SXSW: A Cold One With Joe Swanberg and His 'Drinking Buddies'

The festival's oddest and most comfortable press gathering

"...themed, the result is cloying and dull. But when Joe Swanberg and his cast just sat around drinking microbrews..."

March 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Panel: Joe Swanberg Keynote

The indie film king of fast, cheap, and frequent has advice

"...Joe Swanberg began by taking the crowd on a peppy..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Jacob Clifton

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg Wishes You a Happy Christmas

On fatherhood, impostor syndrome, and staying unpredictable

"...As the holiday season begins, Joe Swanberg might seem to have a lot to be..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Joe Swanberg's Quiet City"

"...but there's a funny story here. Better to let Joe and Aaron tell it in their own words as..."

March 13, 2007 SXSW Post by Spencer Parsons

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...Horror movies, says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind of films that..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch: Joe Swanberg Takes It Easy

His new Netflix show finds honesty and openness winning the day

"...Netflix's Easy proves it can be done, and well. Joe Swanberg's eight-episode collection of loosely connected half-hour short films..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

SXSW, IFC Film Partner for Swanberg Premiere

SXSW Film and IFC Film team up for a unique twin-platform release of Joe Swanberg's new picture

"...broke it anyway. Like yesterday's news that SXSW posterboy Joe Swanberg would world-premiere his latest, Alexander the Last, there..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Doesn't Like Swanberg

"...Dear Editor, Please explain to me this infatuation with Joe Swanberg [“Something Out of Nothing,” Screens, Oct. 26]. I..."

Oct. 31, 2007 Postmarks

Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...Directed by: Joe Swanberg. Starring: Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drinking Buddies

Mumblecore pro Joe Swanberg successfully ups his game by using professional actors in this observational drama.

"...Directed by: Joe Swanberg. Starring: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Raise a Glass to 'Drinking Buddies'

Something big is brewing with Joe Swanberg these days

"...According to Drinking Buddies director Joe Swanberg, microbreweries are just like microbudget indie films. "There..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Getting Busy

Joe Swanberg's prolific, provocative career

"...movement (just please don't call it mumblecore), New York-based Joe Swanberg's fortunes have seemingly crested and sunk and then..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Something Out of Nothing

Joe Swanberg, anti-director, on Hannah Takes the Stairs

"...Joe Swanberg is thinking about underwear. And of course he's..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Uncle Kent 2

Meta-sequel to the Joe Swanberg film

"...Directed by: Todd Rohal. Starring: Kent Osborne, Steve Little, Joe Swanberg and Jennifer Prediger...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Magnolia Becomes 'Drinking Buddies,' Magnet Gets 'Milo'

SXSW acquisitions continue with ensemble drama and horror comedy

"...There's no post-SXSW hangover for director Joe Swanberg: His ensemble drama Drinking Buddies has just been..."

March 19, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: '24 Exposures'

Joe Swanberg on filmmaker obsessions tops this week's releases

"...the inspiration and star of the latest flick from Joe Swanberg, 24 Exposures...."

May 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Keynotes

Fest releases full schedule, plus convergence details

"...George, legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd, and indie icon Joe Swanberg all delivering keynotes. The day also sees the..."

Feb. 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Cops to Seth Rogen and More

SXSW Film announces the premiere of a new Seth Rogen comedy, as well as new panelist and docs

"...elder statesmen Mike Judge and Robert Rodriguez, SXSW wunderkind Joe Swanberg, and – how cool is this? – trailer-maker..."

Jan. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hannah Takes the Stairs

The naturalistic indie talker unhurriedly follows a young woman through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for the bus, and a series of relationships fueled by “chronic dissatisfaction.”

"...Directed by: Joe Swanberg. Starring: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Film Review: Uncle Kent 2

An inessential sequel that is oddly unmissable

"...to Uncle Kent? Centered around real-life cartoonist Kent Osborne, Joe Swanberg's 2011 lo-fi meditation on love, loneliness, and chatrooms..."

March 14, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Review: 'Drinking Buddies'

Swanberg's film is deftly directed but leaves an aftertaste

"...Hyperproductive writer/director/sometimes actor/occasional nudist Joe Swanberg returns to SXSW with the world premiere of..."

March 12, 2013 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Fantastic Fest Review: After Midnight

We're definitely digging Jeremy Gardner's scene

"...a term for the filmmakers of Fantastic Fest. If Joe Swanberg and the Duplass brothers can give birth to..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...Or take Joe Swanberg's Young American Bodies, made for Nerve.com, about to..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

All-Around Gal

Mumblecore baby Greta Gerwig acts, writes, directs, enunciates properly

"...girlfriend in LOL, a movie he was making with Joe Swanberg in Chicago. From New York, Greta literally phoned..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...bringing Uncle Kent 2 (the first Uncle Kent being Joe Swanberg’s back in 2011)...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...Directed by: Adam Wingard. Starring: Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Margaret Laney, Ti West, Wendy Glenn, Nicholas Tucci,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...scene, like Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color, Sun Don't Shine), Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Hannah Takes the Stairs), and Ti..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...But I Was Ready to Come Home Director: Kris Swanberg. Writer: Kris Swanberg, Jade Healy, David Lowery, Ben Kasulke..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Innkeepers: You Can Check In, But You Might Not Check Out

Devilish doings in Ti West's new ghost story

"...werewolf meta-drama Silver Bullets. That's directed by mumblecore mainstay Joe Swanberg, who also directed Hannah Takes the Stairs, the..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 08 Film Reviews

"...Nights and WeekendsD: Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig; with Swanberg, Gerwig..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

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