"Set of steak knives. Brass balls."

South by Southwest Film announced (somewhat belatedly) on Saturday night the winners of its last two audience awards. (The bulk of the awards went out Monday night.) Voted audience favorite from 24 Beats per Second was Sascha Paladino‘s Béla Fleck doc, Throw Down Your Heart; top votes for the Lone Star States sidebar went to David Pomes‘ Cook County.

Finally, all of Dan Brown‘s fest trailers – which riff on the likes of 300 and Glengarry Glen Ross – are up online now. Check ’em out here.

This article appears in March 14 • 2008.

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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...