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FilmCouch #14

Paul and Kevin navigate the gauntlet of trying to watch movies at home.

 
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FilmCouch #13

We’ve all got some movie stuck in our craw we stumbled on one night and we have no idea how to find it.

 
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FilmCouch #12

The SXSW Film Festival is over. Kevin reviews the documentary, Helvetica. Paul interviews SXSW award winners Michael Jacobs (Audience of One), Bill Haney (The Price of Sugar), and Ronald Bronstein (Frownland).

 
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People at SXSW: Jennifer Venditti (Billy the Kid)

The Spout team went to Billy the Kid (2007) last night and really loved it. Paul interviews director Jennifer Venditti before the premier about her new documentary. By the end of the interview, we were sold and the doc definitely lives up to Venditti’s hype.

 
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People at SXSW: Andrew Garrison (Third Ward, TX)

A few artists set out to make a small difference in a forgotten neighborhood in the third ward of Houston, TX. The results are huge. Paul talks to Andrew Garrison about his documentary of this story, Third Ward, TX.

 
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People at SXSW: Ashley Sabin (Kamp Katrina)

Ashley Sabin co-directed a new documentary shot in cinema verité style (no narration, no interviews) to get beyond the helicopter footage of hurricane Katrina. In Kamp Katrina, they take their cameras into a backyard-turned-refugee-camp on the ground. Paul talks with Sabin about the film in a restaurant at SXSW 2007.

 
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People at SXSW: Bob Ray, Werner Campbell (Hell on Wheels)

In 2001, some punk ladies in Austin sparked a revival in Roller Derby. Hell on Wheels is their five year journey from fun loving friends to national sensation. Paul talks with filmmakers Bob Ray and Werner Campbell.

 
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People at SXSW: Reg Harkema (Monkey Warfare)

Paul shares a beer with Reg Harkema, director of Monkey Warfare (2006), at SXSW 2007.

 
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People at SXSW: Kazuhiro Soda (Campaign)

For certain political offices in Japan, candidates have exactly nine days to campaign. No time to debate issues, Kazuhiro Soda’s documentary, Campaign (2006), covers the whirlwind of Japanese politics and the campaign of a professional stamp collector (read bohemian) turned politician.

 
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Superman and The Hulk of Confessions of a Superhero

Standing outside the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX, opening night of the 2007 SXSW Film Festival, Paul and myself caught up with the producer of Confessions of a Superhero as well as a couple of the film’s stars, Superman and The Hulk.