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SXSW Review: When Angels Sing
 There are a few classic holiday films we like to pull out each year in addition to the Rankin/Bass Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, such as A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful...
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SXSW Review: Good Night
After several years in the making, Sean Gallagher's Austin-shot film Good Night debuted at SXSW -- find out more about the journey from Gallagher in Elizabeth's interview. The good news is that since...
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SXSW Review: The Retrieval
I've been a fan of Austin filmmaker Chris Eska's work since 2007, when his beautifully shot and quietly affecting feature August Evening became one of my favorite Texas films. So I had high hopes for...
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'The XXXX Saga' Production Diary: Week Two
Austin filmmaker James Christopher is directing Twitchy Dolphin Flix's new mockumentary-style features The XXXX Saga: Rise of the Beaver Slayer and The Porn Movie Massacre (no, they're not pornos)....
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SXSW Review: Grow Up, Tony Phillips
Grow Up, Tony Phillips, the new comedy from Emily Hagins, made its world premiere at SXSW last week, in the Vimeo Theater of the Austin Convention Center. The audience was eager and excited to see the...
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SXSW Review: Zero Charisma
The Austin-shot movie Zero Charisma may be as close as we ever get to a cinematic adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces. Scott Weidemeier, as portrayed by Sam Eidson, bears a strong resemblance to a...
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SXSW 2013: Peter Hall and John Gholson, Critics Being Critiqued (Part One)
By John Gholson[Editor's note: Please welcome local film writers John Gholson and Peter Hall to Slackerwood. Gholson decided to interview Hall about what happens when film bloggers (and critics,...
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SXSW 2013: Peter Hall and John Gholson, Critics Being Critiqued (Part Two)
By John Gholson[Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part conversation between Austin film writers John Gholson and Peter Hallabout what happens when film bloggers (and critics, journalists,...
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SXSW 2013: Peter Hall and John Gholson, Critics Becoming the Critiqued (Part...
By John Gholson[Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part conversation between Austin film writers John Gholson and Peter Hallabout what happens when film bloggers (and critics, journalists,...
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Austin at SXSW 2013: Andrew Bujalski, 'Computer Chess'
Austin transplant Andrew Bujalski has been putting audience members in check since the world premiere of his fourth feature Computer Chess (Debbie's dispatch) at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The...
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SXSW Review: A Teacher
The Austin-shot movie A Teacher, written/directed/produced by Hannah Fidell, colors outside the lines with its portrayal of a high-school romance gone awry.Maryland native Fidell's follow-up to We're...
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SXSW Review: Computer Chess
I work in high-tech so I'm no stranger to computer nerds, as they might have been called during the era in which the movie Computer Chess is set -- the 1980s, when computers were beginning to become...
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'The XXXX Saga' Production Diary: Week Three
Austin filmmaker James Christopher is directing Twitchy Dolphin Flix's new mockumentary-style features The XXXX Saga: Rise of the Beaver Slayer and The Porn Movie Massacre (no, they're not pornos)....
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SXSW Review: An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
The timing for An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story to premiere in Austin at SXSW could not have been more appropriate, if you know the news story it recounts. And how much you know about Michael...
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Dallas IFF 2013: Austin and Texas Films
This year's Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) kicks off tomorrow night and runs through April 14. Many familiar faces and movies have made their way there from Sundance and SXSW, not to mention...
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Interview: PJ Raval and the Men of 'Before You Know It'
A title card at the beginning of Austin-based filmmaker PJ Raval's documentary Before You Know It(Don's review) states that an estimated 2.4 million self-identified gay, lesbian and transgendered...
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Review: Somebody Up There Likes Me
I've seen Somebody Up There Likes Me twice now -- once at SXSW 2012 with a lively local-heavy audience, once via screener with no one else but the cat -- and found the movie terribly funny both times....
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Dallas IFF 2013: Sex Meets Humor with 'S/ash' and 'The Bounceback'
Programming a short film before a feature can be a hit or miss at times, and I enjoy selections that complement one another. A solid well-crafted short can warm up an audience and set the tone for the...
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'The XXXX Saga' Production Diary: Week Five
Austin filmmaker James Christopher is directing Twitchy Dolphin Flix's new mockumentary-style features The XXXX Saga: Rise of the Beaver Slayer and The Porn Movie Massacre (no, they're not pornos)....
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Lone Star Cinema: Hands on a Hardbody
It's a human drama thing. It's more than just a contest and it's more than just winning the truck. -- Benny Perkins, Hands on a HardbodyIf you're unfamiliar with Hands on a Hardbody, the essential...
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