South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...of titles for this year in film, TV, XR, VR, and AR, there are a lot of familiar faces..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...along with live Q&A. Wed., Aug. 23, 7:30pm. AFS Cinema, 6259 Middle Fiskville. $25. agliff.org...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...annihilated generation, and the struggle to carry on making cinema. (U.S. Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...new keynote Celine Tricart is an experienced director and cinematographer who pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...not just features. Today's lineup announcement is filled with VR, XR, shorts, and some serious heavy hitters from the..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin's celebration of science fiction cinema and bleeding edge horror, breaks back into reality tomorrow..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Demonic

Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell

"...Technology is ubiquitous in modern cinema (look for a period piece that doesn't digitally paint..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...possessed mind of her mother (Nathalie Boltt) through a VR program doesn't just depict cutting edge simulated reality, but..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...online iteration, SXSW has collaborated with extended reality experts VRrOOm to create a virtual downtown Austin in the SXSW..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...industry is pursuing to enable the widespread proliferation of AR/VR and 3D content for e-commerce and retail with TechTalk/Studio..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...title: Now Charli XCX closes the six-day celebration of cinema with her digital quest to make a collaborative album..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Amazon Providing Platform for SXSW Films

Details of 10-day "virtual festival" still to be confirmed

"...of its own scheduled, including two sci-fi projects – VR afterlife comedy Upload and anthology series Tales of the..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...dark, experimental, and immersive with today's wave of Midnighters, VR projects, and short bite stories...."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: The Choice

Immersive VR doc explores the right to choose abortion

"...Polish Canadian director Joanne-Aska Popinska, with the assistance of VR filmmaker Tom C. Hall as creative and technical producer,..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

How Crank: High Voltage Went Pure Grindhouse

Jason Statham cult classic offers maximum overdrive

"...This week, AFS Cinema presents a special 10th anniversary screening of Crank: High..."

July 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's aGLIFF Announces 2019 Honorees

Celebrating directors of seminal queer films Go Fish, Trick

"...Two major anniversaries in Nineties indie cinema – and the filmmakers who created them – will..."

July 3, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What If Your Contact Lenses Could Change with the Light?

Acuvue debuts Oasys with Transitions, all eyes breathe a sigh of relief

"...So, yes, in the midst of all the virtual..."

April 3, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW VR Cinema: Eleven Eleven

Are they gonna make it to the ship or, more likely, die?

"...it. But there are other potentials to this whole VR tech deal, right? Sure there are, pilgrim. And Eleven..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW VR Cinema: Mars Home Planet

In the Hall of the Martian Things

"...Community Onboarding Center via motion, haptics, spatial sound, and VR with six degrees of freedom...."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...the other hand – holy screaming Gaia, is this VR work of Steensen’s astonishingly gorgeous, or what?..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW VR Cinema: Cypher

You control Güvenç Özel's interactive new flesh sculpture

"...The VR part is that, having donned the requisite headset, you..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Will Communal VR Be the New Cinema?

Lights, camera, headset

"...Rheiner, founder of Somniacs and co-creator of the Birdly VR flight simulator, "To have the full potential, the full..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

VR/AR @ SXSW

What you see (and immersively interact with) is what you get

"...we are. But where, exactly, is here? What is VR – now that it's more generally capable of being..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Aldrin. Aquarela D: Victor Kossakovsky, Aquarela is a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gets Virtual

VR film pioneer Jessica Brillhart announced as 2019 keynote

"...at SXSW 2019, as the conference has just announced VR cinema pioneer Jessica Brillhart as its latest keynote speaker...."

Nov. 27, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Searching For Clues Online

Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian talk about their online thriller

"...bread-and-butter – the term is screen reality. "Just like VR, AR, this is SR," said Ohanian, who added, "When..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leigh Whannell Gets an Upgrade

Insidious creator gets techno, and talks the Blumhouse model

"...AC: Well, it's one of the first genuine VR movies. Unlike The Matrix, where the people in it..."

May 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema

Not just the border

"...of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot, unites with powerhouse local cinematographer Lee Daniel for A Strike and an Uprising (in..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...vertical slums called the Stacks, seek solace in the VR paradise of the Oasis, Cline's 2011 novel is drenched..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

SXSW Panel Recap: Immerse Yourself: AR & VR in Museums and the Arts

An odd juxtaposition of VR experience and expert panel

"...I attended the "Immerse Yourself: AR and VR in Museums and the Arts" panel at SXSW on..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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