Browsing: SXSW 2018

Hereditary is being touted as one of the scariest new movies out there, on a par with Rosemary's Baby or The Exorcist.  In theaters now, Hereditary tells the story of one family's increasingly terrifying discoveries about their ancestry after the matriarch passes away.  Sinister and creepy, it even affected usually hardened film critics at SXSW.

Interview by Paul Salfen Max Irons in Condor.  Photo credit: AT&T Audience Network Max Irons plays Joe Turner in Condor, a AT&T Network Audience adaptation based on the movie Three Days of the Condor, an academy-award nominated 1975 American political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max

Interview by Paul Salfen Charlie Plummer's Breakout Role Charlie Plummer photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of A24           LEAN ON PETE is in theaters NOW From acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend; 45 Years), and based on the beloved novel by Willy Vlautin, comes Lean on Pete—a deeply moving story about love, loneliness,

Interview by Bears Fonte My favorite film at SXSW this year, having had a few weeks to let it all sink in, was most certainly PROSPECT. Based on a short that played the fest a few years ago, Zeek Earl and Christopher Caldwell’s film follows a father-daughter mining team harvesting gems on a toxic planet.

The hottest new metal band from the coldest country on Earth is Impaled Rektum… or at least that’s what Finnish comedy HEAVY TRIP centers on. After twelve years of rehearsing in a garage without a gig, lead singer Turo (Johannes Holopainen) is finally ready to bring to the world what their bassist describes as ‘symphonic

Interview by Paul Salfen Matteo Messina, photo by Hank Fortner Grammy-winning composer Mateo Messina has graced Oscar-winning films, indie hits, and popular television shows with his distinct, moving and wildly innovative musical voice.  His folksy, guitar-led score for Jason Reitman’s “Juno,” starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera, contributed to the film’s runaway success, and led to Messina’s Grammy

Leigh Whannell, the writer behind the SAW and INSIDIOUS franchises, certainly knows how to scare…

Interview by Bears Fonte One of my favorite films at this year’s SXSW was the period comedy WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, a repositioning of the famous poet Emily Dickinson. I say repositioning instead of reimagining because many people would argue our traditional notion of who Dickinson was is more than likely wrong and based on

Interview by Bears Fonte On August 1, 2016 the ‘Campus Carry’ law went into effect, permitting the concealed carry of a handgun at Texas institutes of higher learning. Considering the long history of firearms on the UTcampus (including the infamous 1966 Charles Whitman tower mass shooting), it is not surprising most students did not support

We talk with LYNYRD SKYNYRD Founder/ Guitarist Gary Rossington, Singer Johnny Van Zant and Filmmaker Stephen Kijak Interview by Paul Salfen Featuring rare interviews and never-before-seen archive, IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW takes viewers on a trip through the history, myth and legend of the greatest American rock band of all time. Rising from the