SXSW Film Festival News
Today is the final day of the 2013 South by SouthWest Film Conference and Festival and it comes to a close with the announcement of the audience awards for the 20th annual Austin film fest.
The 20th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin is coming to an end, which makes this as good a time as any to look back at this year's festival and see how it fared compared to other festivals.
The South by SouthWest Film Festival still runs for a few more days but for ComingSoon.net it's quickly coming to a close as we return to our regularly-scheduled theatrical film coverage but we wanted to share three more reviews of movies we saw over the last couple days, two of them from the United Kingdom and one from the States.
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive video interview with a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=85748">Spring Breakers writer/director Harmony Korine and his wife Rachel, talking about making the edgy Florida-based crime thriller which stars Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and James Franco. It opens in New York and L.A. on Friday, March 15, and elsewhere in the country on March 22.
Even though she's been acting since the age of 8, most moviegoers only began to discover actress Sara Paxton in the mid-00s when she starred on the show "Darcy's Wild Life" and in 'tween comedies like Aquamarine and Sydney White. She then transitioned into horror with roles in movies like Shark Knight 3D and The Last House on the Left, but appearing in Ti West's lower budget 2010 flick The Innkeepers really put Paxton on the map as someone who could do great character work without relying on big gimmicks.
South by Southwest is four days in and we have been trying to see as many movies as humanly possible, but we've also had some time to sit down with a few native Austin filmmakers who decided to shoot their very different films in and around their hometown. Bryan Poyser is returning to South by Southwest with The Bounceback while Hannah Fidell's at the festival with her second movie, the drama A Teacher.
The first three days of the South by Southwest Film Festival hit like gangbusters with the world premieres of a number of movies as well as a couple returning favorites from other festivals. On Day 1, I finally caught Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, which premiered at Sundance as well as two premieres by returning SXSW filmmakers, Bryan Poyser's The Bounceback and Joe Swanberg's Drinking Buddies.
With the sci-fi adventure gearing up for release next month, Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion has descended on Austin, Texas. Several of the costumes and full-scale vehicles are on display as part of South By Southwest and ComingSoon.net was on-hand to grab a few photos. Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave Debuts Six Stills
Bullock and McCarthy Do Some Drunken Dancing in a New Clip from The Heat
Russell Crowe to Make Directorial Debut with The Water Diviner
Animated The Prophet Adaptation Lands All-Star Voice Cast
Dumb and Dumber To is Back On!
The Trailer and Poster for The LEGO Movie are Here!
Dolphin Tale 2 in the Works with Original Cast and Director
Legendary Pictures Press Conference: Updates on Warcraft, Spectral, Seventh Son and More
Del Toro and Tull on the Future of Pacific Rim and How It Differs From Godzilla
New Teaser Poster for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues