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SXSW 2023: New Films From Riley Keough, Emma Seligman, and More Added to the Lineup

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:37:50 +0000

The SXSW Festival has unveiled its second wave of film and TV premieres for its 2023 edition, including its Visions, Global (presented by MUBI), 24 Beats, and Festival Favorites sections. The festival will take place in Austin, TX from March […]

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NOTHING STAYS THE SAME: THE STORY OF THE SAXON PUB

Don R. Lewis — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:39:09 +0000

Yes, Nothing Stays the Same: the Story of the Saxon Pub is very much a love-letter to the Saxon Pub and, as such, often comes off like a Saxon Pub infomercial. Yet within this slick, loving doc lie a million little stories whose parts equal a greater whole.

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THEY LIVE HERE NOW

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:31:26 +0000

Although the U.S. leadership purports to be good Christians, they have no desire to assist those who need help. True Christians – heck, any decent human being – wouldn’t turn these people away from the border.

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A Conversation with Mike Ott & Cory Zacharia (CALIFORNIA DREAMS)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:44:59 +0000

I met with director Mike Ott and his principal subject, Cory Zacharia, on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss his hybrid documentary feature, California Dreams, which follows an eclectic assortment of five residents of the “Golden State” as […]

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WESTERN

Michael Tully — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:25:54 +0000

Western is cinematic nonfiction of a superior order.

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A Conversation With Kat Candler (HELLION)

Michael Tully — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:17:41 +0000

Kat Candler has been making films for over a decade now, but it wasn’t until this year’s Sundance Film Festival that she found herself stepping all the way into the spotlight. The feature-length adaptation of her Sundance approved 2012 short, […]

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BEESWAX

Lena Dunham — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:00:34 +0000

If Andrew Bujalski’s first two films were focused on characters staring into the precipice of adulthood (a metaphor that Garden State made all too literal), then the denizens of Beeswax are inside the sinkhole staring back.

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KID-THING

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:30:25 +0000

In KID-THING, the Zellner Bros.’ second feature film, Annie, the titular character, is in every way on her own, roaming the fields and alleyways of rural Texas with paintball gun and aluminum bat in hand, destroying all she comes across.

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PRINCE AVALANCHE

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:42:11 +0000

Prince Avalanche is never one thing; it’s everything at once.

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A Conversation with Kyle Henry and Paul Soileau (FOURPLAY)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:39:25 +0000

The first time I saw Christeene was when the (NSFW!) PJ Raval-directed video for her electro-rap song “Fix My Dick” came out a couple years ago. It was really funny and dark and dirty on a lot of levels, but […]

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