Slow down, Simon. SXSW 08 is still three months away.
The South by Southwest Film Festival is waiting till the new year – Jan. 2, to be exact – to announce its 2008 opening-night film and other premieres/special guests/the like, but a little birdie slipped us the details on three titles showing: David Schwimmer’s feature directorial debut, Run, Fatboy, Run, starring Hot Fuzz‘s Simon Pegg (who co-wrote the script with Stella‘s Michael Ian Black); Flawless, a heist picture with Demi Moore and Michael Caine; and Wild Blue Yonder, Celia Maysles’ controversial doc about her father and uncle, documentary giants the Maysles brothers. These three are in addition to the news broke in last week’s issue by the cubicle around the corner, “Off the Record,” that Lou Reed’s Berlin, a concert doc staged and directed by Julian Schnabel, will screen in conjunction with Lou Reed‘s SXSW Music keynote address.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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