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SXSW named the winners of the assorted Audience Awards from its 2022 edition on Wednesday (March 23), following last week’s announcement of the jury and special prize winners. The Audience Award ...

“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” begins with the former Arizona representative...

Some of the most notable new releases this week in local theaters and/or on streaming services/on demand.

Mary J. Blige’s 1992 debut, “What’s the 411?,” was an instant smash that established the young Yonkers singer as a multiplatinum hitmaker, a fashion icon, ...

Ursula Macfarlanes doc follows a mans quest to solve his own separated-at-birth mystery. A twisty true-crime story loses much of its appeal in Ursula Macfarlanes The Lost Sons, a "who am I?" doc whose subject is more fascinated with that question than most viewers will be. Paul Fronczak was ten years old when he learned he had been the victim of a foiled newborn abduction; only decades later did he realize his story was even more convoluted. Though well shot, the CNN-coproduced film always fee...

Scoob! Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Significant Other (Midnight Shorts Competition) Sonic the Hedgehog Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Sophie and The Baron (Documentary Shorts Competition) Space Explorers: The ISS Experience Episode 2: Advance (Virtual Cinema Competition) Squeegee (Narrative Shorts Competition) Stuffed (Midnight Shorts Competition) Swamp Thing Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Ten Leaves Dilated (Documentary Shorts Competition) The 100 Title Seque...

SXSW Announces 2021 Headliner & Early Highlight Titles! SXSW announces 2021 headliner & early highlight titles! With two months still to go until the arrival of the first fully-online version of the iconic festival, South by Southwest (SXSW) has revealed a handful of the titles set to screen, including the YouTube Originals docuseries  Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, which will make its world premiere as the Opening Night Headliner! This year, the acclaimed program will be online, where i...

Violet. “It’s impressive and rare to see a pop superstar tell their story so authentically and without pretense,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We’re privileged to present this intimate journey told with such vulnerability. Demi Lovato’s profound interest in mental health awareness is helping change the landscape of a crucial issue in this year of national and international trauma and loss.” “We are excited to share a handful of films from various sections of the festi...

The docuseries "Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil" will be opening the 2021 SXSW Film Festival in March.

Interview still from Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, this years SXSW Film opening night title (Photo by OBB MEDIA) Music, film, and a social conscience have always underpinned SXSW, and the three converge as Demi Lovato: Dance With the Devil has just been announced as the opening night title for this years virtual festival. The four-part docuseries, which was announced yesterday as debuting on YouTube on March 23, will actually get its world premiere when the 2021 o...