Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

"Civil War," Alex Garland's election-year provocation, debuted Thursday at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, unveiling a violent vision of a near-future America at war with itself.

"Civil War," reportedly A24's biggest budget release yet, is a bold gamble to capitalize on some of the...

Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

In the midst of Women’s History Month--and with International Women’s Day (3/8) having been commemorated just last week--the time seems especially right to celebrate the dual career of cinematographer/educator Amy Vincent, ASC. And indeed she was formally celebrated at the American Society of...

Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

If you participated in Atlanta's wildest gathering called Freaknik back in the day, then beware: You might be featured in Hulu's new documentary about the legendary street party that became popular through folklore tales involving gridlock traffic, public nudity and highway debauchery.

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Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024

Coming nearly straight from the Oscars with a truck full of Kenergy, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rolled into the South By Southwest Film and TV Festival to premiere "The Fall Guy," an affectionate, action-fueled ode to stunt work and the dedicated professionals that throw their bodies into...

Friday, Mar. 31, 2023

You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder is making some noise on the festival circuit. Director Emma Westenberg's fiction feature debut--which recently premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) as part of its Narrative Spotlight lineup--centers on a father-daughter relationship which is rekindled on...

Friday, Feb. 24, 2023

In our Sundance Film Festival Preview last month, SHOOT zeroed in on its New Directors Showcase alumni who had their work selected for screening.

Fast forward a few weeks and it turns out two of those filmmakers--A.V. Rockwell, a 2017 Showcase director, and Charlotte Regan, who...

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023

The first wave has been unveiled for the 2023 SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup. Selected as the opening night film is Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a raucous and engaing fantasy adventure directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.

That will kick off...

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022

After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to turn virtual the last two years, the Austin, Texas, festival is plotting a largely in-person event this March that will feature the premieres of the third season of Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” the latest from Richard Linklater and...

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2020

South by Southwest, the sprawling Austin, Texas, conference and festival, was one of the first major gatherings canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. But its organizers, eager to lend a hand to the movies that had been set to premiere at SXSW, on Tuesday went ahead with the festival's film...

Friday, Mar. 13, 2020

It’s tough to say where this started. Was it the Muslim ban? Was it that Nina Simone documentary? Was it my cousin talking about his time in a refugee camp? Was it seeing a sign for 10pm pickup at a daycare? Or was it my mom and dad breaking curfew during a coup d’etat so I could be born?...

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