Sure--we already told you about our amazing Other Side Guide to the South by Southwest Film Festival. But we're posting again to let you know how excited we are about this thing! Not only can you effortlessly browse the huge list of amazing films playing at SXSW this year (by title, theatre, category or day), you can also rate movies, read and write reviews, keep a festival blog (maybe even a hilarious festival blog),... more ›

In our effort to help you sort through all of the excellent screenings at SXSW Film Festival, we've partnered up with Austin-based B-Side Entertainment, who create nifty online program guides for film festivals all around the world. Locally, they're responsible for the interactive schedules you might have encountered at Austin Film Festival, the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest. Here are just some of the things you do over at... more ›

The Austin-made documentary Before the Music Dies has already attracted lots of attention from both audiences and critics. Now the music doc is attracting attention for an entirely different reason. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen have decided to forgo offers from Hollywood distributors in favor of inking a deal with Austin start-up B-Side Entertainment. B-Side is a progressive alternative to more established distributors in that they use a combination of on-line marketing and... more ›

WEDNESDAY [28] [film] AFS 20th Anniversary Screening: Godard's Weekend at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link) [film] Premiere of A Scanner Darkly with film score composer Graham Reynolds leading live performance at Paramount Theatre (5pm, 7pm) (link) [film] The Blindfolded Reformer at the Vortex with free Tito's vodka (Free, 7pm) (link) [books] Texas Monthly Bookclub presents Sarah Bird's The Flamenco Academy, hosted by Mike Shea at BookPeople (7pm) (link) [music] Awesome Cool Dudes, Daniel Francis Doyle, Zom... more ›

Mike Shea at BookPeople (7pm) (link) [music] Awesome Cool Dudes, Daniel Francis Doyle, Zom Zoms, Ralph White at Emo's (link) [music] Tristan Prettyman, Michael Tolcher at The Parish Room (link) [music] Pete Yorn instore at Waterloo Records (6:30pm) (link) [music] An Irish Sing-a-long with Brobdingnagian Bards and Campbell Wilson at Cactus Cafe (Free, 8pm) (link) [film] AFS 20th Anniversary Screening: Godard's Weekend at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link) [film] Rolling Roadshow: The Goonies at Central Market... more ›