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South By Southwest Films You Should See

3/11/2011

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South By is here; South By is here! Can you feel it in the air, folks? That little film (and, okay, music) festival is upon us, and we haven’t forgotten about you. What films should you check out this upcoming week? We’ll tell you what we’re planning on checking out.

The Beaver
This is a no-brainer. Mel Gibson in his latest controversial role? Done and done. The film is about a man who can’t seem to get himself back on track…until a beaver hand puppet enters his life. Plus it’s directed by Jodie Foster!

Source Code
We looooooved Duncan Jones’ first film, Moon, so we cannot wait to see what David Bowie’s offspring brings us next. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Source Code is the story of a soldier who crosses over into another man’s identify for 8 minutes in order to find a bomber of a Chicago train.

Super
James Gunn takes a look at “self-reflexive” superheroes in this dark comedy that stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Live Tyler, and Kevin Bacon.

Beginners
Starring Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Plummer, this film touches on new love, adult parents, and coming out of the closet at 75.

Girl Walks Into a Bar
This is being billed as a “sharp-witted comedy” that follows a group of strangers in interlocking stories through 10 different bars during one night in LA. Plus it’s got Danny DeVito!

A Bag of Hammers
Another “offbeat comedy,” this film follows two misfit best friends who refuse to grow up until they find an abandoned child.

Yelling to the Sky
This sounds like this year’s Precious, and it’s even got Gabourey Sidibe in it! Seventeen-year-old Sweetness is left to fend for herself in her neighborhood where survival is uncertain.

Fuck My Life
This Chilean film explores how love in the times of Facebook is worse than love in the times of cholera. (Oh so true!)

The Dish & The Spoon
Starring festival favorite Greta Gerwig, this film is the story of one wife’s unexpected bond with a teenager after discovering her husband’s affair.

blacktino
“Sad, fat, black, Latino, nerd. It doesn't get any worse than that.”

The Future
Miranda July’s follow-up film tells the story of a couple who, upon adopting a cat, change the course of their relationship.

Hesher
With his love of loud music, porn, and pyromania, Hesher shakes up the lives of a boy and his dad grieving from loss. Bonus: recent Oscar winner Natalie Portman costars.

Buck
This documentary tells the true story of horse whisperer cowboy. Again: a cowboy horse whisperer.  Yes.

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing, and advertising.

Terri
A film about a big kid in a small town with John C. Reilly that is being pegged at “moving and funny.”

There you go! That’s merely a smattering, a SMATTERING, of the incredible films screening at South By Southwest. We seriously have our work cut out for us.

Check out the entire SXSW Film schedule and lineup.

--Darcie Duttweiler

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