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EXCLUSIVE: For successful attorney Claude Motley, a return home to Milwaukee to attend his high school reunion almost turned fatal. He had just dropped off a friend in a residential neighborhood when his vehicle was surrounded by carjackers. One of them shot him in the face. The story of Motley's long recuperation…

EXCLUSIVE: Streaming service discovery+ has just acquired the LD Entertainment documentary Introducing, Selma Blair ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival. A streaming date is planned for later this year. The Rachel Fleit directed docu is a raw and intimate look at a year in the life of actress…

HBO Max is set to launch its interactive digital experience called HBO Max Orbit at SXSW Online. The streamer’s newest immersive venture will allow audiences to experience its content like they never had before. SXSW Online will take place March 16-20. The HBO Max Orbit experience at SXSW Online will respond to facial…

EXCLUSIVE: “You belong among the wildflowers,” the late Tom Petty sang in the title track of his classic second solo album. Now a new documentary captures the years surrounding that remarkable record’s creation and release, and you can watch a clip from Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free above. Deep-diving into a…

EXCLUSIVE: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…and while God was doing that, Timur Bekmambetov created the series iBible — which will be premiering its first five episodes at SXSW starting March 16. iBible is a screenlife project from Bekmambetov which, as the title suggests, tells biblical stories…

EXCLUSIVE: In See You Then, director and writer Mari Walker gives us My Dinner With Andre energy with a story of two friends who meet up for dinner and engage in a series of intimate conversations that tend to reveal a lot about themselves as women — before one huge shocking revelation is revealed. See You Then is set…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s fitting that the indie-focused SXSW would be the place to host the world premiere of Clerk, Malcom Ingram’s documentary about indie film icon Kevin Smith. As it prepares for its virtual bow in the fest’s 2020 Spotlight section March 17, we have the first look at the trailer. The feature-length…

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega seeks out emotional healing following a school tragedy in writer-director Megan Park’s SXSW drama The Fallout. The Fallout is a film about the unseen faces of a tragedy, those who can't turn their pain into effecting positive change in the world because they are too afraid to leave their…

South by Southwest (aka SXSW) has revealed its final round for its already robust lineup of keynotes and featured sessions. The online iteration of the SXSW conference and festival is set to take place March 16-20. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, host New York Times podcast Together Apart Priya Parker, and…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films and its AMC Networks sibling Shudder said Thursday that they have acquired North American rights to Jakob’s Wife, the Travis Stevens-directed horror film that is set for its world premiere in the Midnighters section at this year's SXSW. RLJE Films will release the film in theaters and on demand…

EXCLUSIVE: BuzzFeed Studios has signed on to executive produce the Schlemiel Pictures pandemic comedy The End of Us which is set to make its world premiere in competition next month at the SXSW Film Festival. Directed by Henry Loevner and Steven Kanter, the film stars Ben Coleman and Ali Vingiano as a couple going…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Alex Noyer’s slasher pic Sound of Violence, which is set to make its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in March. Gravitas will release the film in theaters and on demand on May 21. Written and directed by Noyer, Sound of Violence stars Jasmin Savoy…