SXSW
DN SXSW2011 – Sound It Out – Jeanie Finlay
It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and with her record store based documentary Sound it Out I could think of no better fit than our very own Jeanie Finlay. We sat down amongst the street venders to [...]
DN SXSW2011: Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon
You could describe the titular character in Terry McMahon’s ultra low budget feature as a high flying, fast talking master of his own destiny; but if you neglected to add the words ‘utter deplorable bastard’ it wouldn’t be an accurate description of the maelstrom at the centre of Charlie Casanova. Terry joined me to discuss [...]
DN SXSW2011: Wuss – Clay Liford
If you watch enough films it’s likely that you’ll arrive at a point where you can see most plots coming a mile off, which is why one of my favourite films of SXSW this year was Clay Liford’s dark comedy Wuss, which confounded my expectations without hitting the false notes of contrivance. Clay and I [...]
DN SXSW2011: Turkey Bowl – Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith’s Turkey Bowl is a comedy about ten friends who come together for an annual game of touch football and engage in more verbal sparing than they do plays. I spent some time with Kyle discussing his approach to realtime narratives and how crashing cars is the first step to hosting your feature debut [...]
SXSW: By the Numbers
If I’d have shot my view of Austin during SXSW all you’d get is a succession of queues, cinema screens and more than my fair share of Alamo $5 chocolate shakes. Luckily for you, the CNN iReporters and Vimeo creators teams had a much more varied and informative experience of the festival. SXSW: By the [...]
DN SXSW2011: Caught Inside – Adam Blaiklock
How does the idea of a surfing holiday in the Maldives with no one around for miles except for you and your small group of friends strike you? Yep, sounds lovely, that is unless you happen to be on the boating trip created by Australian director Adam Blaiklock in his debut feature Caught Inside; a [...]
DN SXSW2011 – PressPausePlay – David Dworsky & Victor Köhler
Give the masses access to cheap creative tools and you wont have to wait long before they use them to express themselves in ways you never imagined, but does the democratisation of creativity lead to better culture or will great art become drowned in a sea of mediocrity? PressPausePlay, the debut feature from David Dworsky [...]
DN SXSW2011 – Inside America – Barbara Eder
Kicking off our SXSW 2011 interviews is director Barbara Eder, whose drama/documentary mixed feature Inside America looks at the lives of six high school students in the boarder town of Brownsville, Texas, whose daily struggles are far removed from the shiny concept of the American Dream. There was no junk in there. They were short, [...]
SXSW2011: Umshini Wam/Paranmanjang
I realise you’re still waiting to hear about just what I’ve been seeing and who I’ve been talking to at SXSW this year – [excuse] I’ve been busy with screenings and parties and interviews, have pity. However, whilst you’re waiting I can tell you that tonight I got to see a great shorts double bill [...]
SXSW The Return…
A year ago, pretty much to the day, I hit the streets of Austin, Texas determined to find my way at SXSW for the very first time. It’s fair to say I was a little unprepared for the queues (missed far too many good films), the accommodation (a hotel 7 miles out isn’t ‘walking distance’) [...]
Categories
Get the DN iPhone App
Subscribe For Free
Podcast
Blog
Be Social
