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We make no secret of this, IFC loves SXSW. We’ve been throwing a week long party to prove just how much. If you’ve missed any of the performances or events so far, it’s easy to catch up. When we weren’t hanging out at the IFC Crossroads House, we were catching all the premieres of the…
John Cassavetes, an accomplished actor, director and screenwriter, is considered by many to be the spiritual father of American independent filmmaking. At a time when Hollywood was pre-occupied with the notion of the impressionist director, Cassavetes went in the opposite direction and created films that felt closer to real life in both style and execution.…
It has been twenty months since the last time the New York Comic Con was held at the Jacob Javits Center, and this past weekend it returned with a vengeance. OK, not really a vengeance, but attendance for all three days was sold out and there was line up 34th Street to get in, so…
With Rock and Roll coming from every direction in Austin, the 2010 SXSW festival seems like the perfect place to premiere “The Runaways”. As the evening approached twilight, the film’s stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning walked the red carpet for the event along with director Floria Sigismondi and Runaways’ lead singer Cherie Currie. “The…
Considering that the protagonist in “Barry Munday” is castrated in a brutal attack while watching a movie, seeing the stars and director of that film head in to the Paramount Theater with smiles on their faces might carry a hint of irony. But that was exactly the tone of Patrick Wilson, Chloë Sevigny and director…
They say the stars shine bright in Texas, but nothing was shining quite as brilliantly as the stars of “Elektra Luxx” at the film’s SXSW premiere. Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman and Emmanuelle Chriqui joined director Sebastian Gutierrez for the event at 2010 SXSW Film Festival. “Elektra Luxx” is the sequel to Gutierrez’s 2009 film, “Women…
For a week night in Austin, it looked a little more like a Saturday from New York as Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and director Jorma Taccone (of the Lonely Island) walked the red carpet at the 2010 SXSW premiere of their new action comedy, “MacGruber.” Joining them for the event were co-stars Ryan Phillipe, Val…
Austin may not be the city of brotherly love, but brothers Mark and Jay Duplass were all smiles at the SXSW premiere of their new comedy, “Cyrus”. Joining them for the screening at the Paramount Theater were the film’s stars; John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Katie Aselton. The awkward dynamic in “Cyrus” revolves around…
Fans eagerly awaiting the SXSW premiere of “Kick-Ass” might have psyched for an evening of mayhem, rubber and spandex, but stars Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse arrived in style for the opening of their new film in Austin, TX. Joining them on the red carpet was the film’s director Matthew Vaughn and the creators of…
For their 25th anniversary, the Spirit Awards moved to downtown Los Angeles and an evening setting, the night of Friday, March 5th. The ceremony has grown into one of the most anticipated indie film events of the year. The 2010 Spirit Awards were hosted by comedian Eddie Izzard and aired live and uncensored on IFC.…
Has it really been a whole year since the last SXSW? As the masses get ready to converge on Austin, TX for another two weeks celebrating the best of Interactive, Film and Music, IFC takes a look back at some of the highlights from our photo coverage of SXSW 2009. We’ve got everything from celebrities…
As we bid farewell to the Sundance Film Festival of 2010, here are three last looks at the red carpet premieres from Park City. Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortes were on hand for the screening of their thriller, “Buried.” Jessica Alba and Bill Pullman joined director Michael Winterbottom on the red carpet at the…
The cast and crew of “Blue Valentine” made the premiere in Park City look like a family affair. Attending were the film’s stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, Jon Doman, Mike Vogel and Faith Wladyka. Also in attendance was the film’s director Derek Cianfrance, who was joined by his producers Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell and…
Leave it to a team of brothers to bring a comedy about the awkwardness of family to the Sundance Film Festival. The writing and directing team of Mark and Jay Duplass were on hand for the premiere of “Cyrus” with their stars Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Katie Aselton and Matt…
Rock legends mixed with modern pop icons at the Sundance premiere for “The Runaways.” After immersing themselves in the characters of the punk rock icons, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning stood side by side with their real world counterparts Joan Jett and Cherries Currie on the red carpet. Also attending the premiere were stars Tatum…
The protagonist of drama “Get Low” is a man who blocks himself off from society, but the film’s star Robert Duvall was in the thick of things at the Sundance premiere. Joining Duvall on the red carpet were fellow cast members Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Lori Beth Edgeman and director Aaron Schneider, with…
Contrary to the subject matter of their film, the cast of “Winter’s Bone” were all smiles at the Sundance premiere of the film at the Eccles Theater in Park City. Joining director Debra Granik on the red carpet were the film’s stars Jennifer Lawrence, Dale Dickey, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Casey Maclaren and Lauren Sweester.…
It was definitely ladies’ night on red carpet for “Please Give” on Friday at the Eccles Theater in Park City. Attending the premiere with director Nicole Holofcener were stars Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Rebecca Hall and Sarah Steele. Co-stars Oliver Platt and Thomas Ian Nichols were also there. In “Please Give”, Holofcener examines the awkward…
While the nation was watching the Haiti telethon, it was our own recession and the current unemployment crisis that were under the spotlight at the Sundance premiere of “The Company Men” at the Eccles Theater on Friday night. Stars Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Rosemarie DeWitt joined director John Wells on the…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt sports scruff, long hair and DIY tattoos in “Hesher,” which had its premiere at Sundance on Friday at the Eccles Theater in Park City, UT. But he looked all cleaned up at the red carpet before the event, appearance alongside the director/cinematographer team of brothers Spencer and Morgan Susser. Actors John Carroll Lynch…
“Howl,” a film about the life of beat poet Allen Ginsberg and the obscenity trial that followed the publication of “Howl and other Poems” in 1957, was one of the first films to play at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Premiering on Thursday the 21st at the Eccles Theater in Park City, UT, the screening…
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, the five surviving members of Monty Python, gathered at New York’s Ziegfeld Theatre for a rare reunion in order to celebrate their 40th anniversary and to receive a special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. After a screening of a…
Lest we forget, for all the talk this year about whether the New York Film Festival in particular and arthouse film in general have become elitist and unwelcoming to the general population, one of this year’s major indie buzz films features no less a celeb for all demographics than Mariah Carey, in her fifth cinematic…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, it’s worth at least that many screams when it’s from Fantastic Fest, the country’s most amazing film festival devoted to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, gore and strangeness that defies all categories. This year’s iteration of the Austin-based event kicked off with the premiere of “Gentlemen Broncos,” the new…
James Franco! Rose Byrne! Taraji P. Henson! Alec Baldwin! Our intrepid photographer Jennifer Graylock was out at the red carpet for the Spirit Awards, catching all the celebs in their indie finest. Take a look at our gallery.
