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Ahead of its world premiere in competition at SXSW 2024, An Army of Women has been acquired by Together Films in a deal for worldwide rights. Directed by Julie Lunde Lillesæter, the documentary is about a group of women in Austin, Texas who join forces and help build a movement of plaintiffs…

South by Southwest, which runs from March 8-16, will close with fest 2xtime Audience Award winner Michael Showalter's The Idea of You. The movie is one of several that the filmmaker has presented or debuted at the festival, including Hello My Name is Doris, which won the Audience Award in 2015, The B…

The first trailer dropped Thursday for Road House, the reimagining of the ’80s Patrick Swayze tough-guy classic that sees Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role and Doug Liman directing. The reveal comes the day after Liman revealed on Deadline that he was boycotting the film’s world premiere at SXSW– it…

Editors note: From his breakout in Swingers to The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Edge of Tomorrow, American Made and his upcoming film with Tom Cruise they plan to shoot in outer space, Doug Liman’s films have a kinetic energy. That made the director perfect for Road House, an edgier version of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Utopia's arthouse distribution label Circle Collective has acquired U.S. rights to the dark comedy With Love and a Major Organ, which debuted in the experimental Visions program last year at SXSW.  Directed by Kim Albright and written by Julia Lederer, who adapted the screenplay from her…

The SXSW Film & TV Festival said Wednesday that Universal’s The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling will serve as the 2024 edition’s Centerpiece film, and Netflix’s 3 Body Problem from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo will open the fest’s opening-night TV premiere. The news comes as the…

South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has announced the addition of Keynotes Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and the third round of Featured Speakers for the 38th edition of its annual Conference, which celebrates the convergence of technology, film, television, and music. SXSW takes place…

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals on Tuesday unveiled its initial keynote and the second round of featured speakers for its 38th edition, taking place March 8-16, 2024 in Austin.  The keynote and featured speakers include chair and CEO of AMD Lisa Su; COO and Head of Business Development at…

As one of reality TV’s royal family crossed the line, striking film and television writers joined forces on Wednesday in New York City with another group of culture workers involved in a pay dispute: musicians.  While a five-piece band played bopping brass and percussion music, members of the Writers…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company Charades has finalized a raft of deals with international buyers for its upcoming comedy Northern Comfort, which debuted at SXSW in March. The pic, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, has sold to Rezo (France), September Films (Benelux)…

EXCLUSIVE: Yellow Veil Pictures and Drafthouse Films have co-acquired U.S. rights to the documentary Cathryne Czubek's documentary Once Upon A Time Uganda. The work revolves around the unlikely friendship between Uganda’s answer to Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker Isaac Nabwana, and American film…

Editors note: This review was originally published March 16 after its premiere at SXSW. It opens in theaters Friday. Deadites are everywhere in Lee Cronin's newest film Evil Dead Rise. Taking place in cosmopolitan Los Angeles, these wacky demons still…