The SXSW Film Festival came to an end on Saturday (is anyone else dealing with some serious Movie Withdrawal?), so now that we've had a little time to reflect we'll be sharing some reviews with you. Here are a few impressions of some of the indie comedies writer Matt Shiverdecker had a chance to see (hopefully these titles will become available for wider audiences sooner rather than later). more ›

To be honest, of the narrative features premiering at SXSW shot by Texas based filmmakers, the two that we were immediately drawn to were Bob Byington's RSO [Registered Sex Offender] and Alex Karpovsky's Woodpecker. The first initially drew us in because we have a morbid fascination with all things criminal, especially criminal acts that traditionally allow for no possibility of redemption and the later because of the duality of a film that injects a non-fictional situation with fictional characters. Serendipitously, we recently had the chance to sit down with both Byington and Karpovsky at the same, and during a very circuitous conversation we got the chance to discuss film festival groupies, Olive Garden movie goers, fanatical birdwatchers and well, registered sex offenders. more ›