SXSW '09: Under the Radar

Two quick tips for you, Team Austin: Though it's not officially a part of SXSW, a most excellent documentary called Until the Light Takes Us will have a one-time screening at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar this Thursday night (3/19) at 11:55pm. Shooting over two years in Oslo, filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites artfully investigate the music and real-life mayhem behind the Norwegian black death metal scene, which I wrote up as an LA Weekly Critic's Pick during last fall's AFI fest. Tickets will go fast, folks, so sign up now for all your murder and church burnings.

But back on the SXSW front, and with full disclosure... Watchmaker/ Benten is working behind the scenes on Tobe Hooper's rarely-screened 1969 directorial debut, Eggshells (his only feature before the infamy of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), which screens as part of the fest on Tuesday. Austin Chronicle co-founder and SXSW godfather Louis Black wrote lovingly about the film in this week's issue, and again, with only one screening at the Alamo South Lamar, you know what to do, fellow filmgoers.

Posted by ahillis at March 15, 2009 1:22 PM