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The 'Lot' of the Working-Class NFL Fan

Around the world, state-of-the-art sporting arenas are being built, replacing treasured stadiums and displacing working-class fans who can no longer afford ticket prices. Austin filmmaker Jonny Mars documents that painful shift in America's Parking Lot. Read More | Comment »

Film 9:57AM Thu. Mar. 15, Mark Fagan

Girl Talk

Ah, the sweet smell of success. Lena Dunham could probably bottle the pheromones she was emitting – Le Succčs? – in her triumphal return to SXSW, two years after her first feature-length film, Tiny Furniture, snagged the jury award for Best Narrative Feature. Read More | Comment »

Film 1:49PM Wed. Mar. 14, Anne S. Lewis

SXSWi Panel Recap: Pinterest Explained, a Q&A with co-founder Ben Silbermann

On Tuesday morning, blogger/entrepreneur Christopher Dixon sat down with Ben Silbermann, the co-founder of the insanely popular social networking/online collection organizer website Pinterest. Read More | Comment »

Interactive 1:09PM Wed. Mar. 14, Melanie Haupt

Before Sunset (Stories)

Tonight is the last night to catch Silas Howard and Ernesto M. Foronda's Sunset Stories, an ensemble-character-driven one-night-in-L.A. romp in the vein of (NYC-) treks like Afterhours and Desperately Seeking Susan. The Gay Place says: Do not miss. Wed., Mar. 14, 9:30pm at the Canon Screening Room (badges, film passes, and tickets at the box office). Read More | Comment »

Film 12:43PM Wed. Mar. 14, Kate X Messer

Working the Lines

The film festival entrepreneur is alive and well at SXSW this year, specifically targeting the long lines that snake down the street prior to screenings. Read More | Comment »

Film 11:01AM Wed. Mar. 14, Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Awards Announced

The 2012 SXSW Film Festival Award winners were announced tonight at a ceremony at the Vimeo Theater, emceed by Doug Benson. The goods after the jump. Read More | Comment »

Film 10:15PM Tue. Mar. 13, Kimberley Jones

Famous People Looking Pretty

Another day, another red carpet romp or two. Monday saw the premieres of HBO comedy GIRLS from superhyphenate Lena Dunham (she writes! she directs! she stars!) and the bro-heavy 21 Jump Street with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. Read More | Comment »

Film 12:19PM Tue. Mar. 13, Kimberley Jones

Nazi Schmatzi: 'Iron Sky' Ist die Bombe

Any film that stars Udo Kier as a Nazi is comedy gold in our book and Iron Sky, from Finnish director Timo Vuorensola, is a crackerjack bit of Aryan tomfoolery, this despite the fact that the film is essentially a one-note gag strung out to feature length. Read More | Comment »

Film 11:24AM Tue. Mar. 13, Marc Savlov

Something to Chew On

As season 2 of Bob’s Burgers was premiering on Fox last Sunday, several cast members – Eugene Mirman (Gene), Dan Mintz (Tina), Kristen Schaal (Louise), Larry Murphy (Teddy), and Kurt Braunohler – took the stage for the first of back to back SXComedy shows. It wasn’t a panel. Because as Mirman asked the audience, “Who would want to hear that?” Read More | Comment »

Rest of the Fest 11:24AM Tue. Mar. 13, Ashley Moreno

A Conversation With Willem Dafoe

Want Willem Dafoe to star in your next indie film? Show him your passion and don’t ask hollow questions. Read More | Comment »

Film 6:41PM Mon. Mar. 12, Joe O'Connell

The ABCs of VOD

"How many people here have heard of Bill Hicks?" asked Matt Harlock, and a sea of hands went up. "Of course, this is Austin. I just wish this was representative of the rest of the US." Read More | Comment »

Film 4:04PM Mon. Mar. 12, Richard Whittaker

Living in Mess: 'Wildness'

A gold-glitter sign hanging at the back of the stage in The Silver Platter bar in Los Angeles reads: “El show de Morales y sus Geishas.” Read More | Comment »

Film 3:51PM Mon. Mar. 12, Andy Campbell

Bringing Sexy Math

In Saturday's Creating the Code: A BBC Transmedia Documentary Convergence panel, Adrian Hon (CEO/co-founder of Six to Start) explained how his game company and the BBC got the masses excited about math. (See what I did there?) The answer: a multimedia treasure hunt using TV, Web, and social media. Read More | Comment »

Film 3:11PM Mon. Mar. 12, Ashley Moreno

Famous People Looking Pretty

And on the third day, the rains subsided and the sun came out to shine its light on the red carpet walkers. Read More | Comment »

Film 1:59PM Mon. Mar. 12, Kimberley Jones

Which is Your Leatherface?

There's something slightly beautiful about watching a panel go so off-topic that it ends up on a different and equally interesting track. Well, that's what happened to yesterday's 3 R's of Horror: Remakes, Reboots & Rediscoveries: Or, as it should be called Torrent Horror Stories Read More | Comment »

Film 11:40AM Mon. Mar. 12, Richard Whittaker

Back to the Future Again

It was only day 2, but SXSW Producer Janet Pierson may have been showing signs of wear when she welcomed the audience to SXSW 2010 before quickly correcting herself. Perhaps it was just the effects of the time-travel theme of Safety Not Guaranteed. Read More | Comment »

Film 9:56AM Mon. Mar. 12, Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSWi Panel Recap: Food Trucks Share Social Media Tips

Moderated by Bob Madden, GM and Senior VP for Digital Food Category at Scripps Networks Interactive, this panel started off with an introductory clip of the Food Network’s competitive reality show, The Great Food Truck Race, in which the three panelists competed last year. Read More | Comment »

Interactive 8:42AM Mon. Mar. 12, Melanie Haupt

Eyeballing the day's highlights
 

Trailer Hitch, 3/12

Everybody jump, jump. Read More | Comment »

Film 6:51AM Mon. Mar. 12, Kimberley Jones

The Future of Games

It seems obvious for a panel at SXSW Interactive to address the future of a medium, but video games are due for a new generation of consoles. Will motions sensors replace standard controllers? Will consoles be replaced by tablets and other handheld devices? Can we expect the expansion of gaming culture into other aspects of society? Kinda. Not yet. And yes. Read More | Comment »

Interactive 12:42AM Mon. Mar. 12, James Renovitch

Papaquiles from the Munchie Mobile

Chances are that when Ryan Schierling and Julie Munroe cooked up a batch of chilaquiles with a nontraditional carbohydrate in their Seattle apartment a couple of years back, they would never have envisioned it being served from a food truck at all hours during SXSW. Read More | Comment »

Rest of the Fest 4:42PM Sun. Mar. 11, Melanie Haupt

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