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Starring in my SXSW sweetheart, Barry Munday, is the very funny and gorgeous Judy Greer. Judy plays Ginger Farley, a recently impregnated woman who seeks paternity from her one night stand, Mr. Munday. See what she had to say about things and stuff..

I had the pleasure of seeing one of the best documentaries of SXSW in Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio. The film is one that focus’ on social consciousness, creativity, education and love for your fellow man. I also took a few moments to sit down with the filmmaking team behind it.

When Sony Pictures emailed me saying that they’d love it if we debuted a clip from Did You Hear About the Morgans?, I wasn’t exactly jumping out of my chair. When they said that it involved Sarah Jessica Parker and a bear, I was intrigued. Because who wouldn’t want to see Sarah Jessica Parker fight a bear… and lose?

When you have a chance to sit with someone like Robert Rodriguez, a few things go through your mind. Like, “I can’t believe I get to meet one of my favorite directors”, or “What if I come off as a tool?”, and even “Wow, he is tall.” One of the things that is really great about Rodriguez is that he keeps everything close to home, literally.

After a delayed start to this week due to some illness on my part, we’re back in the saddle and ready to rock on down the home-stretch of our SXSW 2010 preview. And we begin this week with an exclusive poster debut for one of my own most anticipated films.

Here’s something a little different. The folks at First Look Studios, a studio that seems to be getting edgier with their release slate every day, has provided us with an exclusive first look at their upcoming DVD release Suicide Girls: Guide to Living, which is no doubt full of fancy tips on how to be extremely productive while having lots of tattoos and being naked all the time.

Here’s a nice way to finish out our week and send you off into the weekend — with a short exclusive clip from the Sundance graduate Toe to Toe, from director Emily Abt. It’s a film about an unlikely pair of girls at an upscale prep school, both of whom show promise on the lacrosse field. Both of whom have problems off the field.

We don’t exactly cover short films at festivals. Someday, perhaps. But not now. However, there are a few longer-form short films playing at this year’s festival — Spike Jonze’s red hot Sundance short I’m Here and the very interesting short from Holden Abigail Osbore, Solitary. Joining these two films in this category — which is called Medium Cool: 3 (not so) Shorts (awesome name) — is Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Successful Alcoholics.

First Look Studios has provided Film School Rejects with an exclusive first look at the Ninja, in the form of this awesome fight scene that takes place in the rain. This Scott Adkins-led film appears to kick some serious ass, if this clip is to be believed. And it is. We checked. It really did come from the film.

While he prepares to take on an even more popular book with the upcoming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (for producer Sam Raimi), writer Craig Titley took a moment to talk to us about his background in mythology, his love for Christopher Columbus’ Amblin Entertainment days, and how Percy Jackson calls back to that very era.

Lets get right to the point here. Overture Films has provided us with three brand new exclusive images from Breck Eisner’s The Crazies, a reinvention of the George Romero classic.

In which I have a great conversation with HIGH School director John Stalberg over coffee, set to the soothing sounds of Paula Cole and injected with laughs. Behold, my favorite interview of Sundance 2010.

If you’ve been paying attention to my reviews, you’ll know already that I was a fan of Katie Aselton’s relationship comedy The Freebie. After seeing it, I also got a chance to catch up with Katie and her team.

Continuing again with my series on filmmakers who brought more than just a movie to Sundance, I had a chance to speak with Tucker & Dale vs. Evil director Eli Craig.

This year at Sundance, I’ve been working on a series of interviews with up and coming filmmakers. In this particular edition, I got a 4-for-1 discount.

First Look Studios has provided us with an exclusive clip from their upcoming release Triangle…

Yesterday the trades began reporting on a new production shingle that will bring average folks into the filmmaking process. Today we have an exclusive look at this shingle’s new movie. How ironic…

We spoke with Kevin Heffernan, one-fifth of Broken Lizard and forever beloved for demanding a liter of cola as Farva in ‘Super Troopers’ and dying in a giant vat of beer in ‘Beerfest.’ In ‘The Slammin’ Salmon,’ the comedy troupe’s latest, he takes over the director’s chair.

There are few people out there who are as naturally funny as Rhys Darby, who you may know from Flight of the Conchords or Pirate Radio. He’s the sort of guy who could even make the process of telling someone that they’re going to die kind of funny…

We sat down with Up in the Air director Jason Reitman for an unorthodox interview which involved not talking about the film at all. Yes, I should probably be fired.