#south by southwest

[nicholasgalitzinemedia]

Nicholas Galitzine at the 'The Idea of You' premiere as part of SXSW - March 16, 2024

[brokehorrorfan]

The Cleanse will be released on Blu-ray on May 21 via Sony. The body horror-comedy premiered at South by Southwest in 2016 before being released by Vertical Entertainment in 2018.

Writer-director Bobby Miller (Critters Attack) makes his feature debut. Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Kyle Gallner, Kevin J. O'Connor, Diana Bang, Oliver Platt, and Anjelica Huston star.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer/director Bobby Miller

Audio commentary by writer/director Bobby Miller and actors Johnny Galecki and Kyle Gallner

Making The Cleanse

Deleted scenes

Creature tests

Kyle Gallner audition

End Times - 2018 short film by Bobby Miller

Tub - 2010 short film by Bobby Miller

Creature gallery

Animatics

Proof-of-concept teaser

Trailer

A heartbroken man (Johnny Galecki) attends a spiritual retreat and discovers the regimen releases more than just toxins.

Pre-order The Cleanse.

[violeblanche]

jsyk i’ll be not blogging about nick going to sxsw, i know he’s contractually obligated to attend the festival, but i’m not going to support his presence at an event whose sponsor gives isr*el weapons to keep killing innocent people in palestine.

i was already prepared to ignore the movie since it comes from a very very problematic book, but the fact that they decided to present it at sxsw is the last straw to me.

[msclaritea]

Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Starts Off With Impressive $2.9M in Thursday Previews

Alex Garland's controversial movie about the political divide in America easily scored the best preview number ever for A24.

BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

APRIL 12, 2024 9:18A

Alex Garland‘s dystopian action movie Civil War has started off its North American box office run with an impressive $2.9 million, a record for indie studio and distributor A24.

The $50 million movie about a divided America is a big swing for A24 as it tries to produce bigger movies, and is its most expensive production to date.

Civil War is tracking to open north of $20 million, although one leading tracking service has a slightly lower range of $19 million to $20 million. As with the preview number, that would be record for A24, beating the $13.6 million opening of A24’s horror pic Hereditary in 2018.

A24 and writer-director Garland held the movie’s world premiere last month at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival, an ideal venue since many of the attendees are younger adults, the film’s target demo.

Set in the near-future, the story follows a wartime photojournalist (Kirsten Dunst) and her colleagues as they make their way across a hostile and divided United States of America that has been torn apart under the authoritarian rule of a three-term president (Nick Offerman). Yet the film shys away from red state/blue state divisions, and the politics behind the conflict are generally left unexplained, other than to say that one of the president’s first first actions was to disband the FBI in an apparent nod to former President Donald Trump, who has called to “defund” the Bureau.

Civil War‘s timing surely isn’t a coincidence as it hits cinemas amid a contentious election year in which President Biden and former President Trump are once again the leading candidates for their respective parties as Trump seeks to return to the White House

At a SXSW panel following the film’s premiere, Garland said it made sense to release Civil War now, although it’s not as if there is anything new about the contentious political discourse gripping the country.

“I think all of the topics in in [Civil War] have been a part of a huge public debate for years and years. These debates have been growing and growing in volume and awareness, but none of that is secret or unknown to almost anybody,” Garland said. “I thought that everybody understands these terms and, at that point, I just felt compelled to write about it.”

Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons and Wagner Moura also star.

2012–2013: Founding and early years

A24 was founded on August 20, 2012, by film veterans Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges. Katz formerly led the film finance group at Guggenheim Partners, Fenkel was the president, co-founder and partner at Oscilloscope, and Hodges served as "Head of Production and Development" at Big Beach. The name "A24" was inspired by the Italian A24 motorway Katz was driving on when he decided to found the company.

Guggenheim Partners provided the seed money for A24. The company was started to share "movies from a distinctive point of view". In October 2012, Nicolette Aizenberg joined as head of publicity from 42West where she was senior publicity executive.

The company began its distribution of films in 2013. The company's first theatrical release was Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, which had a limited theatrical release. Other 2013 theatrical releases included Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now, and Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa.

In September 2013, A24 entered a $40 million deal with DirecTV Cinema, where DirecTV Cinema would offer day-and-date releases 30 days prior to a theatrical release by A24; Enemy was the first film to be distributed under the deal. That same year, A24 entered a deal with Amazon Prime, where A24-distributed films would be available on Amazon Instant Video after becoming available on Blu-ray and DVD.

2014–2017: Television and later productions

In May 2015, A24 announced that it would start a television division and began producing the USA Network series Playing House, as well as working to develop a television series that would later become Comrade Detective, produced by Channing Tatum. The company also announced that they would also finance and develop pilots.

In January 2016, Sasha Lloyd joined the company to handle all film, television distribution and business development in the international marketplace. The company, with cooperation from Bank of America, J.P. Morgan & Co. and SunTrust Banks, also raised its line of credit from $50 million to $125 million a month later to build upon its operations. In April, the company acquired all foreign rights to Swiss Army Man, distributing the film in all territories, and partnering with distributors who previously acquired rights to the film, a first for the company. In June, the company, along with Oscilloscope and distributor Honora, joined BitTorrent Now to distribute the work of their portfolio across the ad-supported service.

Eileen Guggenheim Breaks Silence, denies Introducing Women To Epstein

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Does HBO's Euphoria Really Glamourize Drug Use?

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Michelle Yeoh Says Hot Dog Fingers Scene With Jamie Lee Curtis Was ‘Most Beautiful Love Story

Not much time is shown in this universe. All the audience knows is that Evelyn works at a pizza shop. She is shown wearing a ridiculous costume and waving around a sign.

"A24 and writer-director Garland held the movie’s world premiere last month at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival, an ideal venue since many of the attendees are younger adults, the film’s target demo..."

Penske Media Corporation (PMC /ˈpɛnski/) is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including Variety, Rolling Stone, Women's Wear Daily, Deadline Hollywood, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Boy Genius Report, Robb Report, Artforum, ARTNews, and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske.

President Trump awards Medal of Freedom to Roger Penske | Fox News Video

In addition to media publications, Penske Media Corporation owns the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival and is a 50 percent stakeholder in South by Southwest. It is also the owner of Dick Clark Productions which includes the award shows Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards, Streamy Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards.

Jay Penske--NACSCAR Heir ARRESTED...and It's A Pisser

@aeltri I'm a bit fuzzy on the details. What was that you told us, recently, about Pizza and Hotdogs?

[graphicpolicy]

From the ashes, the future of the X-Men revealed

From the ashes, the future of the X-Men revealed #fromtheashes #xmen #comics #comicbooks

Krakoa is gone…but the X-Men remain, always. Just now at the Future of Marvel Comics’ X-Men and Digital Comics panel at South by Southwest (SXSW), Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and VP, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort were joined by writers Jed MacKay and Gail Simone to announce what’s coming next for Marvel’s line of X-Men comics. In the wake of their acclaimed Krakoan Age, witness the X-Men’s…

[picsforkatherine]

Anna Kendrick at the Self Reliance screening during SXSW

[wormdramafever]

Goodbye Volcano High finalist of the SXSW Games Festival Awards!!!

Congrats to Newfangled Games' Paper Trail and its fans for winning!!!

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 14, 2007, Smiley Face was screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

[namesisfortombstones]

So at the premiere of Evil Dead Rise with producers Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert in attendance, some jackass troll decided to make a spectacle of themselves and the following exchange happened: Punk-Ass Bitch: This movie fuckin’ sucks! Bruce Campbell (*does the above*): Get the fuck outta here! Hail to the king, baby. <3

[themodernage2001]

Two Door Cinema Club by Pooneh Ghana Via Flickr: www.poonehghana.com // MTV Woodie Awards 2011 @ Austin Music Hall

[nicholasgalitzinemedia]

Nicholas Galitzine at the 'The Idea of You' premiere as part of SXSW - March 16, 2024

[tieflingkisser]

SXSW Sent Cease-and-Desist Letter to Organization Leading Army Sponsorship Protest

Festival claims activists infringed on trademark rights

The ties of this year’s South by Southwest to weapons manufacturers supplying Israel have disrupted the festival in more ways than one. Artists continue to drop out of official showcases, while protesters have called for a ceasefire in Gaza while disrupting several official events. Now, Austin for Palestine Coalition, the organization generating this protest momentum, is entangled in a copyright dispute with SXSW that could result in legal action. APC made an Instagram post February 21 urging people to email the Festival to disinvite RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon), its subsidiary Collins Aerospace, and BAE Systems to the conference and festivals. Those companies manufacture weapons used by Israel on Palestinians – APC says “by supporting these companies, SXSW is complicit in human rights abuses and violations of international law.” On February 23, SXSW shot back, sending a cease-and-desist letter to APC, stating the activists had used SXSW trademark art without permission in the post. In the email letter, SXSW threatened legal action: “SXSW supports the constitutionally protected right of free speech and, as always, you are permitted to refer to our SXSW Marks in a factual or editorial manner. However, as a trademark and copyright owner, we have an obligation to protect the goodwill and reputation associated with the SXSW Marks and copyright protected art by preventing their unauthorized use… In the event that you will not comply with our request, we reserve our rights to take appropriate steps to protect our marks and copyright.”

[...]

As of press time, about 60 acts had pulled out of official SXSW showcases in protest of the festival’s military ties, as APC continues to hold event disruptions. “Citizens have sent more than 600 emails to them trying to get them to drop [weapons manufacturers],” says Haider. “It’s clear that they're choosing to put profit over people despite the damage to their reputation. … They're just hoping they can skate by and it'll all blow over, but it’s definitely not gonna blow over.”

[violeblanche]

quick reminder that sxsw is sponsored by the us military and by sponsors who sends weapons to isr*el to help and continue the genocide against palestine.

[tinyreviews]

Best go into this one blind, just knowing it’s a road drama with a father and daughter, and addiction. I think I kinda spoiled the experience for myself, reading the premise beforehand.

Bleeding Love is a 2023 American drama film starring real life father and daughter Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor. Directed by Emma Westenberg in her feature length debut, it was written by Ruby Caster from an original story by Caster, Clara McGregor and Vera Bulder.

It premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2023 under the title You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, and was released by Vertical Entertainment on February 16, 2024.

[teenagedirtstache]

[picsforkatherine]

Anna Kendrick at the Variety Power of Comedy at SXSW