Over 130 feature films and 150 panels will unfold at the SXSW Film Festival, which plays alongside SXSW's Interactive and Music festivals in Austin, Texas. From Bates to the Beatles, these are the most exciting.
"Evil Dead"
Oh good gravy! If advance word on this high style remake of the 1981 shoestring-budget horror cult classic is to be believed, I'm going to need some serious medication to make it through Friday night's world premiere. Just look above at the terror-stricken face of Jane Levy (Suburgatory) — and that's before she becomes a knife-licking demon.
[Shudder.]
Image by TriStar Pictures
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone"
One of the best things about SXSW is that it welcomes mainstream, audience-pleasing fare that other film festivals would never seriously consider showcasing. Last year, 21 Jump Street got the red carpet treatment, and this year the Steve Carell/Steve Buscemi/Jim Carrey magician comedy will premiere in Austin on Friday night, a week before it arrives in theaters.
Source: schedule.sxsw.com
"Zero Charisma"
If you've played Dungeons and Dragons even a little, chances are you've come across a player or two for whom the seminal role playing game seems more real to them than their actual lives. This dark comedy follows such a die-hard D&D fanatic, and how his life unravels when a dastardly hipster invades his weekly game.
Source: vimeo.com / via: schedule.sxsw.com
"Good Ol' Freda"
For the first time in half a century, Freda Kelly — the secretary to the Beatles for their entire time together — reveals what it was like at the center of the biggest band in the world. Produced with the blessing of living Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, the film managed to finagle the rights to four of the band's songs. That is devotion.
Source: schedule.sxsw.com
