Archive for March, 2007

Suffering Man’s Charity - SXSW Premiere

This was an… extreme film to say the least. Graphic in its use of language and violence and extreme in its performances, this film was quite an experience.
The performances in this film, which basically amounted to a two person play, were way over the top while staying quite entertaining. Alan Cumming, in I believe his […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 24th, 2007

Diggers - SXSW Premiere

This is an enjoyable film. Lean, tight, not a lot of fluff. It has a direction and stays with it till the end.
A nice, dramatic turn for Paul Rudd, who I’m used to seeing in comedy, playing a soon to be out of work clam digger in 1970’s Long Island, as the larger corporations move […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 23rd, 2007

Knocked Up - Premiere

This will probably go down as the best movie appearing at SXSW this year, and the most popular.
The lines to get into this movie were unlike any of the other films I had seen for any film at the festival, including the opening night premiere of ‘The Lookout.’ And the movie does not disappoint in […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 12th, 2007

Flakes

Flakes was a movie I was looking forward to seeing at SXSW.
Starring Zooey Deschanel and Aaron Stanford, this romantic comedy centers around a cereal bar and Zooey’s desire for Aaron to motivate himself a little more and follow his rock dreams and get away from his dead end job. Along the way a rival bar […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 12th, 2007

The Lookout

My first movie premiere and my first trip to SXSW all in one. Quite exciting.
The first thing I noticed with the kickoff film of SXSW was the line. By the time the movie started I think it covered 3 of the 4 blocks around the building, broken into groups of badge holders, pass holders and […]

Steve Uncategorized on March 10th, 2007