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 UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
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 UTCEmily Yoshida
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 UTCBryan Bishop
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.
Mar 18, 2016, 12:30 AM UTCBryan Bishop
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is the perfect Netflix movie: snackable and totally disposable
Mar 16, 2016, 8:06 PM UTCBryan Bishop
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
Mar 16, 2016, 3:48 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd: 'I embrace being a bitch. No guy would be called that.'
Mar 15, 2016, 7:49 PM UTCBryan Bishop
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.'
Mar 15, 2016, 5:38 PM UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
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 UTCLoren Grush
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
Mar 14, 2016, 8:10 PM UTCEmily Yoshida
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 14, 2016, 3:25 PM UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
How Jake Gyllenhaal won SXSW with nothing but his weirdo charm
Mar 13, 2016, 4:00 PM UTCEmily Yoshida
Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols: 'I think plot is very overrated'
Mar 12, 2016, 7:56 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Everybody Wants Some!! misses what's best about Dazed and Confused
Mar 12, 2016, 4:30 PM UTCKaitlyn Tiffany
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 UTCBryan Bishop
Of course Disney brought a life-sized TIE Fighter to Austin, Texas
The brand activation awakens
Mar 10, 2016, 7:00 PM UTCJamieson Cox
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
