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1. SXSW: The Weinstein Co. Buys Rights to 'Undefeated'

   9:09 pm 3/14/2011

   • Jay A. Fernandez

   The film follows a volunteer coach at an inner-city school in Memphis as he tries to help the football team win its first playoff game in 110 years. Read more

2. SXSW: Morgan Spurlock's 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' Brings Its Pitch to Austin

   8:21 pm 3/14/2011

   • Jay A. Fernandez

   Morgan Spurlock’s latest meta-doc, "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," reaped another positive reaction from the crowd at the Paramount Theatre Saturday afternoon during the film’s only SXSW appearance. Spurlock and his writing/producing partner Jeremy Chilnick came into town for the event, part of the Festival Favorites program. Read more

3. Risky Business

   

   'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' Lands Three Buyers in Unique Deal at SXSW

   7:08 pm 3/14/2011

   • Jay Fernandez

   AT&T;, Abramorama and Magnolia will distribute the documentary, which centers on the late-night host's post-"Tonight Show" live tour, on multiple platforms. Read more

4. Review

   

   The Innkeepers: Film Review

   7:06 pm 3/14/2011

   • John DeFore

   Director-screenwriter Ti West exhibits less stylistic fetishism with his latest film while remaining solidly outside of contemporary fashion, which results in a largely entertaining picture with too few scares to satisfy the multiplex crowd. Read more

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6. Fambul Tok: Film Review

   5:00 pm 3/14/2011

   • John DeFore

   Director Sara Terry brings a career's worth of journalism experience to this assured filmmaking debut that examines John Caulker's Fambul Tok organization, which addresses the deep wounds created by a decade of civil war in Sierra Leone. Read more

7. SXSW Deal Update: A Lot of Action, Not a Lot of Closure

   4:26 pm 3/14/2011

   • Jay Fernandez

   As Monday draws to a close only 'El Bulli: Cooking in Progress' has a deal with a number of features close. Read more

8. Review

   

   Conan O'Brien Can't Stop: Film Review

   1:14 am 3/14/2011

   • John DeFore

   The late-night host is funnier than ever in a thoroughly entertaining doc about his post-"Tonight Show" tour, "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television." Read more

9. Risky Business

   

   Conan O'Brien Reluctantly Attends Premiere of Post-'Tonight Show' Doc

   10:27 pm 3/13/2011

   • Kimberly Nordyke

   "I personally have trouble watching it because it's a time in my life that I don't like to go back to," O'Brien says at SXSW of "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop." Read more

10. Risky Business

    

    SXSW: 'Kill List' Slaying Buyers; Conan O'Brien Unleashes Doc

    8:12 pm 3/13/2011

    • Jay A. Fernandez

    It looks like the checkbooks are coming out in Austin, while Conan O'Brien continues his campaign for redemption. Read more

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    SXSW Q&A: John Mellencamp Doc Director Kurt Markus

    7:35 pm 3/13/2011

    • Kevin Cassidy

    Sought-after still photographer segues to Super 8 for 'It's About You,' chronicling Mellencamp's T-Bone Burnett-produced 2009 album 'No Better than This.' Read more

12. Review

    

    Elevate: Film Review

    6:30 pm 3/13/2011

    • John DeFore

    Anne Buford’s likeable doc centers on tall teen boys from Dakar, Senegal, for whom basketball seems the only path to a better life — and a scholarship in the U.S. Read more

13. Risky Business

    

    SXSW: 'Kill List' World Premiere - Sex Pistols, Trash Talking, Beer Shotgunning Relay

    4:45 pm 3/13/2011

    • Jay A. Fernandez

    Now this is how you set up a movie: The "Kill List" world premiere featured the Sex Pistols, trash talking and an Americans-v.-Europeans beer shotgunning relay. Read more

14. SXSW: What Does Harry Knowles Have in His Pocketses? 'Thor'? Super 8'? 'Godfather IV'?

    4:11 pm 3/13/2011

    • Jay A. Fernandez

    Pajiba.com managing editor and former THR staffer Dan Carlson has been playing around with SXSW attendees’ expectations for the surprise Monday night Ain’t It Cool News 15th anniversary screening. Read more

15. Review

    

    A Bag of Hammers: SXSW Film Review

    4:32 pm 3/13/2011

    • John DeFore

    First-time director Brian Crano delivers a muddled comedy starring Jason Ritter and Rebecca Hall about two felons who unexpectedly wind up taking care of a neglected child. Read more

16. Review

    

    You Instead: Film Review

    3:39 pm 3/13/2011

    • John DeFore

    Director David Mackenzie's film about two rival band members handcuffed to each other takes too long to find its footing. Read more