Talk To Me was the talk of the town at SXSW 2023. Danny and Michael Philippou worked as crew on 2014’s great Australian horror film “The Babadook.” This year they are directing a horror film, starring Sophie Wilde and Miranda Otto. It premiered at SXSW and is being distributed by … [Read More]
The documentary about the life and career of 91-year-old William Shatner, “You Can Call Me Bill,” written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, screened at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 16. The documentary was financed by Legion, which is fan-owned. The donors’ names appear in the credits at the … [Read More]
Writer/Director Jocko Sims won the ‘SXSW 2023 for TV Pilot competition’ winner with his new short film Grown, released by Stay Ahead Media. Check out the interview with the Writer/Director here: Grown is a True-ish Story… In an attempt to emulate his recently deceased father, an adolescent sneaks into a … [Read More]
Slip made a major appearance at this years’ SXSW festival in Austin Texas. Zoe Lister-Jones, a frequent participant at SXSW, has written, directed, and stars in this television series (Roku Originals). Slip takes our heroine and places her in several relationships, usually after a steamy sex scene, each one more … [Read More]
The cast of Problemista descended upon SXSW 2023 to support the release of Julio Torres’ debut film. Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini, Larry Owens, Catalina Saavedra, Greta Lee, and Julio Torres all star in this film and took time out of their schedules to answer fan questions. I was lucky … [Read More]
Director James Adolphus, who helmed the documentary “Being Mary Tyler Moore,” was asked about his exposure to Mary Tyler Moore before he undertook to make this extraordinarily intimate 2- hour film about her life. He admitted that he had never watched any of her shows, that she was more of … [Read More]
SYNOPSIS: Alejandro (Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize … [Read More]
The cast of Love & Death descended onto the SXSW stage to premiere their new HBO MAX series. Onstage with his castmates, Jesse Plemons (“Breaking Bad“) was a shadow of his former self, showing off a remarkable weight loss since he filmed the series. Co-stars in this drama about the … [Read More]
“Caterpillar” was a fascinating documentary at SXSW about a new YouTube fad, changing one’s eye color, which is done, surgically, in India. It sounded very dicey, and, as it turns out, it is. Endlessly struggling to feel seen, David becomes infatuated with a mysterious company’s promise to transform people’s lives … [Read More]
Director Kris Mercado is promoting his new movie If You Were The Last, which makes its SXSW debut this year. The new film stars Anthony Mackie and Zoe Chao in a cute and quirky romantic comedy. I was able to speak with Kris about his new movie, his fascination with … [Read More]
Maika Monroe, the blonde star of “It Follows” (2014), has 33 credits, to date. I first became aware of her work in “Hot Summer Nights” at SXSW in 2017, when shooting on the Red Carpet with many young actors who were about to become stars (Timothy Chalamet, for one) lounging … [Read More]
Pitcher Nolan Ryan is now 74 years old. His family members, especially sons Reese and Reid, collaborated on Facing Nolan at SXSW directed by Bradley Jackson that showcases the achievements of the pitcher of whom Rod Carew said, “There will never be another like Nolan Ryan.” Pete Rose added, “Nolan … [Read More]