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SXSW Names Texas Crew As Production Partner
SXSW has a new production partner.The annual conference and festival, which covers film, TV, music and tech, has struck a deal with Texas Crew Productions to handle production across its 2026 lineup.The move will see the Pantheon Media Group-backed company work on event coverage, live…
SXSW Adds ‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Premiere, Red Hot Chili Peppers Documentary, Movies From The Apatow Family & More
SXSW has added more movies and TV premieres to its 33rd lineup which runs March 12-18, including season 3 debut of the Michael Patrick King HBO seriesThe Comebackstarring Lisa Kudrow, the Vicky Jewson directed ballerina action moviePretty Lethalstarring Uma Thurman, as well as the Ben Feldman…
SXSW Sets World Premieres ‘Ready Or Not 2’, ‘They Will Kill You’, Apple Series ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ & Pics With Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas & The Kevin Bacon Family
Spring’s taste-making cinema extravaganza SXSW revealed its film and TV lineup for the 33rd edition Wednesday, with big genre world premieres for Searchlight’s Radio Silence titleReady or Not 2: Here I Come,New Line’s Zazie Beetz horror action comedyThey Will Kill You(by the way, both movies open…
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‘Good Boy’ Director Ben Leonberg Reveals Secrets Behind Making A Horror-Thriller Film From The Perspective Of His Family Dog
Ben Leonberg enjoys a challenge. It’s why, he says, he spent more than 400 days turning his family home into a haunted house to film a horror movie with his family dog, Indy.Good Boy, a horror-thriller that debuted at SXSW, is told from the perspective of the loyal family dog, who moves to…
‘The Singers’ Filmmaker Sam Davis On Making A “Sneaky Crowd-Pleaser” That Landed On Oscars Shortlist
Sometimes inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places. In the case of the Oscar-nominated multihyphenate filmmaker Sam Davis, motivation came from an old Russian short story and the social media juggernauts Instagram and TikTok. Davis's short film,The Singers, based on the Ivan Turgenev…
Taylour Paige Had “Time Of My Life” Filming ‘I Love Boosters’ While “Pregnant As Hell”: “Lucky To Be Alive At The Same Time As Boots Riley”
Ahead if its world premiere as the 40thSXSW‘sopening-night film,Taylour Paige is looking forward to seeing her collaboration withBoots Riley inI Love Boosters.While discussing this weekend’s Season 1 finale ofIT: Welcome to Derry, available to stream Sunday at 9pm ET/PT on HBO Max, the…
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Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ Will Open SXSW 2026
Eight years after his directorial debut,Boots Riley is unleashing his sophomore featureI Love Boosters onSXSW‘s milestone 40th festival.On Thursday, the Austin film festival announced that the title will make its world premiere as the opening-night film of the 2026 lineup, which is scheduled…
Quantify Boards Int’l Sales On SXSW Comedy ‘Idiotka’ With Anna Baryshnikov & Camila Mendes For AFM Push
EXCLUSIVE:Quantify has boarded international sales rights to Nastasya Popov's buzzy SXSW comedy Idiotka as it revs up for its debut at the American Film Market.The film, which premieredto rave reviews at SXSW, stars Anna Baryshnikov and Camila Mendes, with Julia Fox, Benito Skinner, Owen…
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SXSW London Confirmed For Second Year As Submissions Open For Session Proposals
A second edition of SXSW London has been confirmed, running from June 1 to 6, 2026, with the organizers opening submissions for session proposals for the event’s three verticals of conference, music and screen.Confirmation of the event, which will run once again in East London, follows this…
‘R&R’ Comedy Series In Development With Jaime Pressly’s Liston James Productions After SXSW Debut
EXCLUSIVE:Through her recently launched production banner Liston James Productions, Emmy-winner Jaime Pressly has set her sights on a new comedy series,R&R.R&R, from up and coming writer JJ Herz, debuted a 10-minute proof-of-concept pilot at SXSW in March and was snapped up for development by…
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Filmmaker John Kelly On Creating The ‘Panic Attack’ Inspired Domhnall Gleeson Animated Short ‘Retirement Plan’; “I Was Prioritizing The Future At The Expense Of The Present”
Who among us hasn't dabbled in a little wishful thinking about the future until they're shaken to the core by the uncertainties of it all while covered in cold sweat? In the Oscar-qualifying animated shortRetirement Plan, writer-director John Kelly and co-writer Tara Lawall have perfected the art of…
‘The Threesome’ Foursome Discusses Film’s ‘Tenderness’ & Subversion Of Rom-Com Tropes: “We Will Always Want To Watch People Fall In Love”
Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the entirety ofThe Threesome.FromOh, HitoMaterialists, there's no shortage of recently released small-to-mid-budget movies excoriating the trials and tribulations of what the modern dating landscape looks like for young people. But where these…
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