SXSW 2019 Reactions: Us, Booksmart, Little Monsters, Tread, and More

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🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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On the March 11, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall to talk about Taika Waititi's new Time Bandits TV series and some of the biggest movies at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: No Water Cooler today In the News: Apple's 'Time Bandits' Series Will Be Co-Written and Directed By Taika Waititi In Our Feature Presentation: Jacob Hall's SXSW reactions to... The Highwaymen Little Monsters Us The Art of Self-Defense Booksmart Tread Other Articles Mentioned: Jacob's SXSW Recap Days One and Two Jacob's SXSW Recap Day Three Us Review Booksmart Review Long Shot Review The Beach Bum Review David Makes Man Review What We Do in the Shadows TV Review Go Back to China Review Boyz in the Wood Review All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at [email protected]. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to slash film daily for Monday March 11th 2019 on today's episode we're going to talk about one news item and mostly we're going to have
0:08.8	slash film managing editor Jacob Hall give us his first impressions of South by Southwest 2019. My name is
0:14.7	Ben Pearson I am the senior writer at slash film.com and as you may have guessed I am
0:19.4	joined indeed by Jacob Hall., how's it going?
0:23.2	It's going very well been.
0:24.7	I, if it sounded a little rough,
0:26.0	it's because I'm on my phone, on the roof of the Alamo Drapped House
0:29.2	South Lamar parking garage overlooking the Austin skyline.
0:32.2	It's going to rain. I have an umbrella. It's going to be rough, but here I am.
0:36.0	All right, well, we appreciate you joining us. Normally we do water cooler episodes on Monday, but we figured it would be a good opportunity to check in with you,
0:43.0	have you tell us about some of the movies that you've been seeing there.
0:45.0	But before we get into that, I want to talk to you about one news item that just came out.
0:49.0	And that is that Tyka White Titi, the director of Thor Agnaror Rock is going to be writing and directing a Time Bandits TV series adaptation for Apple.
1:00.0	Time Bandits of course is the movie that's directed by Terry Gilliam.
1:03.2	It's like a sci-fi fantasy. I actually haven't seen this, but I know you're a big fan of it.
1:07.2	So what do you think about the pairing of Taikowattity with a Terry Gilliam TV show.
1:14.4	It's really inspired because Gilliam and Wightidi have shared this gleeful anarchy that I think
1:22.4	makes them sort of cinematic cousins in a very interesting way.
1:26.0	For those of you don't know, time minutes movie is about the servants of God more or less,
1:32.0	the servant of the higher force of the universe.
1:34.0	Then I see a Christian God, but a God, who are all played by little person actors,
1:39.0	steal the map to all the different time portals around the universe with the intention of using it to
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