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• Posted AFF Capsule Review: Youth in Revolt to Austinist
  Michael Cera’s birdlike awkwardness is perfect for the part of gawky, virginal nerd Nick Twisp, a 16-year-old-who finds love on a trailer park vacation and decides to do whatever it takes to hang on to it. Think Fight Club for nerdy virgins. And if that last sentence didn’t sell you, just trust us—it’s funny.
• Posted Austin Film Festival Interview: Robert Byington, Writer/Director of Harmony and Me to Austinist
  We know it’s a busy time for all the filmmakers this week, and they’re probably getting asked a thousand questions by a million different people, so we just had a quick “speed date” of an interview with Bob Byington, director of Harmony and Me. Of course, Austinist film buffs are busy too, rushing from panel to panel to screening, and you’ve only got a few minutes before the next thing starts anyway. So read on and get a little insight into the mind of an AFF filmmaker. Go ahead—it won’t take long.
• Posted Austin Film Festival Preview: Left Field to Austinist
  It’s a game they hadn’t played since grade school, everyone holds a beer while they play, and they run the wrong way around the bases. The appeal of a game of kickball is obvious. But somewhere amid all the drinking, swearing, mock brawls, and (oh yeah) the kickball games themselves, this film becomes about something more than kickball.
• Posted Austin Film Festival: Friday Panel & Film Picks to Austinist
  Friday. Day two of Austin Film Festival. Everything’s really getting going now, but you’re already worn out from yesterday’s insanity. Not to worry, we have you all set! We’ve even taken into account that some panels might be full, so we’ve gone ahead and given you a backup. That’s just the kind of friends we are.
• Posted Austin Film Festival Preview: American Cowslip to Austinist
  An American Cowslip is an extraordinarily beautiful, rare flower that can only grow when it’s left totally alone. That’s the best way to think about Ethan Inglebrink, a lovable sweet, naïve, agoraphobic heroin addict with a green thumb in Blythe California, a small town full of seemingly full of nothing but quirky characters. It takes a special kind of film to get the audience to root for the junkie, but in this colorful world, everything is as seen through the rose-colored glasses of the perfect high. And we have to admit, it’s hard not to get caught up in this stubbornly sunny worldview.