Guest blogger Bart Weiss is the founder and president of the Video Association of Dallas. He recently sent along this post about his recent trip to Austin for South by Southwest: We have AFI coming up really soon, but last week I headed south to Austin for my annual fix of film and fun at [...]
Guest blogger Lydia Regalado is an arts educator, crafter and blogger who writes about people who gather to make things. DIY is happening all over SXSW, from silk-screened T-shirts and CD cases to panel sessions on selling your art. There are also some informative podcasts on the SXSW Web site, of particular interest was the [...]
ON TO THE MUSIC: We at Art&Seek covered the film and interactive pieces of SXSW this year, and honestly, we’re tapped out. But don’t despair – several of our local media pals are down in Austin to bring you blow-by-blow coverage of the music side of things. Mario Tarradell from guidelive.com checked in on the [...]
AUSTIN – Thanks to all who have kept up with the reporting April and I have done from SXSW the last couple of days. I’m about to make that long, boring trip up I-35 home, but before I hit the road I thought I would leave you with some of the funnier quotes I’ve heard [...]
Daniel in the lions’ den? Author-columnist-provocateur-professional atheist Christopher Hitchens is coming to Dallas this weekend. He’ll speak during the first-ever Christian Book Expo, the Morning News reports in a front-page story. Sick of SXSW coverage? Of course not. Never can have too much SXSW coverage. Having read our multiple daily reports from the hard-working April [...]
AUSTIN – One of the most personal films showing this year at SXSW is Sunshine. Karen Skloss’ self-portrait explores society’s evolving attitude toward single mothers as she digs into her part in that transformation. And it’s doubtful anyone is more qualified to make a film on the subject than Skloss. In 1974, her mother, Mary, [...]
AUSTIN – SXSW has always been a festival that caters to filmmakers. Sure, the occasional moviestar makes an appearance (as Seth Rogen is doing tonight), but the talent behind the camera normally takes centerstage. The reason for that is that part of SXSW’s mission is education. Hence the dozens of daily panels on everything from [...]
AUSTIN — The purpose of most music videos is to simply showcase the artist and the song that they’re singing. They’re marketing tools, essentially. Josephine Decker didn’t want to make that kind of video. Sure, she was interested in promoting her friend, Brooklyn singer Charlie Hewson and his song, “Where Are You Going, Elena.” But [...]
AUSTIN – My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Passion of the Christ are two of the most financially successful independent films of all time. Wedding grossed more than $300 million worldwide, while Passion earned an astounding $600 million. Those two films have two things in common. They were both thought to be difficult to [...]
AUSTIN – SXSW has turned into a launching pad for big Hollywood comedies over the past few years. Knocked Up (2007) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) had their debuts here, and this year Observe and Report and I Love You Man are on the bill. The cast of I Love You Man gathered Saturday afternoon [...]
