PODCAST: SXSW 2009 Preview

Tomorrow night, a swarm of filmmakers, journalists and locals in Austin, TX will be a-twitter (and probably just on Twitter) as the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival kicks off. A raucous good time for all, SXSW is perhaps the best American fest to discover talented, up-and-coming filmmakers, who don't need 10 million bucks and household names to pack theaters with excitable crowds. Stay tuned this next week for capsule reviews and podcasts from deep in the heart of you know where.

Just before we both skip town to bask in the Austin sunshine, IFC.com editor Alison Willmore and I discuss what it is that defines the SXSW experience, the films we're eagerly anticipating, and what we think about the community in its first year of "post-mumblecore" cinema (for which, while eating my words in an earlier post, I did actually update my illustrated chart).

To listen to the podcast, click here.

Posted by ahillis at March 12, 2009 11:23 AM