Some Upcoming Film Coolness at SXSW
In trying to get ready for South by Southwest, I spend a lot of time looking at the listings, watching trailers, and trying to figure out where I want to be when. Out of...
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Child of God is on Netflix
Since Fantastic Fest 2013, the film that stuck with me most is James Franco’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 1973 work “Child of God.” Now “Child of God” is on Netflix. While it isn’t the...
Nightcrawler and the Gatekeeper Theory
At Fantastic Fest this fall, I was waiting with the other photographers for Dan Gilroy, the writer/director of the film Nightcrawler to arrive. Before seeing the film, several of the photographers noted the irony...
The Grand Budapest Hotel at SXSW
Given that The Grand Budapest Hotel just won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and it got a lot of Oscar nominations this morning, I thought it would be nice to share some of...
If You Liked “Tiny Furniture” See “Felt”
In the week or so following Fantastic Fest, the film that’s been living in my head is “Felt.” Directed by Jason Banker (“Toad Road“) “Felt” is the movie I can’t stop turning over in...
Keanu Reeves At Fantastic Fest 2014
In September Keanu Reeves was at Fantastic Fest in conjunction with a showing of his new film John Wick. The film is a fabulous, stylish assassin-tale, with plenty of clever deaths and the coolest...
The Fantastic Debates at Fantastic Fest 2014
The Fantastic Debates at took place on the Saturday night of Fantastic Fest at Randy Palmer’s South Austin Gym. Here you can see familiar faces from the film world both in the boxing ring...
Creativity: Not Just for “Artists.”
For a long time it made me really uncomfortable when people described me as “creative.” Raised in a small town outside of Houston by an engineer father who would have loved for me to...
Back to Life, Back to Post Fantastic Fest Reality
Yesterday I saw a friend whom I go camping with. “You look like you saw all of Fantastic Fest. ALL of it.” I guess I did! So much more to come on the films,...
Goofy Kevin Smith on the TUSK Red Carpet
It’s Fantastic Fest, and I’m busy watching films! But check out these pictures of director Kevin Smith on the Fantastic Fest red carpet for his new film TUSK! Stay tuned for updates from the...
