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 published: 2013-03-14How Adam Wingard's You're Next Has Been Improved On Its Long Journey To Theaters We’ve been waiting a long time for Adam Wingard’s You’re Next. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, where it received rave reviews, and followed that up with a screening at Fantastic Fest that same year, but since then has been completed off the map.  filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-14Miles Teller And Shailene Woodley Wow SXSW With The Spectacular Now The Spectacular Now is a powerful film and a big reason it’s able to maintain its emotional punch is by never being preachy or over-dramatic. In the hands of lesser filmmakers the story would focus on how the wayward youths find their way back to the straight and narrow... filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-13Jane Levy Talks Blood, Giggles, Scratches, Swamps And Everything Evil Dead The day after the Evil Dead screening at SXSW I had the pleasure of quickly chatting with the actress about her starring role. Head inside to learn about Levy’s great time playing a demonic psycho,... filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-13SXSW: You're Next Is How You Do A Home Invasion Thriller Right Though it would be inappropriate to label You’re Next as a horror comedy, as the movie doesn’t spend a whole lot of time making jokes or winking at the audience, don’t think that means it isn’t one hell of a fun ride. The scares are so effective, bloody and intense that you can’t help by giggle afterwards as a reflex... filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-13Short Term 12, William And The Windmill Take Top SXSW Awards Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12, an ensemble drama about a 20-something caretaker (Brie Larson) at a foster care facility, took home the Narrative Feature award at the South By Southwest Film Festival on Tuesday evening. In the Documentary category, Ben Nabors’ winning William and the Windmill took home the top prize. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-12Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tackles Porn Addiction, Beds Scarlett Johansson in SXSW's Don Jon The story of Don Jon will be its use of pornography to tell of Jon’s predicament, and there are multiple discussions we can have regarding imagery in the media perverting the communal mind when it comes to sex, or Jon’s mistaken belief that simply attending weekly confession will return him to the straight-and-narrow path toward righteousness and healing. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-12Director Fede Alvarez Finds The Spirit Of The Evil Dead Thanks to its legion of fans, incredible impact on the horror genre, and the fact that it gave birth to icons like Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, the original Evil Dead movies are more than just great; they’re legendary. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-11SXSW: Mud Further Cements Jeff Nichols As A Must-Watch Filmmaker Mud is a very different movie from Take Shelter in many ways, but that only serves to make it such an exciting follow up, showing off Nichols’ versatility and promising that he has a lot to offer modern filmmaking. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-11Danny Boyle Updates SXSW On Trainspotting Sequel And Trance Hosted by NY Times columnist David Carr, the gathering felt like a cinematic celebration of Boyle’s stunning career achievements, running through clips on commentary from films like Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and a montage of snapshots from hits like 127 Hours, Millions, Sunshine and 28 Days Later. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-11Bruce Campbell Explains Why It's More Fun To Watch Evil Dead Movies Than Make Them Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead movies will forever stand as one of my favorite trilogies of all time. They’re endlessly re-watchable films that just have the perfect blend of horror and comedy, but as fun as they are to watch, apparently the opposite is true when it comes to making them. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-11Spring Breakers Delivers Drugs, Debauchery And James Franco's Best Performance Yet To SXSW It’s not often you witness the birth of an iconic screen character, but Franco pushes Alien into the annals of Hollywood lore with his gonzo performance. filed under: sxsw2013
 published: 2013-03-10Rose Byrne And Rafe Spall Reverse Romantic Comedy Standards In SXSW's I Give It A Year It’s always uncomfortable to watch married people fight. In a perfect world they would be the happiest among us, as they’ve found someone to love and cherish for as long as they both shall live, But then reality kicks in with the fact that just because people share a pair of rings doesn’t make them dreamily happy. filed under: sxsw2013
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