Jim Jarmusch, Richard Linklater

Newly announced SXSW Film 2004 events include a one-on-one panel between Richard Linklater and Jim Jarmusch, scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, 3:30-5pm. Also newly drafted to screen is Brian Dannelly�s dark high school comedy Saved, starring Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore, and Patrick Fugit; Harry Thomason�s documentary The Hunting of the President, on the people who created careers out of bringing down the Clinton presidency; and a Modern Mexican Cinema Retrospective in conjunction with the Austin Film Society. Passes for SXSW Film 2004 go on sale for $50 this Thursday, Feb. 26, exclusively at Waterloo Video, Sixth and Lamar. Get �em while they�re hot (and still there). Film passes do not guarantee admission to SXSW theatres. For more information, see www.sxsw.com.

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