SXSW Film Lineup Adds Raimi and Demme

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Real quick, because I just got back from Watchmen and it's my bedtime, but I have to pass on the news that SXSW Film is adding two more events to its schedule, with two very interesting filmmakers:

Sam Raimi will be at the Paramount on Sunday, March 15 at midnight to present a work-in-progress version of his latest film, the horror movie Drag Me to Hell. And here I was saying I wasn't planning to see any midnight movies this year ...

Jonathan Demme will also be in Austin to show us his latest film, the music documentary Neil Young Trunk Show, on Saturday, March 21, the last night of the film festival. And here I was saying I wanted to spend the last two days of the film fest away from downtown ...

The SXSW website has more details here.

Raimi at the Paramount

The ONLY way that could get better is if it was at the Alamo and they had a theatre big enough to hold that many people. I was quite happy to change my schedule to fit that in, if only to be in that crowd.