In Bill Hader’s new eight-part series, 'Barry', which premiered at the 2018 SXSW Conference in Austin. he stars as a depressed hitman who wants out of his profession. He works for a friend of his dad, and gets guilted and pressured into continuing. He’s sent from his midwestern home to Hollywood to conduct a hit on an actor. He unintentionally follows him into an acting class where he finds acceptance and support. Can he change his profession?
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SXSW Convergence Festival: The Authoritarian Playbook
The SXSW Conference includes much more than music and movies. Its Convergence Festival includes government. At SXSW 2018 Authoritarian Playbook session, three highly experienced speakers discussed the common indicators that suggest a country is moving toward authoritarianism.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2018: March 16 (Caroline Rose, Lo Moon, Soccer Mommy, Now, Now, and More)
Caroline Rose, Lucy Rose, and Soccer Mommy were among the Friday highlights at SXSW Music Festival 2018 on March 16 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2018: March 15 (Sunflower Bean, Jade Bird, Kotomi, Salt Cathedral, Girl Ray, and More)
Jade Bird, Snail Mail, and Vita and the Woolf highlighted Thursday's music acts at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »SXSW World/US Premieres: ‘Take Your Pills,’ ‘Half the Picture,’ ‘Ali & Cavett, The Tale of the Tapes’
The SXSW Film Festival 2018 included 136 feature films: 89 World Premieres, 13 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres, and 49 feature films from first-time filmmakers.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: The Visually Striking ‘Field Guide to Evil’
With an impressive list of international directors providing interpretations of their own local legends, the blood-soaked 'Field Guide to Evil' brings surreal nightmares to life.
Read More »SXSW TV World Premiere: ‘Condor’ Keeps You Guessing
The classic thriller 'Three Days of the Condor' has been re-imagined for TV. Set in the current world of terrorism and government surveillance, 'Condor' goes deeper into political, personal, and psychological motivations than the movie had time for.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2018: March 14 (Our Girl, Natalie Prass, Wye Oak, Billie Eilish, and More)
Flyte, Jerry Williams, and Billie Eilish were among the highlights at Austin's South by Southwest Music Festival 2018 on Wednesday, March 14.
Read More »SXSW 2018 Film Keynote: Darren Aronofsky’s Ten Commandments of Indie
Aronofsky shared stories about his early struggles in getting films made. Out of these, he said, he developed ten commandments for filmmaking. 'I present these in all humility,' he said, 'as I am kind of a hack writer compared to that Bible guy.'
Read More »SXSW Documentary Review: ‘Generation Wealth’ by Lauren Greenfield
Until the 'bust' of the boom-and-bust cycle, pleasure seekers are blind to their condition. They don't recognize that their material lasciviousness bleeds the soul and psyche. With guided, well-crafted commentary Greenfield describes how the materialism that consumerism perpetuates insidiously destroys.
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