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On Sunday, the writer Nell Scovell appeared on the SXSW Interactive panel “How to Stop Speaking in Bullshit” alongside Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau and digital strategist Jon Jones. Among Scovell’s many credits: an episode of The Simpsons, stints at Spy Magazine and David Letterman, co-authoring Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In.

2:20PM Wed. Mar. 16, 2016, Jen Sorensen Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: American Fable

You’ve heard the parable of the lion and the mouse? The fable about a lion saved by a mouse he spares? In writer/director, Anne Hamilton’s, new feature American Fable, Gitty (Peyton Kennedy), an 11-year old farm girl, lands in an Eighties retelling of the story.

1:15PM Wed. Mar. 16, 2016, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Jean of the Joneses

Stella Meghie’s feature debut as writer/director suggests an exciting new voice. Highly visually controlled, snappily edited, and beautifully acted, Jean of the Joneses is a clever New York comedy about the Caribbean diaspora. It’s easy to see Meghie as the yin to Tyler Perry’s yang.

12:45PM Wed. Mar. 16, 2016, Sean L. Malin Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Film Review: The Art of Organized Noize

Finally getting a long overdue retrospective, Atlanta production pioneers Organized Noize – Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brown – delves deep into their humble beginnings to their rise to superstardom. The finished product is a piece with great clarity, told to often humorous effect.

11:30PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Kahron Spearman Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio

“This film should be played loud” is the opening text, set as suggestion, a reminder of fading DIY experiences being pushed out at alarming rates.

8:00PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Kahron Spearman Read More | Comment »

SXSW Interactive: Exploring Scent as a Storytelling Tool

Especially when walking down Sixth Street, it's easy to tune out smells at SXSW. But alleyways aside, the aromas of malty beer, buttery popcorn, and sweaty concert venues are a visceral part of the experience.

7:45PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Dan Gentile Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Panel: Gale Anne Hurd Keynote

“Always do what you love, not just what’s easy.” Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Tuesday’s closing SXSW keynote, is behind many of Hollywood’s seminal genre films including The Terminator (which she also co-wrote) and Aliens. Today she is the executive producer of AMC’s The Walking Dead and its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead.

7:30PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Sarah Marloff Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Operation Avalanche

Now this is what great film festivals like SXSW are all about – a glimpse of top-notch emerging talent that very well may take over Hollywood in the decade or two to come.

7:00PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Michael Agresta Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes

Indie actress (Oleanna) turned filmmaker Deborah Eisenstadt is interested in uncomfortable spaces, and her new feature Before the Sun Explodes is lodged in one such uncertain territory: between “manic pixie dream girl” romantic comedy and stalker thriller.

3:00PM Tue. Mar. 15, 2016, Michael Agresta Read More | Comment »

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