH: If you're not ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Making a name for itself - St. Joseph Herald Palladium

source: heraldpalladium.com

St. Joseph Herald Palladium (subscription), MI The documentary debuted at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. "I'm really excited to show the movie here," Jody Lambert says. "I have friends who've brought their films (to Waterfront) in the past, and they raved about it. ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Turn Out the Lights?

source: FWWeekly

 TX Released in 2006, the movie has screened at SXSW Film Festival and at film festivals in Boston, Edinburg, and Cleveland, among other places, and has been called "exceptionally important" (Paste), "a work of inspiration" (Salon.com), and "a call for ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Gay Hip-Hoppers Pick Up The Mic

source: Tips

 NY The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and played at over 50 festivals around the world including SXSW, IFF Boston, Miami International Film Festival, Frameline and Outfest. The audio is the clip below is NSFW.Subscribe to Joe. ...

Published Fri, Jun 5

What Zombies? Bruce McDonald's “Pontypool”

source: Indie Wire

What Zombies? Bruce McDonald's “Pontypool” by Eric Kohn (Updated 13 hours, ) EDITOR'S NOTE: This review was originally published as part of indieWIRE's coverage of the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. I'm in the minority thinking that Bruce McDonald's “The Tracey Fragments” made for one ...

Published Thu, May 28