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March 4, 2018
‘The Shape of Water’ Retro Trailer Reveals How Much It Has in Common With ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon’ — Watch
You’ve likely seen “The Shape of Water” by now, but have you seen it reimagined as a 1950s-style creature feature? Now you can thanks to the wonders of the internet, namely a fan-made trailer that brings the “Creature From the Black Lagoon” vibes of Guillermo del Toro’s fantastical romance out into the open. Watch below.
Complete with a scratchy filter, black-and-white visuals, and redubbed sound effects meant to remind you of he audio quality of yesteryear, the trailer lives up to the traditions of yore. “Not since the beginning of time has the world known terror like this!” it proclaims via intertitle.
There’s no dialogue, but there is voiceover narration: “Science couldn’t explain it, but there it was: alive in the deep, deep waters of the Amazon, a throwback to a creature that had existed 100 million years ago.”
“A woman’s beauty the bait that brought it out of its lair,” the narrator continues. “See underwater thrills never photographed before in this most terrifying of the science-fiction adventures.”
Source: IndieWire film
March 4, 2018
#MeToo Founder: Ryan Seacrest Shouldn’t Be at the Oscars Due to Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Tarana Burke doesn’t think Ryan Seacrest should be in attendance at tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony. Burke, who began the #MeToo movement, tells Variety in a new interview that E! “really shouldn’t send him” because “we shouldn’t have to make those choices of, ‘Do we or don’t we?’”
Seacrest, who hosts the red carpet for E!, has been accused of sexual misconduct. “This is not about his guilt or innocence. It’s about there being an accusation that’s alive, and until they sort of out, it’s really on E! News and shouldn’t be on us,” Burke continues. “It will let us know where they stand in terms of how respectful E! News is of this issue — and of women.”
She also expresses relief that Harvey Weinstein won’t be in attendance. “I have heard from actresses who’ve said, ‘You don’t understand how strange it is that he’s not here because [Weinstein] was ever-present,’” Burke says. “They were expressing a sense of relief at not having to see him and not having to pretend anymore. It feels like the veil has lifted.” Read her full interview here.
Source: IndieWire film
March 4, 2018
Specialty Box Office Heads for Cliff After Oscars
The specialty market has thrived this awards season, which will boost Sunday’s winners before diving off a precipitous cliff unless some fresh strong titles arrive to save the day. The problem is that little has opened recently to fill the Oscar void that will be left when award season hits led by “The Shape of Water” –closely followed by “Darkest Hour,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Lady Bird,” and “I, Tonya” — leave the fray.
Last spring and summer, only arthouse releases “The Big Sick” and “Wind River” reached totals over $30 million.
This week saw one relatively decent opening for Sony Pictures Classics’ Israeli Oscar submission “Foxtrot,” the third of what it hoped to be three Foreign Language nominees. “A Fantastic Woman” and “Loveless,” both expanding, made the final five. “Foxtrot” stands a chance to shine on its own appeal but also with little competition.
Multiple other titles had limited starts in New York and/or Los Angeles, with none reporting grosses which appear in all cases to have come in much below the results for “Foxtrot.”
Opening
Foxtrot (Sony Pictures Classics) – Metacritic: 92; Festivals include: Venice, Telluride, Toronto 2017
$36,786 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $9,197
This acclaimed Israeli drama had been expected to be one of the Oscar Foreign Language finalists based on strong reviews and elevated festival attention. It had a qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles last December, where it amassed strong reviews. Its return had the disadvantage of less prime media coverage (reviews had run earlier) and, significantly in New York, the loss of the Lincoln Plaza Theater, which would certainly have topped its theaters. Given that context, this is a credible initial gross these days for a subtitled film even if lower than some other recent successful Israeli films.
What comes next: Israeli films usually find a welcoming response in many markets, and the expansion will be helped by the lack of much other recent product of significant potential.
“The Young Karl Marx”
Week Two
The Young Karl Marx (The Orchard)
$17,533 in 12 theaters (+9); PTA: $1,461; Cumulative: $58,277
The multiple market expansion of this retelling of the formative days of the communist theorist showed minor interest after a more encouraging limited opening last week.
“The Shape of Water”
Ongoing/expanding (Grosses over $50,000)
The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight) Week 14
$1,400,000 in 832 theaters (+111); Cumulative: $57,394,000
Retaking its top-grosser spot this weekend among Best Picture contenders, Guillermo del Toro’s film is heading for substantially above $60 million. That will position it ahead of Searchlight’s two most recent winners (“Birdman” and “12 Years a Slave”). Streaming and other home venues are set for March 13.
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri (Fox Searchlight) Week 17; also streaming
$1,230,000 in 770 theaters (+79); Cumulative: $52,000,000
Streaming? What streaming? This Oscar co-front runner continues to add to its impressive totals, with more ahead with expected wins.
Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 15
$919,926 in 914 theaters (+239); Cumulative: $17,046,000
A decent last minute uptick has helped this multi-category contender. It will still end up below the other eight Best Picture nominees, though with less invested in initial expenses as an acquisition. With worldwide rights, the movie so far has added $15 million in foreign gross.
Phantom Thread (Focus) Week 10
$590,000 in 715 theaters (+64); Cumulative: $20,127,000
Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1950s fashion-world drama has benefited from its release alongside its Oscar contention, but still lags below most other contenders.
Darkest Hour (Focus) Week 15; also streaming
$570,000 in 911 theaters (+116); Cumulative: $55,241,000
Joe Wright’s film continues its impressive run despite home viewing competition. Gary Oldman’s expected win should keep this in some theaters for upcoming weeks.
“I, Tonya”
Courtesy of NEON
I, Tonya (Neon) Week 13
$561,061 in 510 theaters (+87); Cumulative: $28,950,000
Neon’s breakout release has grossed more than two of the Best Picture nominees and looks to add to its impressive total after Allison Janney’s expected Supporting Actress win.
Lady Bird (A24) Week 18; also streaming
$532,204 in 710 theaters (+109); Cumulative: $48,285,000
Just on the cusp of a $50 million gross, Greta Gerwig’s break out success could fall just short without a major Oscar win as it thrives on parallel streaming. Whether it hits that mark, this has been an impressive achievement for A24 and all others involved.
2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts (Magnolia) Week 4; also streaming
$400,000 in 271 theaters (+39); Cumulative: $3,267,000
The best performance yet for this popular annual packaging of contending Oscar short films.
“A Fantastic Woman”
A Fantastic Woman (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 5
$150,193 in 89 theaters (+11); Cumulative: $806,746
Chile’s Foreign Language frontrunner with a win would likely outstrip its rival “The Square.” The Swedish entry leads with a gross of just under $1.5 million (in a much earlier release). Last year’s winner “The Salesman” reached $2.4 million, with $1.4 million of that in the till by its fifth weekend heading into the awards.
The Party (Roadside Attactions) Week 3
$140,915 in 92 theaters (+62); Cumulative: $330,479
Sally Potter’s twisty London high-brow dinner party tale has quickly expanded to new product-hungry theaters, with continued spotty results.
Loveless (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 3
$60,583 in 25 theaters (+13); Cumulative: $229,691
Russia’s Oscar contender is still in the early stages of its run. Irrespective of its category’s result it will continue to expand with a total above average for recent subtitled releases.
The Insult (Cohen) Week 8
$55,592 in 47 theaters (-4); Cumulative: $858,795
Lebanon’s Foreign Language nominee has outperformed most recent subtitled releases, with its competitive status giving it a boost. A long shot win would provide the perfect test for translating the box office worth of an Oscar in this category.
Also noted:
Nostalgia (Bleecker Street) – $40,626 in 140 theaters; Cumulative: $84,861
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (Sony Pictures Classics) – $30,025 in 53 theaters; Cumulative: $772,557
Faces Places (Cohen) – $21,113 in 20 theaters; Cumulative: $900,903
Source: IndieWire film
March 3, 2018
‘Verónica’ Review Roundup: Netflix’s New Horror Offering Is a Better Surprise Than ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’
What’s this? A horror movie on Netflix worth watching? “Verónica” appears to be just that, as “[REC]” director Paco Plaza’s film has received across-the-board critical praise in addition to six Goya Award nominations (including Best Film) in its native Spain. Currently sitting at 100% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is now streaming.
The Film Stage‘s Jared Mobarak suggests it’s worth your time:
“Having this type of break-neck speed conclusion seems to be a pattern with Plaza (although ‘[REC]’ is my only point of comparison), but who cares if it works? At the end of the day a horror film is successful if it can make your heart pound out of your chest. And for most of ‘Verónica,’ Plaza and Navarro do exactly that.”
Ditto Anton Bitel of SciFiNow:
“The film ultimately favours the paranormal – yet Plaza still slyly insinuates an alternative explanation, rooted in the protagonist’s psychosexual unravelling. This reading is subtly aided by the casting of Ana Torrent as the children’s mother, given that Torrent’s breakout rôle, in Victor Erice’s ‘Spirit of the Beehive’ (1973), was precisely as an impressionable girl coming of age in a confusion of fantasy and reality.”
David Nusair’s Reel Film Reviews write-up is similarly laudatory:
“There’s very little in ‘Verónica’ one hasn’t seen countless times before, and yet the film, for the most part, comes off as an uncommonly superior example of this sort of thing – as Plaza delivers a consistently engaging narrative that only grows more and more compelling as time progresses (ie there’s a real sense of momentum and escalation at work here).”
Cinemanía‘s Andrea G. Bermejo is another fan:
“Regardless of whether or not you believe in spirits, you will believe ‘Veronica’. It brings horror to the known, to what is ours. And it’s very scary.”
Source: IndieWire film
March 3, 2018
The Onion Celebrates the ‘Peach-F—king’ Scene in ‘Call Me by Your Name’ — Watch
The Onion has been especially hilarious this awards season, and its latest video is no exception: an analysis of the best peach-banging scenes in “Call Me by Your Name.” Only one such scene exists in the actual movie, of course, but don’t let that mar your enjoyment.
Presented as an audio commentary recorded by two of the film’s producers, it begins straightforwardly enough before launching into lines like “here his thoughts of desire culminate in one of six scenes where somebody fucks a peach. Up to this point in the film, the peach-fucking scenes have been quite removed, almost distant, but this time we see the camera lingering on these more tactile images.”
Then the second producer chimes in: “This emphasis here on Elio’s fingers is actually a direct callback or variation on the 17-minute peach-fucking tracking shot that opens the movie, so a continuity is created between those scenes in a way that I think is maybe the most meaningful of the film — although Jordan, I know that you prefer…”
“…yeah, the scene where he fucks two peaches. Yeah, I really do.”
It continues in much the same way, with an impressive number of jokes revolving around not only the idea of peach-fucking but actually saying the words peach-fucking. Watch the whole video here and imagine an alternate ending in which “the entire cast fucks peaches together at the wistful, summery teen party.”
Source: IndieWire film
March 3, 2018
Filmmaker In Focus: 1985, Friday’s Child, Pet Names, Science Fair, and Wobble Place
The 2018 SXSW Film Festival is rapidly approaching and we can’t wait to have you here! Before you make your way down to Austin, TX get to know films from our lineup a little bit better with selections from Visions and Festival Favorites. Dive into our Q&A with directors of 1985, Friday’s Child, Pet Names, Science Fair, and Wobble Place below to get a behind-the-scenes look at each film and add to your personalized schedule.
1985
Director/Screenwriter: Yen Tan
A young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal a distressing secret to his loved ones.
Cast: Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Jamie Chung, Aidan Langford, Ryan Piers Williams.
Q: What motivated you to tell this story?
YT: After I graduated from college, I got a job where I interacted with people who were living with HIV/AIDS. Their collective stories, often devastating, inspired me to make this film.
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
YT: Seek truth and beauty in the darkest times.
Q: What other film/filmmaker are you excited to see at SXSW this year?
YT: Looking forward to new works from so many friends! Not playing favorites!
Friday’s Child
Director/Screenwriter: A.J. Edwards
Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Imogen Poots, Jeffrey Wright, Caleb Landry Jones.
Q: What motivated you to tell this story?
AJE: My greatest inspiration was this film’s cast. Their commitment and brilliance astonished me every step of the way. I was also motivated by the music of Colin Stetson, Weyes Blood, Lower Dens, and Nils Frahm. Executive Producer Gus Van Sant, and his films of alienated youth and broken families, was also integral.
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
AJE: I want the audience to feel love for the characters. I would be happy if they came away from the film feeling hope. And that mercy and forgiveness are possible.
Q: What other film/filmmaker are you excited to see at SXSW this year?
AJE: Garry Winogrand, Time Trial, and Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes.
Pet Names
Director: Carol Brandt, Screenwriter: Meredith Johnston
When her ill mother urges her to take a vacation from her care-taking, grad-school-dropout Leigh invites her ex along on the camping trip. The two soon find that confronting old wounds during a weekend in the woods is anything but restful.
Cast: Meredith Johnston, Rene Cruz, Stacy Parish, Chelsea Norment, Jake Bradley, Lilliana Winkworth, Christina Seo.
Q: What motivated you to tell this story?
CB: The amazing script written by the amazing Meredith Johnston.
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
CB: The ability to take a deep breath afterwards and appreciate the people close to you.
Q: What other film/filmmaker are you excited to see at SXSW this year?
CB: Augustine Frizzell and her film Never Goin Back.
Science Fair
Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, Screenwriters: Jeffrey Plunkett, Darren Foster, Cristina Costantini
Nine high school students from around the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at the international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries, only one will be named Best in Fair.
Q: What motivated you to tell this story?
CC: Our documentary Science Fair is a love letter to the subculture that saved me. As a dweeby kid growing up in a sports-obsessed high school in Wisconsin, the international science fair became my lifeboat. It validated my passion for science, taught me how to dedicate myself to a goal and set my life on a trajectory that would have otherwise been totally impossible. But most importantly, science fair is where I found my tribe. As many of our leaders turn their back on science, Science Fair features kids who have decided to step up and take on the considerable challenges that face our world.
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
CC: Of course we want everyone to fall in love with the world of science fair as much as we have. But we also want to challenge people to consider if we’re doing enough at every level to foster young talent. Do your local schools support science fairs? How can we do more to celebrate our science all-stars? How do we want our politicians to talk about science? We’re at a moment when the country seems to have turned its back on science, so part of the mission of this film is to restore a bit of hope. We want people to appreciate these brilliant young minds and to better understand how science fairs can be transformative for students who lack opportunities or may not excel in traditional educational environments.
Q: What other film/filmmaker are you excited to see at SXSW this year?
CC: Hair Wolf by Mariama Diallo!
Wobble Place
Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko, Screenwriters: Story by Dasha Nekrasova and Eugene Kotlyarenko
A week before the 2016 election, a couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.
Cast: Dasha Nekrasova, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Jack Kilmer, Paige Elkington, Caroline Hebert, Casey Jane Ellison, Vishwam Velandy, Janiva Ellis, Kim Ye, Elisha Drons.
Q: What motivated you to tell this story?
EK: All around me, I had noticed relationships turning toxic after couples began living together. This bleak trend in my personal network, combined with several larger cultural anxieties in the air, most saliently: the impending Presidential Election, public reckoning with sexual victimization, and the rise of app-assisted infidelity — made me want to explore a vitriolic relationship in the most divisive manner I could.
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
EK: That’s up to them, but I wouldn’t be upset if a few people cried at the end of this funny, scathing romp.
Q: What other film/filmmaker are you excited to see at SXSW this year?
EK: Andrew Bujalski, Wild Nights with Emily, Anchor and Hope, Relaxer, Profile, Jody Hill, Anna Margaret Hollyman, and Hereditary.
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March 2, 2018
New Localism, Sanctuary Cities, and Superheroes: CityLab Programming During SXSW Cities Summit
The inaugural Cities Summit at SXSW 2018 is less than two weeks away and we’re feeling excited about the incredible programming ahead. From March 12-13 civic leaders, creative citizens, and urbanists of all disciplines will come together for sessions at the Four Seasons focused on the arts, technology, equity, food, transportation, design, and more.
Hear from speakers including City of Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Vanita Gupta, Social Practice Installation Artist Theaster Gates, and more.
For SXSW 2018, Cities Summit has partnered with CityLab to produce inspiring sessions, a special event happy hour, and according to CityLab’s General Manager Rob Bole, to encourage “the next generation of activists, advocates, innovators, and leaders to wrestle with the important challenges of equity, justice, mobility, housing, and community.”
CityLab explores the trends and innovative solutions shaping our urban future and captures the unmatched creativity of our increasingly urbanized world. Through the expertise of thought-leaders and practitioners, CityLab informs and inspires the leaders who are building the cities of the future — and those who will live there.
Join us for HappyHourLab with CityLab, featuring artist Tunde Olaniran on March 12 on the Four Seasons Terrace. At the Happy Hour, Nicole Flatow, editor of CityLab will be interviewing Tunde Olanrian to kick off the evening. The event is presented by Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Practice and will celebrate the work they are doing in Memphis, Detroit, and New Orleans.
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New Localism: Reimagining Power in a Populist Age
Power is shifting in the world: downward from national governments and states to cities and metropolitan communities, where policy is less partisan and more pragmatic.
Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak argue that this new locus of power—this new localism—is emerging by necessity to solve the grand challenges characteristic of modern societies: economic competitiveness, social inclusion and opportunity; a renewed public life; the challenge of diversity; and the imperative of environmental sustainability. Where rising populism on the right and the left exploits the grievances of those left behind in the global economy, new localism has developed as a mechanism to address them head on.
Redefining Sanctuary Cities
As Jeff Sessions has rolled out his law-and-order missions to curb immigration and stop violent crime, he has increasingly suggested that the two go hand-in-hand — a phenomenon known as “crimmigration.” In this environment, cities and advocates are seeking to define – and redefine – what it means to be a sanctuary city. Should cities that dub themselves “sanctuaries” protect immigrants and nonimmigrants alike, particularly people of color, through criminal justice and surveillance reform?
Superheroes and the City
The NYC that gave rise to the most beloved superheroes in the Golden Age of comic books is transformed. Hell’s Kitchen, where Daredevil fought gangsters and criminals, is now home to the High Line. Gotham isn’t Gothic anymore. This panel brings together urban journalists (and comic-book fans) with celebrated comic-book authors, who will look at how once-gritty cities of comic-book lore look more and more like futuristic Metropolis—and how those changes are reflected in comic books and films.
What Happened to Our Chocolate Cities
A look at gentrification in our cities, historical context of the Great Migration and current examples of industries/concepts/infrastructure that are grappling with the changing makeup in our cities and the challenge of improving a neighborhood without driving out the people who made it what it is.
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Register to attend and get ready to explore new opportunities during 10 days of sessions, screenings, showcases, exhibitions, networking, and beyond from March 9-18 at SXSW 2018.
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March 2, 2018
How to Find and Own your Business Story?
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In this episode, our guest is Diana Yazidjian, a business storytelling expert with DFY consulting based in Montreal, Canada. Diana has extensive experience in marketing and technology helping start-ups, Fortune 500, retailers, and municipalities. She provides strategic and hands-on training on social media, brand storytelling, stand-out content and thinking like the customer.
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- Where is the future of business storytelling headed?
- Great industry examples and actionable tips to get you started
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March 2, 2018
New Media Companies Breaking into Entertainment – 2018 SXSW Programming Trends
Each year, different trends emerge from SXSW programming and act as identifiers for where we’re at and where we’re headed. From the 12 significant trends identified by the SXSW Programming Team for the 2018 event, New Media Companies Breaking into Entertainment highlights the importance of creating to engage and expanding content to match new, underrepresented audiences in a watch anywhere, anytime culture. Get to know this trend and related-SXSW sessions below that we think will spark conversation this March.
New Media Companies Breaking into Entertainment Trend
Video is everywhere! New media companies are jumping on the trend of streaming services and trying to break into the film and TV industry: Apple, Facebook, Buzzfeed, and Refinery29, to name a few. Billions are projected to be spent over the next few years by these companies on original content as they race for eyeballs and market share. Will they succeed in this age of content saturation? What happens as the pace quickens and the spending war seems to have no end in sight?
With new data giving insight to what millennials want to see, the Audience Engagement: The New Path to Greenlighting session led by a panel of key players in the industry share their unique positions with online data and what they are looking for in creating feature films and TV from digital platform beginnings. Death of 2nd Screen? Live Tweets in a Binge World panel will discuss how TV marketers should approach the shift from live viewing to time-shifted and binge viewing while meeting the needs of each group and building a vocal and dedicated fan base.
We can no longer create for passive viewing, we must create to engage. Future Proof Media: Engaging Tomorrow’s Audience session will attempt to answer how meaningful connections to our audiences are made and discuss the extra care we must take to succeed, by creating specifically with today’s rapidly changing marketplace in mind. Is original on-demand content or live streaming TV the way of the future? Or is it a medley of the 2? America’s No. 1 streaming platform, Roku, in A View From (Over-)The-Top session moderates a panel of streaming tech giants as they share their perspectives on the current and future state of TV and give their 2 cents on the competitive landscape.
Read more about how new media companies are trying to break in and succeed in the film and TV industry. Add these sessions to your 2018 SXSW Schedule. Stay tuned for more programming announcements through March.
New Media Companies Breaking into Entertainment Session Highlights
- Audience Engagement: The New Path to Greenlighting
- Death of 2nd Screen? Live Tweets in a Binge World
- Future Proof Media: Engaging Tomorrow’s Audience
- A View From (Over-)The-Top
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Join Us for SXSW 2018
The SXSW Conference includes 24 programming tracks divided amongst Interactive, Film, Music, and Convergence. Each March, some of the world’s most creative minds come together in Austin, Texas to discover, learn, network, brainstorm and collaborate.
Explore new opportunities during 10 days of sessions, screenings, showcases, exhibitions, networking, and beyond from March 9-18 at SXSW 2018 – register to attend.
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March 2, 2018
2018 SXSW Podcast Stage Lineup Features Atlanta Monster, American Enough, Sally Kohn, and More
Open to all badgeholders, the SXSW Podcast Stage will host up to 36 podcasts as diverse and varied as the crowd at SXSW. Experience multiple days of podcasts covering all facets of life including comedy, gaming, music, film, technology, and more held in front of a live audience in the Wisteria Room at the Fairmont from March 10 – 15 during regular SXSW Conference hours.
“The SXSW Podcast Stage is home to a variety of podcasts across all SXSW tracks including Film, Music, Health, News & Journalism, Sports, Social Impact, and more,” said SXSW Programmer Casey Slater. “For six days, SXSW speakers and podcasts hosts will deep dive on current events and industry-specific topics while being recorded amongst a live studio audience – the uniqueness of this stage will definitely generate an intimate atmosphere and experience unlike any other stage at the event.”
In live tapings of their podcasts, various SXSW speakers discuss a range of topics from pop culture to American identity to what’s in Rachel Bloom’s purse. In American Enough, former Barack Obama White House Senior Advisor Vikrum Aiyer takes the stage with the ACLU leader Danielle Silber, Mayor Stephen Benjamin and Ravi Patel examine the challenges fueling divisions in our country, and the opportunities to build bridges among American communities. Culture critic Ira Madison, Grown-ish writer Kara Brown, and entertainment journalist Louis Virtel bring you Keep It! with a discussion about the intersection of pop culture and politics at a time when we’re all obsessing over both.
Browse highlights below and get ready to hear conversations you won’t experience anywhere else this SXSW at the Podcast Stage.
SXSW Podcast Stage Highlights
Keep It!
Speakers: Ira Madison III (Crooked Media), Kara Brown (Crooked Media), Louis Virtel (Crooked Media)
Tracks: News & Journalism, Music Industry, Entertainment Influencers, Social Impact
Movies! Music! Terrible tweets by celebrities trying to seem engaged while bragging about their latest project! This show has it all.
Culture critic Ira Madison, Grown-ish writer Kara Brown and entertainment journalist, Louis Virtel engage in a lively, hilarious and thoughtful conversation about the intersection of pop culture and politics at a time when we’re all obsessing over both.
Sit-In
Speakers: MaryEllis Bunn (Creator of Museum of Ice Cream), Xavier Schipani (Local Austin Trans Artist/Activist), Steve Hash (Host), Ally Hilfiger (Host and Author of Bite Me)
Tracks: Design, Style, Social Impact
Ally and Steve travel to the homes, studios and workplaces of today’s most creative and cutting-edge minds, providing a glimpse into their story, process and what drives them. This time, they’re traveling to you – with a live podcast recording. SIT-IN on this inspiring conversion.
About the Hosts: Hilfiger is an artist, designer, author, producer and daughter of fashion mogul and entrepreneur Tommy Hilfiger. Steve Hash is an artist and a Creative Director who has worked with Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa, Janelle Monáe, Skrillex, Grateful Dead, FUN., and many other musicians.
Atlanta Monster, Tenderfoot TV & How Stuff Works
Speakers: Donald Albright (Tenderfoot TV), Jason Hoch (HowStuffWorks), Payne Lindsey (Tenderfoot TV)
Tracks: News & Journalism, Social Impact
Get an insider’s view of Atlanta Monster, the #1 breakout podcast of 2018, with the show’s creators.
State Of Resistance
Speakers: Sally Kohn (CNN Commentator), Heather Busby (Naral Pro-Choice), Christina Tzintzun (Jolt)
Tracks: Social Impact, Government, News & Journalism
Live taping of State Of Resistance with Sally Kohn — featuring grassroots Austin leaders and activists, Christina Tzintzùn and Heather Busby.
Natch Beaut
Speakers: Jackie Johnson (Comedian and Host), Rachel Bloom (Creator and star of My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Tracks: Health, Film & TV Industry, Comedy
Jackie and Rachel are going to be gabbing about all things self-care! Their favorite products, skincare, and rituals of wellness. Jackie will go through Rachel’s makeup bag and see what are her must-have’s. Plus, Rachel will answer fan questions as well as take questions from the audience. It is also very likely that there will be singing!
American Enough
Speakers: Vikram Aiyer (Head of Global Policy for Postmates), Ravi Patel (creator of Meet the Patels), Danielle Silber (Director of ACLU), Stephen Benjamin (Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina)
Tracks: Social Impact, Film & TV Industry, Government
In this existential moment for our nation’s identity, former Barack Obama White House senior advisor Vikrum Aiyer takes the stage with the ACLU leadership, Mayors, and Ravi Patel (Actor & Writer of the critically acclaimed Meet the Patels) to examine the challenges fueling divisions in our country, and the opportunities to build bridges among American communities.
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