When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out wh…

**Extended Q&A to follow screening "COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey" is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and written by Carl Sagan's collaborators on the legendary original series, Ann Druyan and St…

On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 137 years of professional baseball, it's the only no-hitter tossed while the pitcher was tripping on LSD. Dock lived the expression “Black is …

Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her on the eve of graduating law school. While interviewing at high-end law firms, Veronica gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused…

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of "Neighbors", a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby…

"Predestination" chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignmen…

Filming from 2002 to 2013, "Boyhood" is a narrative feature that covers twelve years in the life of a family. We follow a young boy, Mason (Ellar Coltrane), as he matures from first through twelfth grade, along with his …

A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel. Directed by David Gordon Green ("Prince Avalanche", "Pineapple Express") the film brings A…

In his directorial debut, Mike Myers documents the astounding career of Hollywood legend Shep Gordon. Following a chance encounter with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Shep went on to manage an eclectic list of artists in…

After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen, rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought he could resume a normal life. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama’s opp…

One man will risk it all to stop the tar sands of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from crossing his land. Shot in the forests, pastures, and living rooms of rural East Texas, "Above All Else" follows David Daniel as he rall…

Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he jumps in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild advent…

Directed by Diego Luna, "Cesar Chávez" chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leader and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez. Torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commi…

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves…

After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen, rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought he could resume a normal life. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama’s opp…

"Yakona" is a visual experience through the crystal clear waters of the San Marcos River and its headwaters at Spring Lake. Follow the river on an impressionistic journey from its point of view as it flows from source to…

Kumiko lives in a cluttered, cramped apartment in Tokyo with her pet rabbit, Bunzo. She works as an office lady, robotically preparing tea and fetching dry cleaning for her nitpicky boss. But on her own time, she obsessi…

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Celebrate SXSW 2013’s brightest stars! Held at the beautiful Paramount Theatre for the first time, this year’s Film Awards is sure to be unforgettable.……

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history. The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately aff…

"Soul Boys of the Western World" is a voyage through the 80s in the company of Spandau Ballet, one of the decade’s most iconic bands. This archive-only documentary film tells the story of a group of working-class London …

A music documentary following the breakup of Swedish House Mafia and their subsequent One Last Tour. The largest electronic tour in history, selling over 1 million tickets in one week. Director Christian Larson captures …

OutKast’s André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic from writer-director John Ridley ("12 Years A Slave"). Covering a year in Hendrix’s life from 1966-67 as an unknown backup guitarist playing New Yor…

Presented by: Michele Clark Presents Sunset Sessions Alumni

Louise Lynn Goffin, is talented singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist. She is fresh off a Grammy nomination as producer of Carole King’s Album “A Holiday Carole" and is finishing up a n…

Presented by: Michele Clark Presents Sunset Sessions Alumni

The Parlotones have moved to Los Angeles to focus on the American market.The multi-platinum selling Johannesburg-bred quartet have headlined the 20,000-seater venues, performed at the World Cup Kick-off Concert, toured w…

Presented by: Michele Clark Presents Sunset Sessions Alumni

Above all else, Alpha Rev is a journey into the depths of the human experience. Frontman Casey McPherson's gripping, emotional songwriting dares others to search out hope in the bleakest of circumstances and the unique i…

Presented by: Michele Clark Presents Sunset Sessions Alumni

With the release of his latest album Burden of Proof, Bob Schneider breaks new ground. Exploring loss, lust, love, dark desires and skeptical optimism, Schneider has crafted lyrically and musically, his most ambitious an…

Presented by: Michele Clark Presents Sunset Sessions Alumni

In February 2007, Melissa Etheridge celebrated a career milestone with a victory in the “Best Song” category at the Academy® Awards for “I Need to Wake Up,” written for the Al Gore documentary on global warming, An Incon…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

There are songwriters who sing their songs, and then there are songs who sing their writers. Alejandro Escovedo is one with his muse and his music. Over a lifetime spent traversing the bridge between words and melody,…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

What happens when your band’s debut album is a run-scoring hit with both music and baseball fans? If you’re The Baseball Project, you grab some friends to fill out your bench, take batting practice by writing songs for E…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Atlanta's beloved sons the Black Lips entered last year through a screaming cloud of sweat, smoke, blood, and beer mist, in front of a dangerously packed hall in New Orleans' French Quarter. If a band's bipolarity runs o…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

With a big-as-the-room persona, an ability to rock the doors off the most jaded of clubs, the heart to hold a room completely still with just his guitar, and a genius for arrangement, Bobby Bare, Jr. and his band of merr…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

THE DISSIPATED GLAMOUR OF THE NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE After a lifetime as a force behind much of rock & roll's past greatness – being press officer for Island Records, Led Zeppelin, and T-Rex (he's "purple-browed Beep" in …

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

It's a long way from CBGB to the Grand Ole Opry, and Nashville might not be the first town that comes to mind when you hear the name Cheetah Chrome, but the iconic punk rocker has actually called Music City home for more…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Cindy Lee Berryhill is a California musician-songwriter married to the late rock journalist Paul Williams. She has released six albums since 1988 on way cool indie labels like Rhino, Rough Trade, Cargo and Demon. Berryhi…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

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Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Forty years into his storied career, Garland Jeffreys is enjoying the kind of creative second wind most artists can only hope for the first time around, earning a swarm of critical accolades and experiencing his most pro…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Born in Queens, New York, Jesse Malin’s passion for music began at an early age. Upon receiving his first nylon stringed acoustic guitar, Jesse taped an old 1950’s reel-to-reel recorder with a beat-up attached microphone…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Louise Lynn Goffin, is talented singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist. She is fresh off a Grammy nomination as producer of Carole King’s Album “A Holiday Carole" and is finishing up a n…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

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Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Richard Barone is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Since pioneering the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman for The Bongos, Barone has produced countless studio recordings and worke…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

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Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Having emerged from Soho’s ultra hip Blitz Club in 1979 during another economic depression, Spandau Ballet formed at school in North London before becoming the hottest unsigned band on the planet and one of the most infl…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang wh…

Presented by: The Official SXSW Tribute To Lou Reed - Presented by Richard Barone & Alejandro Escovedo

Wayne Kramer — Guitarist / Composer / Activist “LEXINGTON could actually be the musical narrative of the second half of my adult life.” Wayne Kramer, January 2014 Every artist that releases an album would like you …

"Take Me to the River" is a feature film celebrating the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. The film brings multiple generations of a…

This is the story of Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero, two Mexicans who at a very early age decided to take the risk to pursue their dreams to live from what they loved the most: music. The combination of their adve…

In "God Help the Girl," first-time writer/director Stuart Murdoch creates a coming-of-age story that doubles as an indie-pop musical. The project began as a suite of songs, written while Murdoch was in between records. H…

Kumiko lives in a cluttered, cramped apartment in Tokyo with her pet rabbit, Bunzo. She works as an office lady, robotically preparing tea and fetching dry cleaning for her nitpicky boss. But on her own time, she obsessi…