SXSW
‘Evil Dead Rise’ Filmmaker Lee Cronin Tackling Horror Thriller ‘Thaw’ for New Line (Exclusive)
Lee Cronin, director of New Line’s upcoming Evil Dead Rise, is reuniting with the studio to direct the original horror feature Thaw. Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft. Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, […]
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‘Americana’ Review: Sydney Sweeney and Halsey in a Contemporary Western That Cleverly Subverts Expectations
Directed by Tony Tost, the recent SXSW selection also stars Paul Walter Hauser and Simon Rex.
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Cast of Adele Lim’s Comedy ‘Joy Ride’ to Receive CinemaCon’s Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award
On the heels of a world premiere at SXSW, Adele Lim’s Joy Ride has snagged its first award. The cast of the wild road trip comedy will receive the CinemaCon Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award during the Big Screen Achievement Awards inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 27. From Lionsgate […]
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‘This Closeness’ Review: A Couple and Their Airbnb Host Get Acquainted in an Astute Dramedy of Awkwardness
Kit Zauhar writes, directs and stars in the film, which debuted at SXSW and unfolds over a weekend in a Philadelphia.
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‘Parachute’ Review: Brittany Snow’s Directing Debut Tackles Addiction, Eating Disorders and Anxiety With an Impressively Light Touch
This portrait of a relationship between a woman with an eating disorder (Courtney Eaton of 'Yellowjackets') and a boy with co-dependency issues (Thomas Mann) won two awards at SXSW.
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‘Air’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Ode to Michael Jordan Is Affectionate and Involving, Even When It Fails to Convince
The 'Argo' actor/director stars alongside Matt Damon and Viola Davis in this feature about the creation of Nike's Air Jordan shoe.
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Ben Affleck Premieres ‘Air’ at SXSW: “Most Important Night of My Professional Life”
Ben Affleck screened the world premiere of his new film Air at South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on Saturday and quickly made it clear how much he wanted his Amazon Studios project to succeed. “Tonight is the most important night of my professional life,” Affleck declared from the stage, amid […]
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Viola Davis on Playing Michael Jordan’s Mom in ‘Air’: “I Wanted to Know More About This Woman”
When Ben Affleck met with Michael Jordan about Air, the director’s new movie that highlights a key moment in the basketball icon’s story, Jordan had one request. “Viola Davis. That’s my mom,” the filmmaker recalled to The Hollywood Reporter of what Jordan told him. Air, the story of how Michael Jordan’s family and a group […]
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‘You Can Call Me Bill’ Review: Pensive Doc Shows a Different Side of William Shatner
Director Alexandre O. Philippe walks the actor through his career in a documentary that covers everything from 'Star Trek' to 'Boston Legal' to his trip into space.
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‘Late Bloomers’ Review: Karen Gillan Stars in a Slight Odd-Couple Friendship Dramedy
The actress plays a depressed musician who bonds with an older Polish woman (Margaret Sophie Stein) in Lisa Steen's directorial debut, which premiered at SXSW.
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Jake Johnson Asked Friends to Be Brutally Honest About Directorial Debut ‘Self Reliance’
In Self Reliance, Jake Johnson’s Thomas, still reeling from a two-year-old break-up and generally disillusioned with life, agrees to participate in a reality television show for the dark web where, for 30 days, people will try to murder him. The loophole that Thomas gloms on to is that he can’t be murdered when he is […]
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‘Black Barbie: A Documentary’ Review: A Fascinating but Unfocused History of a Groundbreaking Doll
In her debut documentary premiering at SXSW, Lagueria Davis examines the origins and implications of Black Barbie dolls.
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