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SXSW Film Review: Texas Shorts

For a program based around a single geographic location, SXSW’s Texas Shorts is all over the map. Thematically speaking, that is. Filmmakers from the Lone Star State cover the gamut from silly to serious, from CGI animation to gritty street shots.

8:30AM Tue. Mar. 17, 2015, Rod Machen Read More | Comment »

SXSW Interactive: 10 Lessons From Buzzfeed's Jonah Peretti

Jonah Peretti might not be a household name, but as the co-founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, few people have had as dramatic an effect on Internet media. And that goes way beyond adorable cat videos.

10:15PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Dan Gentile Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Fresno

Set in the colorless purgatory of Central California, Fresno stars Judy Greer and Natasha Lyonne as temperamentally disparate sisters working as maids in a local hotel while they struggle to reconnect after time apart.

4:55PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Russ Espinoza Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Film Review: Mavis!

If there’s one sound running through the last 60 years of American musical and social history, it is the voice of Mavis Staples. As the vocal anchor of the Staples Singers and more recently a solo artist, Mavis! (exclamation required) brought blues to gospel, soul to civil rights, joy to millions.

4:23PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Michael King Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Deep Web

Call it the most unexpected Bill and Ted reunion. Keanu Reeves narrating Deep Web, the new cybercrime documentary from his old acting partner Alex Winter.

3:05PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Bone in the Throat

Graham Henman’s directorial debut, Bone in the Throat, features Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick in a high-stress mobster tale dipped in rich colors. It’s stuffed with stunning food, beautiful people, and horrifying murder. What more could you want?

2:46PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Community Cast Talks About Going Digital

Like what Netflix did for Arrested Development in 2013, Yahoo Screen has pumped new life into Community by giving it a platform for the sixth season that NBC turned its back on.

2:13PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Russ Espinoza Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film: A Conversation With Sally Field

We like her. SXSW really likes her. Sally Field took Austin by storm this weekend with her title role in the movie Hello, My Name Is Doris, which premiered at the Fest, and followed up the next day with an onstage conversation with the film’s director Michael Showalter.

1:43PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Bikes vs. Cars

Anyone who lives in Austin can tell you that the theory that cars provide speed and freedom is an illusion.

1:22PM Mon. Mar. 16, 2015, Josh Rosenblatt Read More | Comment »

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