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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Attenberg – Athina Rachel Tsangari

Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg has been a critical favourite (see our review) since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. I got to see

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Way of the Morris – Tim Plester

Despite living a 50 minute train ride from my house, it took, two planes and the SXSW film festival for me to catch up with actor and director Tim Plester.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Green – Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine

Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine join us at SXSW to discuss subverting horror tropes, whilst striking a balance between script and improvisation.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Hit So Hard – David Ebersole & Todd Hughes

Around the time of the band’s Celebrity Skin album, original Hole drummer Patty Schemel disappeared from the rocket ride of musical stardom and into a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Dragonslayer – Tristan Patterson

With its solid 10 track album structure, SXSW Best Documentary Feature & Best Cinematography winner Dragonslayer lets us vicariously live in the world of

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – Hesher – Spencer Susser

Ever since I first saw the short I Love Sarah Jane back in ’08, I’ve been hounding director Spencer Susser for a DN interview. Luckily for all of

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – Sound It Out – Jeanie Finlay

It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon

You could describe the titular character in Terry McMahon’s ultra low budget feature as a high flying, fast talking master of his own destiny; but if you

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Wuss – Clay Liford

If you watch enough films it’s likely that you’ll arrive at a point where you can see most plots coming a mile off, which is why one of my

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Turkey Bowl – Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith’s Turkey Bowl is a comedy about ten friends who come together for an annual game of touch football and engage in more verbal sparing than they

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Documentary

SXSW: By the Numbers

If I’d have shot my view of Austin during SXSW all you’d get is a succession of queues, cinema screens and more than my fair share of Alamo $5

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Caught Inside – Adam Blaiklock

How does the idea of a surfing holiday in the Maldives with no one around for miles except for you and your small group of friends strike you? Yep, sounds

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