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Fantastic Fest
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Preorder SX Fantastic 2009 Fave BLACK Today!
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Hey Fantatsic Fest kids, Great news, SX Fantastic 2009 title BLACK by Pierre Laffargue is now available for preorder in North America on the EVOCATIVE FILMS website. If you didn’t get the chance to see it at SXSW, check it out now. The true heir to classic blaxploitation filmmaking has landed on North American...
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Fantastic Fest
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SXFantastic: Peeling Back the Layers of SERBIAN FILM
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Serbian Film (Srpski Film), which will have its world premiere as part of the SXFantastic midnight programming at SXSW, is the cinematic equivalent of a fist in the face, and a kick to the head. This malevolent work explores the life of Milos, a struggling porn actor who is lured out of retirement by a mysterious...
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SXSW Film
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Survey Says? Film Badge Giveaway
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When you buy a film pass from Waterloo or any Alamo Drafthouse location, you have an opportunity fill out a survey and win an upgrade to a film badge. This year's upgrade from a film pass to a badge goes to pass #321. If you're the winner, we'll contact you via phone or e-mail. If you didn't win this year, keep...
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Original Alamo
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Free Screening of REFORMAT THE PLANET & DATAPOP 3.0 Next Week!
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Last year, we got a hold of a documentary called REFORMAT THE PLANET and caught wind of the 8-Bit music craze. Because of that documentary, and friends of ours who were part of this movement, we put together a showcase of great 8-Bit musicians in the abandoned Salvation Army space that was later converted into The...
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Original Alamo
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Gowalla + Fantastic Fest + SXSW = Film Geek Trip & VIP FanFest Badges!
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We’ve become huge fans of Gowalla, here at Fantastic Fest. Not only are they local (we always have a special place in our hearts for hometown friends), but they also have a pretty cool thing going on with most of the other local businesses around town. You can collect virtual items, redeem them for real,...
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Fantastic Fest
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Gowalla + Fantastic Fest + SXSW = Film Geek Trip & VIP FanFest Badges!
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We’ve become huge fans of Gowalla, here at Fantastic Fest. Not only are they local (we always have a special place in our hearts for hometown friends), but they also have a pretty cool thing going on with most of the other local businesses around town. You can collect virtual items, redeem them for real,...
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Statesman
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5 Questions with ... Steve James, director of 'No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson'
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Using a five-question format, we’re interviewing South by Southwest filmmakers about their movies before and during the festival, which runs March 12 through 20. Here, we talk to Steve James ("Hoop Dreams"), director of the documentary "No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson," a look at one of the most...
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SXSW Film
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Emerging Visions: Frank V. Ross, Director of "Audrey the Trainwreck"
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“I haven’t woken up in a good mood in years,” someone in Frank V. Ross’ knowing and satirical drama-comedy about the young and (mostly) disaffected confesses. Facing an onslaught of routine at work (he’s a “purchaser”) and in his dating life, Ron (Anthony Baker) reacts with diffident testiness to just about everyone...
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Austin Chronicle
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Film: That's "邵氏片場" to You, Pal...
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AGFA hires new director
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Slackerwood
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SXSW 2010 Guide: Filmgoing Tips for Non-Badgeholders
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The SXSW Film Festival schedule looks excellent this year, and even though you didn't buy a badge, maybe you're thinking about catching a few of the films over the course of the eight-day fest. Don't you want to hang out with Film Fest Geek Barbie? But perhaps you haven't bought a film pass or SXSW film tickets before...
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Austin Chronicle
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Readings: These Streets Were Made for Talking
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Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch to read from their experimental book, with special guest Alex Karpovsky
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SXSW Film
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Check out new Crossover Panels at SXSW
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Among the 80+ panel sessions at SXSW Film 2010, you'll find over 20 Crossover Panels. These invaluable panels are open to both Film and Interactive registrants. Most of these panels take place in room 18ABCD, but we've also added 2 new panels in different locations. Check out: What does documentary history look like...
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Slackerwood
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DVD Review: Bitch Slap
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I had hoped that watching Bitch Slap would let me get in touch with my inner Joe Bob Briggs, giving me a good excuse to write a purposely lowbrow review of a purposely lowbrow exploitation film. After all, film critics have few opportunities to include breast counts and phrases like "lesbian bikini fu" in their...
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Austin Chronicle
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Film: SXSW for Civilians
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A hot tip on how to get film tix for nonbadgeholders
