New Documentaries: Lynyrd Skynrd, Bill Murray, more from SxSW 2018
New Documentaries: Lynyrd Skynrd, Bill Murray, more from SxSW 2018 5 fresh documentaries to troll Netflix or your local indie movie theater for While the narrative features screened at SXSW face an uncertain future, the prospects are much brighter for the...
The Unsolved Mysteries of SxSW
The Unsolved Mysteries of SxSW The joys of the world's largest cheeseboard, our new favorite bands and inefficient transit to hog-rendering plant - SxSW demystified! As a member of the press who has attended the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for more...
White Buffalo, Black Lodge, and the best of the rest from SxSW 2017
White Buffalo, Black Lodge, and the best of the rest from SxSW 2017 Donuts, Handmaids, Veep, and lots of Twin Peaks. More, more, more things you missed at SxSW South by Southwest may have downsized since reaching critical mass a couple of years ago, but it’s not as if...
SxSW Films 2017: Five Pairs Face Off
SxSW Films 2017: Five Pairs Face Off Pairs of Fresh Rockumentaries, Documentaries, Film Noir, Women's Stories, and films about Aging Hollywood Icons face off in our SxSW movie roundup. Standing in line for my final screening of SXSW’s 2017 film program, it occurred to...
Familiar Bliss: 10 Veteran Rockers You Must See at SxSW
Familiar Bliss: 10 Veteran Rockers You Must See at SxSW Out of touch with which cutting edge artists to see at SxSW? Head for the disappointment-free zone with these rock stalwarts. You swore it would never happen to you. You’d never be one of those middle-aged...
Best of the Fest: 5 Fab Films from SXSW 2016
Best of the Fest: 5 Fab Films from SXSW 2016 Richard Linklater's "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused, the friendship behind Smokey and the Bandit, & a school shootings doc make our list! Have you read our SXSW Rockumentary Roundup? Of course you have! But as...
You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW
You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW The finest no-wait bbq, no-line clubs, no-hassle watering holes, and public toilet locations for you dear reader! So you’ve finally made it to SXSW, but you fear you might be too old to enjoy it. No...
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead: video Q&A with Wes Orshoski & Captain Sensible
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead: video Q&A with Wes Orshoski & Captain Sensible Straight from the film's SxSW premiere, a Q&A with the forces behind the new Damned rockumentary. 5 years after co-Directing “Lemmy: the Movie,” an...SxSW 2015: We Wrap it Up!
SxSW 2015: We Wrap it Up! By 2014, South by Southwest had virtually become a city in its own right: a Brigadoon appearing once a year in March, threatening to crush Austin, Texas under its weight. The symbol of this rampant expansion and the...
Top Five Documentaries from SXSW 2015
Top Five Documentaries from SXSW 2015 A recent Variety article made the dubious claim that the success of HBO’s The Jinx, the six-part miniseries about accused multiple-murderer Robert Durst, will usher in a golden age of documentaries. Anyone who has attended SXSW...Has SxSW Reached It’s Tipping Point? Music Wrapup 2014
Has SxSW Reached It’s Tipping Point? Music Wrapup 2014 I’ve been attending the South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Conference since 1996, and even then the complaints were the same: It’s gotten too big, it’s gotten too corporate, it’s a...
