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Snaps From the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

My favorite snarky comment of the festival so far took place at last night's Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards red carpet. Austin TV personality Victor Diaz on seeing this reporter from National Lampoon: "Will their report go straight to video?"

1:44PM Fri. Mar. 12, 2010, Joe O'Connell Read More | Comment »

That's "邵氏片場" to You, Pal...

Or, if your Mandarin isn't up to par, it's the Shaw Brothers, Hong Kong's wonder twins of chopsocky filmmaking, whose punchy oeuvre is now overseen in Austin by the new Director of the American Genre Film Archive, Oliver Franklin.

12:57PM Tue. Mar. 9, 2010, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

These Streets Were Made for Talking

Alex Karpovsky has had a charmed run with SXSW – 2010 marks his third consecutive year in attendance as a festival filmmaker or actor – but pre-SXSW, the peripatetic Austinite will be at BookPeople Thursday night to perform from the Basho-inspired Ten Walks/Two Talks.

12:21PM Tue. Mar. 9, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Affordable Art Fair

Palmer Events Center

Valley Flower, Tony Kamel (album release) at Continental Club

Ricky Sim: Coming Out to Dead People at ColdTowne Theater

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW for Civilians

For locals not in possession of an almighty badge, SXSW can sometimes feel like a giant party in your backyard that you can't gain admittance to. Well, SXSW Film wants to help you hop the fence.

3:43PM Mon. Mar. 8, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Thanking the Academy

We're touched, really. You shouldn't have.

12:34AM Sun. Mar. 7, 2010, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

This Week's Waste of Time

Last week's game was a bliss-out of sorts, what with the smooth tunes in the background and birds flying around all peaceful-like. The latest online waste of time might have a reggae-infused soundtrack, but the gameplay is frenetic. Don't be fooled, your mouse will be flying when you play Tetraform.

2:58PM Thu. Mar. 4, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

This Space Brought to You By Non-Four-Lettered Festivals

With all the SXSW hubbub, it's sometimes hard to remember this town is teeming with other festivals. Let's remedy that, shall we? The Austin Film Festival and aGLIFF and others have some news, but you'll have to make the jump...

12:41PM Wed. Mar. 3, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

SXSW Super Secret Screenings Not So Secret Now

Guessing at TBA sneaks is always a fun festival pastime, but SXSW has decided to do some of the work for you, announcing a first-look at the Robert Rodriguez-produced and locally shot Predators reboot as well as a screening of Géla Babluani’s 13, an English-language remake of his hit film 13 Tzameti.

6:01AM Wed. Mar. 3, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

This Week's Waste of Time

I think it's time to come clean. All of these free online games I've been recommending? A good number of them were brought to my attention courtesy of the legwork of Brandon Boyer, man about Austin and international symbol of indie gaming coolness. And, wouldn't you know it, he's scooped me again with this week's waste of time, Record Tripping.

4:26PM Thu. Feb. 25, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

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