Films I saw at SXSW 2011
A list of films I saw at SXSW 2011. You can read my thoughts on most of them at http://www.randomwalkthroughfilm.com
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- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsSimon PeggNick FrostSeth RogenTwo English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
- DirectorBarbara EderStarsPatty BarreraCarlos BenavidesEdward K. BravoA blunt view into America's soul, found somewhere between plasma TVs and food stamps.
- DirectorBen C. LucasStarsOliver AcklandAdelaide ClemensAlex RussellWhen a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
- DirectorZal BatmanglijStarsChristopher DenhamNicole ViciusBrit MarlingTwo documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future.
- DirectorKyle SmithStarsMorgan BeckAdam BenicKerry BishéA group of friends gather to play an annual game of touch football.
- DirectorBrian CranoStarsJason RitterJake SandvigChandler CanterburyBen and Alan, two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, find direction for their lives by taking in an abandoned child and creating the family they've always needed.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsLuke TreadawayNatalia TenaRebecca BensonTwo feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
- DirectorAimee LagosStarsBrittany SnowEvan RossSharon ConleyThe story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids in Atlanta, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
- DirectorEvan GlodellStarsEvan GlodellTyler DawsonJessie WisemanTwo friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".
- DirectorSean HoganAndrew ParkinsonSimon RumleyStarsLuke de LaceyHolly LucasSiubhan HarrisonComposed of three disturbingly sensual and terrifying short narratives, unified by the twin themes of sex and death.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJean ClottesJulien MonneyWerner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsJosh HutchersonShanley CaswellSpencer LockeAs a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.
- DirectorSpencer SusserStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittDevin BrochuNatalie PortmanA young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
- DirectorJoe CornishStarsJohn BoyegaJodie WhittakerAlex EsmailA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- DirectorAlison BagnallStarsGreta GerwigOlly AlexanderEleonore HendricksReeling from her husband's affair, Rose collides with a marooned teenager in a boarded-up Delaware beach town.
- DirectorMike CahillStarsBrit MarlingWilliam MapotherMatthew-Lee ErlbachOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPaul GiamattiAmy RyanJeffrey TamborA struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
- DirectorBrandon TrostJason TrostStarsJason TrostLee ValmassyArt HsuIn a post apocalyptic future, two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park by playing "Beat Beat Revelation", a deadly version of Dance, Dance, Revolution(TM).
- DirectorPeter HimmelsteinStarsHugo WeavingBrian CoxJack DavenportAn insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
- DirectorAdam BlaiklockStarsBen OxenbouldDaisy BettsSam LyndonSurfing charters are meant to be a trip to Paradise. With six male surfers stuck on a boat, there's bound to be some friction. When two of the surf crew are replaced at the last minute with girls - the heat is turned way up. The one single girl on board - SAM - enjoys the attention. She has Bull and Rob wrapped around her finger. The frustrated, psychotic, Bull soon decides, "she'll get what she's asking for" and molests her. Outraged, the others abandon him on an island, but the ever-determined Bull returns, and takes control of the boat. He attacks the crew and holds them hostage. He harasses Sam and tortures the others. It's a nightmare battle of wits, on board the yacht, as the five imprisoned friends must survive the fury of the psycho at the helm.
- DirectorEmily HaginsStarsElaine HurtPatrick DelgadoSantiago DietcheIn this witty comedy from teen director Emily Hagins, young Kate visits a local comic convention and falls for good-hearted vampire Paul, but her friends are worried when she suddenly starts displaying eerie, undead qualities of her own.
- DirectorLeszek GnoinskiWojciech SlotaStarsRobert BrylewskiWalter ChelstowskiKrzysztof CugowskiA history of Polish rock and independence.