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There aren’t many chances that you get to watch an artist progress in front of your eyes. How many of us would love to see David Fincher’s first productions in a festival? We get that chance with Lena Dunham’s Creative NonFiction, which was selected for screening at SXSW as part of the fest’s Emerging Visions category.

Tim Disney’s American Violet, opening in limited release today, is a well-acted but heavy-handed message movie that could have used a subtler approach.

The latest film from director Ramin Bahrani is the powerful, deeply moving story of an unexpected friendship.

SXSW may be over but that won’t stop us from giving you coverage with some great interviews. This time we talk with Josephine Decker, co-writer and director of the music video Where Are You Going, Elena?

SXSW gave us the double-edged sword of joy through the heart known as Metropolis with the addition of a live performance of an all-new original score for the film. Plus, we drank beer during it. Only in Austin.

There are very few relationships that offer such great potential for humor and discovery like a sibling rivalry, John Bryant understands this and offers a hilarious road-trip story in The Overbrook Brothers, a film screening at SXSW.

The Troll 2 cult phenomenon is seemingly unexplainable. That didn’t stop Michael Paul Stephenson from directing a fascinating documentary, Best Worst Movie, about the transformation of the film from a movie mess to must see territory. We had the chance to talk to Stephenson, an incredibly gracious filmmaker, at SXSW about the chance to exorcise the goblins from his life.

Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones have made their presence known at SXSW in a large way. Now they talk to us about working through relationship issues on-screen in Breaking Upwards.

Mature and insightful aren’t two words often associated with the horror genre. Paul Solet, writer and director of Grace, aims to change that. We talked with him at SXSW and got his thoughts on his film and where the horror genre is headed.

How do you combat the burden of being an actor attached to Troll 2, the worst film of all time? If you’re Michael Paul Stephenson, you film a stunning documentary, Best Worst Movie, that chronicles the unexplainable phenomenon that has turned Troll 2 from a bargain bin film into a cult classic.

Somehow there ended up being a lot of talk about anus in this interview. We can’t entirely blame director John Inwood, but we’re going to go ahead and do it anyway. It’s his fault.

Paul Rudd and Jason Segel talk to us about male bonding, improvising and being two of “Comedy’s New Legends.”

In an exclusive interview Joe Swanberg talks to us about Alexander the Last, the current state of mumblecore and simultaneously premiering the film at SXSW and on-demand.

We risk losing our doctored press badges and sneak behind enemy lines to get an early look at a film playing at SXSW – Alexander the Last.

It looks like some SXSW audiences will get a chance to check out Drag Me to Hell when Raimi presents a “work in progress version” of the film at the Texas film fest.

The racially charged drama, set during the 2000 election season, stars newcomer Nicole Beharie as a mother of four wrongfully accused of being a drug dealer.

Now that Sundance is over it is time to look ahead to the next major American film festival, South by Southwest. The fest will take place in FSR’s new hometown, Austin, Texas, from March 13-21. And while the full festival lineup won’t be available until next week, we already have some information on some of the films that will be playing there.

I can tell you with great confidence that Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is one of the most emotionally powerful films I have ever seen.

Kevin and Neil shake off the chick flick phenomenon from last week and decide to mess with the Zohan. They also test out their kung fu skills against Jack Black and company. Sadly, no one talks about Peter Dinklage at all, although Kevin did dream about him last night.

We Believe in Harvey Dent… And now we have t-shirts to prove it!