We've touched down at this year's South by Southwest, taking in the news, panels, movies, television shows and more in Austin, TX. Here are all the highlights from this year’s event.
- Jan 26, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC
Rob Mockler’s surreal film Like Me explores loneliness through YouTube culture
It’s somewhere between social commentary and a horror movie about a criminal getting kicks for clicks
- Dec 1, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC
The Disaster Artist is a hilarious meta-commentary on filmmaking and misplaced ambition
James Franco takes a sharp, funny look inside The Room, one of the worst films of all time
- Jul 25, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC
Atomic Blonde cements Charlize Theron as an action star
John Wick’s director and Max Max: Fury Road’s star team up for an intense spy thriller with a killer soundtrack
By Ross Miller
- Mar 22, 2017, 7:57 PM UTC
How director Darren Lynn Bousman created The Tension Experience
How to build your own personal Westworld
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 18, 2017, 5:30 PM UTC
How escape rooms became the future of advertising
Getting locked up with brands in Austin, Texas
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 16, 2017, 2:58 PM UTC
Kesha is done making internet trolls her ‘higher power’
The musician shares the lessons she learned in a very difficult time
- Mar 16, 2017, 1:30 PM UTC
At this year’s SXSW, the hard questions have all gone unanswered
The festival’s biggest talks are also its safest
By Nick Statt
- Mar 15, 2017, 9:51 PM UTC
America may miss out on the next industrial revolution
Preparing for automation means investing in robotics
By Nick Statt
- Mar 15, 2017, 8:26 PM UTC
The co-writer of WarGames says he didn’t anticipate the dark side of hacking
- Mar 13, 2017, 9:51 PM UTC
Sony’s Motion Sonic wristband lets your dance moves manipulate music
Good dance moves required
By Nick Statt
- Mar 13, 2017, 9:13 PM UTC
Atomic Blonde is a good movie improved by an exceptional soundtrack
Its SXSW debut did not disappoint
- Mar 13, 2017, 8:56 PM UTC
Sure, slap an Android touchscreen on some headphones. Why not?
In an infinite universe, everything must happen
By Dieter Bohn
- Mar 13, 2017, 8:02 PM UTC
People are asking futurists if humans will one day swim as fast as sharks
The answer is probably no
By Nick Statt
- Mar 13, 2017, 6:21 PM UTC
Come see The Vergecast live at SXSW tomorrow — or watch it on Facebook Live
Once more with feeling!
By Ross Miller
- Mar 13, 2017, 2:44 PM UTC
Baby Driver is the ultimate expression of Edgar Wright’s madcap creative genius
The director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz is back, with a genre mash-up that’s part heist drama, part musical romance
By Bryan Bishop
- Mar 12, 2017, 8:08 PM UTC
Sony’s touchscreen projector technology feels like the future of interactivity
A touchscreen without a display
By Nick Statt
- Mar 12, 2017, 6:00 PM UTC
Google and Levi’s Project Jacquard jacket has restored my faith in wearables
Technology you wear on your sleeve — literally
By Nick Statt
- Mar 12, 2017, 5:28 PM UTC
The new Pennywise terrified the young cast of Stephen King’s IT reboot
It hits theaters on September 18th, 2017
- Mar 12, 2017, 4:00 PM UTC
Autonomous car startup NIO unveiled its self-driving concept vehicle
The company hopes to sell the cars in the US in 2020
- Mar 12, 2017, 3:23 PM UTC
American Gods’ creators say their show has new meaning in ‘a climate that vilifies immigrants’
- Mar 11, 2017, 10:58 PM UTC
Come see The Vergecast Live at SXSW on March 12th and 14th!
Things will probably happen!
By Ross Miller
