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What could be, could be: Our top 10 hopes for SXSW 2015
Much of the fun surrounding SXSW is predicting what big performers, keynotes and exhibits will stand out at the fest. Last year proved to be a doozy, with Lady Gaga, Game of Thrones and much more....
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Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Wilson, del Toro, others
Robert Rodriguez, Guillermo Del Toro and Danny Trejo walk the red carpet. (Suzanne Cordeiro / For American-Statesman) There aren’t many better ways to start an evening than hearing Mike Judge say, in...
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Russell Brand cancels SXSW appearance
SXSW announced today that Russell Brand will not be attending tonight’s SXSW premiere of “BRAND: A Second Coming.” Nor will he be attending the “Russell Brand’s Revolution Will Be Televised” session...
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‘Selma’ director Ava DuVernay talks intention, attention in SXSW Film keynote...
Director Ava DuVernay on the set of “Selma,” much of which was filmed in metro Atlanta. Photo: Paramount “Selma” director Ava DuVernay addressed an enthusiastic crowd inside of the Vimeo Theater...
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Mark Duplass in SXSW keynote: For indie film, “the cavalry is not coming.”
After being introduced for his SXSW keynote address by SXSW Film director Janet Pierson as the “ultimate modern entrepreneurial filmmaker” (He directs! He writes! He produces!), formerly Austin-based...
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SXSW 2015: Review of ‘City of Gold’
“City of Gold” Calling Jonathan Gold a restaurant critic does not do justice to the man and his importance to Los Angeles and the American culinary scene. He is a cultural anthropologist who uses food...
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Julia Louis Dreyfus talks HBO’s ‘Veep’ (and Meerkat) at SXSW
“Veep” actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus shows off the Meerkat app on her smartphone during a SXSW panel Monday. Photo by DEBORAH CANNON / AMERICAN-STATESMAN Time/date: 11 a.m. Monday The gist: “Veep” actors...
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Will Forte and John Ridley discuss their very different network TV shows at SXSW
Eugene Hernandez, left, interviews Will Forte, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord about their network television projects. DALE ROE / AMERICAN-STATESMAN Time/date: 12:30 p.m. Monday The gist: John Ridley...
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SXSW Film review: They Will Have to Kill Us First
Songhoy Blues There’s a moment about two-thirds of the way through this film about music and war in the African nation of Mali when a band of young men called Songhoy Blues gets a chance to tour...
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SXSW review: “Get Hard” is exceptionally obnoxious
Will Ferrell has built his film career on being an everyman (“Old School”) or a naïf devoid of self-consciousness (“Elf,” “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” this list goes on, frankly). In Etan Cohen’s...
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SXSW Film review: All Things Must Pass
Tower Records founder Russ Solomon in a scene from “All Things Must Pass.” Launched in Sacramento, Calif., in 1961, Tower Records blossomed into one of the world’s most prominent music sellers over the...
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9 movies you can (and should) still see during SXSW Film
Jason Schwartzman in ‘7 Chinese Brothers.’ Once SXSW Music rolls into town, some of us forget that SXSW Film is still going. In fact, a lot of SXSW Film attendees leave after Monday, though screenings...
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SXSW Film review: Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove
Still from “Doug Sahm and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove” “My dad’s whole life revolved around what he called the groove,’” Shawn Sahm says early on in “Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove,”...
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SXSW Film: ‘Transpecos’ is a breakout for Austin director
It’s always fun to come across a movie that doesn’t have a distributor and needs a boost because it’s really good and deserves it. This year at South by Southwest, that movie, at least for me, is...
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SXSW Film review: ‘Honky Tonk Heaven: The Story of the Broken Spoke’
“Honky Tonk Heaven: The Story of the Broken Spoke” documents one of the last and surely one of the most famous of the true Texas honky tonk/dancehalls. “Honky Tonk Heaven: The Story of the Broken...
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SXSW Film review: ‘Slash’
Austin-based filmmaker Clay Liford’s latest feature film had its world premiere at SXSW this afternoon to a packed crowd that included many cast and crew members. A broader adaptation of his own 2012...
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SXSW Film review: ‘Kill Me Please’
“Kill Me Please” is gorgeous. It’s a slow-burn teenage slasher flick, where most of the action takes place off-screen, creating an electric tension throughout. Bia, the protagonist, is a 15-year-old...
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SXSW Film review: ‘Artist & Repertoire’
Artist & Repertoire charts the turbulent journey in the music industry of underground DJ icon James Lavelle and his fellow musicians DJ Shadow, Ian Brown, Josh Homme, Jarvis Cocker, DJ Krush, the...
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SXSW Film Review: “Best and Most Beautiful Things”
By Jane Kellogg Murray It was a quote by Helen Keller that brought filmmaker Garrett Zevgetis to her former school, Perkins School for “Best and Most Beautiful Things” director Garrett Zevgetis....
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Growing up with Louis Black and Leonard Maltin
By John Laird Louis Black (managing editor, SXSW Staff/Austin Chronicle) and Leonard Maltin (famed critic), two very recognizable names when it comes to film, had a little hangout session today at...
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