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SxSW Reaction: SONGS FROM THE HOLE
Another great documentary out of South By Southwest this year was SONGS FROM THE HOLE which premiered to capacity crowds at all of its screenings. I really wish I could have met filmmaker Contessa Gayle to give her my congratulations on such an experience! About: At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his […]
SxSW Reaction – CIVIL WAR
The second to last of the big Headliner titles at South By Southwest this year, there was an incredible sea of excitement in the air for Alex Garland’s latest picture CIVIL WAR. With lines starting nearly six hours before the screening, there were thousands of SxSW badgeholders dying to see the latest work from Garland […]
SxSW Reaction – THE HOBBY
It’s always a joy to see a documentary at any festival about the fan community and what makes them tick. THE HOBBY screened at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival and what excited me the most is that it’s a Canadian produced documentary. I travelled all the way down from Canada to […]
SxSW Reaction – Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience
It’s wonderful to always see Austin stories, and FADERS UP is no exception. Premiering recently at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin, I have heard nothing but great reactions from festivalgoers and there are still a few screenings left to check it out! About: “Faders Up” takes a cinematic deep-dive into the extraordinary life and […]
SxSW Reaction: PLASTIC PEOPLE
Another documentary from this year’s South By Southwest that had people really talking was the Canadian doc PLASTIC PEOPLE. Both Antonio and myself got to see it (myself ahead of the festival and Antonio went to a screening) and I also had many fest-goers recommend it after seeing the shows while in Austin. About: Are […]
SxSW Reaction: DICKWEED
One documentary that had a LOT of talk at South By Southwest this week, and for good reason, is the AMC+/Sundance doc DICKWEED, which its title alone attracted quite a bit of attention. The movie had three screenings at SxSW and the filmmakers were in attendance, and sadly I didn’t get to meet them (but […]
SxSW Reaction – GHOSTLIGHT
All the way back in 2019, which feels like an eternity ago, I stumbled across an indie gem masterpiece called SAINT FRANCES on the very last night of SxSW. It had won several awards and had praise from anyone who had seen it, so I was pretty stoked to see it. The movie exceeded my […]
SxSW Reaction – THE FALL GUY
A few nights ago, I felt the roof blew off the Paramount Theatre in Austin with the release of Dev Patel’s MONKEY MAN. That was just a warm-up for Tuesday night’s screening of THE FALL GUY, the much anticipated new action picture from director David Leitch, who I met here in Austin many years ago […]
SxSW Reaction – MONKEY MAN
The roof pretty much blew off the top of the Paramount Theatre in Austin last night at the World Premiere of MONKEY MAN, the much anticipated new actioner and directorial debut by none other than Dev Patel, a man who I think is loved by every single human on earth. Yours truly was seeing Mr. […]
SxSW Reaction – This Is A Film About The Black Keys
If you are a fan of The Black Keys, you absolutely wanted to be at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin last night where The Black Keys were in attendance for Jeff Dupre’s new doc appropirately titled THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE BLACK KEYS! About: THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE BLACK KEYS traces […]
SxSW Reaction – NEVER LOOK AWAY
SxSW unoficially “opened” with the documentary NEVER LOOK AWAY, which screened hours before the opening night movie ROAD HOUSE! This was quite unusual for the festival which usually doesn’t start screenings until later in the evening, but it was great for us to get a movie in before the Headliners! We joined Lawless as well […]
SxSW Reaction – SECRET MALL APARTMENT
There are no shortage of solid documentaries playing at this year’s South By Southwest TV and Film from all corners of the world and even ones set right here in Austin! Watch over the following week for more reactions, but I wanted to kick off the documentaries from my end with one from my favourite […]
SxSW Reaction – STORMY
I had the great opportunity to attend the world premiere of Stormy, a new documentary from Peacock. It is directed by Sarah Gibson (Britney Vs. Spears) and produced by Judd Apatow, based on the life of Stormy Daniels and the chaotic turn her life took after it came out that she had sex with former […]
SxSW 2024 Reaction – ROAD HOUSE
It was a glorious opening night at the 2024 edition of South By Southwest Film & TV for the World Premiere of Doug Liman’s ROAD HOUSE, a big and grand. The cast and crew were all here in attendance. Doug Liman was present, sitting about ten rows behind my aisle seat donning a cowboy hat. […]