Beyond the tech, music, and brands, South by Southwest is one of the year's biggest film festivals.139 movies are screening in Austin this year, including a whole host world premieres. Along for the ride is a whole host of TV premieres, documentaries, and even a few unfinished shorts and full-length features. We're on the ground to cover as much as we can. In between the tacos, of course.
- Jan 23, 2017, 5:29 PM UTC
HBO's Slenderman documentary grapples with troubled teens getting lost online
Can a shapeshifting meme be explained in a linear film?
- Mar 29, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC
The rise of Mo'Wax founder James Lavelle — and the record industry that fell with him
The creators of UNKLE documentary Artist & Repertoire discuss their subject's singular career (and what to do when DJ Shadow gives you his entire home video collection.)
- Mar 18, 2016, 2:42 PM UTC
The unlikely history of Heavy Metal Parking Lot, the original viral video
Decades before streaming video went mainstream, Heavy Metal Parking Lot caught on, not through official distribution channels, but through an underground network fan-dubbed VHS copies.
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 18, 2016, 12:30 AM UTC
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is the perfect Netflix movie: snackable and totally disposable
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 16, 2016, 8:06 PM UTC
The making of Hardcore Henry, the craziest first-person action movie you’ll ever see
This is what happens when you give a Russian punk rocker a GoPro
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 16, 2016, 3:48 PM UTC
Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd: 'I embrace being a bitch. No guy would be called that.'
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 15, 2016, 7:49 PM UTC
How Preacher showrunner Sam Catlin brought the methods of Breaking Bad to a supernatural drama
'So much is possible. Tom Cruise can die, and there’s vampires and angels.'
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 15, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC
SXSW horror flick Hush is coming soon to Netflix — but you’ll wish you saw it in a theater
- Mar 15, 2016, 1:27 PM UTC
JJ Abrams-backed web series Moon Shot focuses on the human scientists behind space travel
Exploring the motivations behind the Google Lunar X Prize competition
By Loren Grush
- Mar 14, 2016, 8:10 PM UTC
Dead Slow Ahead is a transcendent sci-fi documentary that must be experienced
There are very few films I've seen that I can confidently say "have everything." 2001: A Space Odyssey is one. Dead Slow Ahead is most certainly another.
- Mar 12, 2016, 7:56 PM UTC
Everybody Wants Some!! misses what's best about Dazed and Confused
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 12, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC
Hillary Clinton will appear on this week's episode of Broad City, thanks to Amy Poehler
Ilana joins Team Clinton
- Mar 11, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC
Of course Disney brought a life-sized TIE Fighter to Austin, Texas
The brand activation awakens
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 10, 2016, 7:00 PM UTC
Netflix is buying Hush, a low-budget horror movie premiering at SXSW
It'll debut in Austin on Saturday before hitting Netflix on April 8th
By Jamieson Cox
