“I went into this profession with nobody in the business and no real expectation that it would be an easy ride” – Adrien Brody
SXSW Interview: Adrien Brody on His Documentary, ‘Stone Barn Castle’ Read More »
“I put 70 very good actresses on tape before I started talking to Aubrey” – Director Hal Hartley on Casting Aubrey Plaza
SXSW Interview: Director Hal Hartley Talks ‘Ned Rifle’, Crowdfunding and More! Read More »
“In my life, there’s always been these periods, where, ‘Oh my God, I’m never going to work again.’ And then things come out of nowhere. Especially if you’ve already arranged to leave the business and take a trip” – Mary Louise Wilson
I always feel like I’m always a fight for everybody. Like, “Constance Zimmer? Constance Zimmer. Doesn’t she always play those bitchy women?” – Constance Zimmer Constance Zimmer stars alongside Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders and Kevin Corrigan in Results, writer/director Andrew Bujalski‘s film about two personal trainers whose lives are altered
Directed by Jay Dockendorf, Naz and Maalik tells the story of two closeted Muslim teens who have their day ruined by the FBI when their small-time scheming puts an agent on their trail. The film takes place an a single afternoon, and even though it’s set against the FBI story,
“Leave it at the door. Don’t take it with you afterwards. It just ruins your day and it’s really not meant to do that” – Jenna Ushkowitz on Auditions
“I find sometimes emotional scenes are not that difficult for me. I find a way of tricking myself to trick myself to make something happen.” – Robert Duvall
Mary (Katharine Emmer) is a bored, depressed nanny who’s just been fired from her job, thanks to a terrible clown named Homer. Homer (The Walking Dead’s Josh McDermitt) is equally depressed and feels bad for what happened so he offers to help out by letting her crash at his friend’s
SXSW Review: ‘Life in Color’ Read More »
I dare you to watch Michael Showalter’s new film, ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’, and not completely be in love with Sally Field at the end of this charming film
SXSW Review: Sally Field in ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’ Read More »
Directed by Ondi Timoner, the doc follows the multi-hyphenate (comedian/actor/author/activist/rabble-rouser) into the second coming of his career, activism.
SXSW Review: ‘Brand: A Second Coming’ Read More »
Directors Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck talk about their SXSW film, God Bless the Child and working with kids and 2 patients dogs.
SXSW Interview: ‘God Bless the Child’ Directors Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Read More »
I’m not the biggest fan of horror films but ‘The Final Girls’ totally won me over. OK, slayed me. I tried not to write that but couldn’t help it.
While the South by Southwest Festival is known for its many film premieres, like many film festivals SXSW’s programming also includes industry panels. For actors, perhaps the most notable panel was one featuring casting directors describing what goes into making their decisions, from money paid to talent through the positives
The director and cast talk about their original idea for the web series, the challenges of moving from the web to a film and how Daniel Dae Kim got involved
SXSW Interview: Daniel Dae Kim and the Director and Stars of ‘Ktown Cowboys’ Read More »
Directed on a shoestring budget and taking a 1 1/2 to complete, the duo behind Sweaty Betty prove that with determination and will, you can do anything
SXSW Interview: Joseph Frank and Zachary Reed On Their Directorial Debut, ‘Sweaty Betty’ Read More »
After watching Tishuan Scott in writer/director Chris Eska‘s Civil War era film, The Retrieval, I’m not surprised that he won the Breakthrough Performance Award at 2013’s SXSW. The film is a story about, Will (Ashton Sanders), a 13 year-old boy and his uncle (Keston John), who are surviving by working
Alex on his feature directing debut: “It’s a long time coming”
John on auditioning: “It’s terrible. It’s just the worst”
Patrick: “I’ve now done more movies than I’ve done theatre and that’s sort of in a weird way sad”
