Tag Archives: SXSW

‘Gimmie the Loot’ Wins Top Prize at SXSW Film Festival

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Joe Gillis

With the film and Interactive portions of the South By Southwest Festival over now and the music part getting into full swing, it’s time for some awards. Taking the “Best Narrative Feature” prize in film was director Adam Leon’s Gimme … Continue reading →

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Marvel and Aurasma Unveil Next Generation of Comics with ‘Marvel AR’

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Joe Gillis

It isn’t just movies and music at the South By Southwest event, there’s also comics. Comics and technology, to be exact. That’s right, at SXSW in Austin, TX yesterday Marvel announced a new initiative, in the form of an iOS … Continue reading →

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Instagram for Android Coming ‘Really Soon’, Reportedly ‘Better than iPhone App’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Joe Gillis

Given the proliferation of smartphones with decent to very good cameras, it made sense that what followed was a whole lot of camera and photography apps for those smartphones. Among the most popular for iOS devices, with over 27 million … Continue reading →

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Magnolia Acquires ‘Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil’

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

When you run a website like The Flickcast, you are often lucky enough to see movies in advance of their release to the general public. Or, in the case of the horror comedy Tucker & Dale Versus Evil, way in … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Natural Selection’

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Like most folks who attended the last screening of Natural Selection, I was catching the film mostly due to its winning both the audience and jury awards at SXSW. I hadn’t heard of it either, but then there were a … Continue reading →

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SXSW Film Review: ‘Fambul Tok’

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Nat Almirall

(Even though it’s been over for a while, there’s still some reviews to squeeze out of SXSW!) The opening scene of Fambul Tok is as powerful as any documentary could hope for: A few dozen Sierra Leone villagers circle a campfire—the … Continue reading →

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Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page Help Fight Crime At SXSW

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Matt Raub

It may be about a month over, but that hasn’t stopped the marketing machine for James Gunn’s Super from bringing us some great internet material to enjoy while still pimping out the film. In this case, said marketing is in … Continue reading →

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SXSW Film Review: ‘Kumaré’

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Kumaré is a good documentary. It (somewhat) does what it sets out to do, does it well, takes some daring chances, scores some laughs, and is a nice-enough movie-going experience. It’s premise is ingenious: Vikram Gandhi, a 30-ish lad of … Continue reading →

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