Slackery News Tidbits, December 29
By Contributors on December 29, 2009 - 10:00am
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Austin has a few film-related news items to close out the end of the year. Here we go:
- Artois the Goat, which premiered at SXSW 2009, is still going strong on the film-fest circuit. Next stop: The Palm Springs International Film Festival, where it will screen on Jan. 14-15, 2010. The locally shot comedy is in competition for the festival's John Schlesinger Award for best first feature.
- Oxford Film Festival in Mississippi has announced its lineup of free children's films and one more Austin film will play the festival this year: Zombie Girl, the documentary about young local filmmaker Emily Hagins. One or both of the filmmakers may be there. The fest describes the film as "appropriate for age 8 and above," which is probably true, although I've never thought of it that way.
- It's that list-making time of the year -- we may have some for you soon. In the meantime, enjoy this excellent list from The Onion's Austin AV Club of the Top Overlooked Austin Movies of the Decade.
- In case you missed it, check out Elijah Wood on The Tonight Show talking about Butt-Numb-a-Thon and Alamo Drafthouse. Although I recommend you keep listening for the bit about how he auditioned for the Lord of the Rings films.
- If you are looking for movie-related options on New Year's Eve, Austin has some great choices. First of all, the Carver Museum is screening the Kwanzaa film The Black Candle for free at 10 am and 2 pm on Dec. 31. If you want to go all-out that night, head to Alamo Ritz to watch Billy Wilder's film The Apartment with a multi-course feast. Warning: I once watched The Apartment alone on New Year's Eve while doing laundry and it may have been the most depressing NYE of my life.
- Finally, we can't wait until January 6, when SXSW will announce its opening-night film for the 2010 festival. Any predictions?