Clockwise from top: Assassination of a High School President, "Fish, But No Cigar," "The Aviatrix," The Night James Brown Saved Boston, Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry
SXSW 08 Film Festival
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We’re now nearly a week into the Film Festival, which continues through Saturday, March 15. During that time a wide selection of narrative features, documentaries, short films, music videos, and numerous sidebars will screen. Look for coverage in this issue of the Chronicle, and consult the detailed pullout section included in the March 7 issue and this week’s special daily issues. Refer to www.sxsw.com/film for further details and downloadable schedules and such. Films screen at the Austin Convention Center, Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Dobie Theatre, and Paramount Theatre.

This article appears in March 14 • 2008.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.