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

Moby, SXSW

source: beta.sling.com

Interview with Moby at South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, 2008. Moby talks about how bizarre ???70s film Mr Mike???s Mondo Video ... beta.sling.com

Published Fri, Jun 12

Daniel Baldwin Evicted From Jungle On 'I'm A Celebrity…'

source: Access Hollywood

Perez Hilton partners with Dell to bring back his signature One Night In Austin series for a second time to the 2009 South By Southwest (SXSW) arts festival with surprise performances by Kanye West and Indigo Girls.

Published Thu, Jun 11

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

Walking down the red carpet of shame

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

 UK On one end of the scale there's the SXSW web awards, held each year at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin. These certainly celebrate excellence among websites but they tend to overlook the actual people who build them, or the business models they ...

Published Thu, Jun 11