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"Choices, choices…," says the narrator, a young seamstress, in this strange and striking debut from Freddy Macdonald. A neo-noir in the early Coens tradition, Sew Torn also features a bold tri-part structure in which the heroine, Barbara (Eve Connolly) — like Lola before her in Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run…

In The Fall Guy, audiences are treated to a kinetic journey through the lens of Hollywood’s most daring yet often overlooked contributors: stunt performers. Starring an ensemble cast led by Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham…

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to sing — I promise” beamed The Fall Guy star Ryan Gosling to a crowded Paramount Theatre in Austin on Tuesday night. He promptly received an immediate collection of “awws” and “boos” at the world premiere of the Universal title at SXSW. That’s not a bad thing: a number…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and SXSW on Tuesday traded jabs on social media in response to a group of as many as 60 bands who have pulled out of Austin-based festival to protest its sponsor ties to the U.S. Army, as well as its inclusion of defense contractors taking part in some of the fest’s conference…

Prince Harry may still be quarrelling with his family and the British courts, but Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has put a dispute with one of her relatives behind her. After almost two years of litigation and several amended complaints, a federal judge today threw out the defamation case from the…

“I wanted to bring back those early 2000 romantic comedies,” Sydney Sweeney said Tuesday in her SXSW chat this afternoon about her mission with Anyone But You. Not only did she star in the movie, but she produced it as well. She’s here at SXSW with her second starring- and produced-by project, Immacu…

“It’s good to face fears.” That’s Sydney Sweeney’s wisdom about doing live television, specifically her hosting duties recently on Saturday Night Live. The two-time Emmy-nominated actress made her comments during a Q&A panel here at SXSW. Sweeney is in Austin for the world premiere of her Neon…

The Daniels, two years after they world premiered Everything Everywhere All at Once at SXSW, and an year after winning a slew of Oscars for the film including Best Picture, came back to Austin, TX to give a multi-prong talk at the fest which culminated in Daniel Kwan exclaiming that he’s “terrified” of…

UPDATE, 10:55 AM: A fraud lawsuit against a documentary about Billy Preston did not stop the film’s debut at SXSW last week. Today, the multi-Emmy winning director of Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It responded to the action by Sam Moore and others, and their claims of misrepresentation by…

Dev Patel's Monkey Man draws from the ancient lore surrounding Hanuman, a revered figure in Hindu tradition symbolizing intellect, might, valor, fidelity and discipline — much like his character in this film who is the underdog savior of the broken and the…

For the most recent precedent for Grand Theft Hamlet, you'd probably have to go back nearly 20 years, to a 2006 episode of South Park. Titled “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” it found Cartman marshaling his friends to take on a super-advanced rogue player with a…

Universal’s bender of a weekend continued past Oscars into Monday night with the enthusiastic SXSW premiere of Monkeypaw’s Monkey Man, the feature directing debut of Dev Patel, which blew the roof off Austin’s Paramount Theatre. SXSW isn’t known for giving standing ovations, but Patel — the movie’s…