Cast List: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L’Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman, Danielle Guilbot (World Premiere) AtlantaDirector: Hiro Murai, Producers: Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Hiro Murai, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms and Dianne McGunigle Taking place almost entirely in Europe, Season 3 of FX’s Atlanta finds Earn, Alfred ‘Paper Boi,’ Darius and Van in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to. Please read our complete Online Screenings & RSVP guide.īig names, big talent: Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film events with major and rising names in cinema.Īpollo 10 1/2: A Space Age ChildhoodDirector/Screenwriter: Richard Linklater, Producers: Richard Linklater, Tommy Pallotta, Mike Blizzard, Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Some content will be subject to capacity. Films that have opted-in will also have an online screening for SXSW Badges and Online Passes only.įor SXSW Online Screenings, certain film content may be geo-blocked due to rights and the distributor’s discretion. These stories are informed by firsthand interviews with individuals who played crucia+l roles.Headliners | Narrative Feature Competition | Documentary Feature Competition | Narrative Spotlight | Documentary Spotlight | Midnighters | Festival Favorites | Visions | 24 Beats Per Second | Global | Episodic Premieres | Episodic Pilot Competition | Narrative Shorts | Documentary Shorts | Animated Shorts | Midnight Shorts | Texas Shorts | Texas High School Shorts | Music Videos | Title Design Competition | XR Experience Competition | XR Experience Spotlight | XR Experience Special Events Online ScreeningsĮxperience the SXSW Film program IRL + URL! Every film will have an in-person Premiere with additional in-person screenings for most films. Frankel tells their stories in extensive detail, set against an integral backdrop-the social and financial struggles of 1960s New York City, the New Hollywood era and changing film industry, and the impact of the gay liberation movement-in order to situate Midnight Cowboy's importance within the history of queer representation in Hollywood. The overall grittiness of the film was at odds with Hollywood's contemporary standards.įrankel's book is a rich historical account about the lives of those who made the film, including the late James Leo Herlihy, the author of the novel on which the film is based John Schlesinger, the film's director Waldo Salt, its screenwriter Marion Dougherty, its casting director and Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, its two lead actors. Today, Midnight Cowboy is not seen as an authentic portrayal of LGBTQ+ experience, yet at the time it was still more direct in its approach than other films of that era. The United Artistsproduced film made history by being the first X-rated film to win a number of prestigious awards, including the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film explores themes of loneliness and homosexuality, and its realistic story highlights the dirty underbelly of America.
The 1969 film follows a young Texan who travels to New York City to make his fortune as a male prostitute, where he befriends an ailing con man who helps him with his endeavor. GLENN FRANKEL'S SHOOTING "MIDNIGHT COWBOY": Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic bills itself as a biography of Midnight Cowboy, a film Frankel argues was made by people looking for purpose in a time when the cards of society were stacked against them.