The Best Movies & TV From The 2019 SXSW Film Festival

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🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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On the March 18, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, to discuss the best movies he saw at the SXSW 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: Jacob has returned from the SXSW Film Festival! In Our Feature Presentation: Jacob talks about the best and worst of SXSW. Shout-outs to smaller films and pilots: NOS42, What We Do in the Shadows, and Extra Ordinary. And he flat-out HATED The Curse of La Llorona. Olympic Dreams The Peanut Butter Falcon Stuber Villains Pet Sematary Good Boys Tread The Art of Self-Defense Booksmart Us Other Articles Mentioned: SXSW 2019 Days One and Two: ‘Us’ is Another Jordan Peele Masterpiece, ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Shows Promise on the Small Screen, and ‘Tread’ is a Mind-Boggling Documentary That Must Be Seen to Be Believed SXSW 2019 Day 3: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ and ‘Booksmart’ Are Instant Comedy Classics and ‘The Highwaymen’ is Your Dad’s New Favorite Movie SXSW 2019 Day 4: ‘Good Boys’ is the Most Innocent Filthy Comedy Ever, ‘NOS4A2’ is a Creepy and Emotional Adaptation, and ‘Extra Ordinary’ Puts the Natural in Supernatural SXSW Day 5: ‘Villains’ is Your New Favorite Comedic Thriller, ‘Olympic Dreams’ Puts an Indie Drama in an Incredible Location, and ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is an Unlikely Winner SXSW Days 6 and 7: ‘Stuber’ is a Killer Comedy for Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista and ‘Sword of Trust’ Teams Marc Maron With Director Lynn Shelton SXSW Days 8 and 9: ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ and ‘Pet Sematary’ Offer One of 2019’s Worst Horror Movies and One of the Best 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 Home Daily for Monday, March 18th, 2019.
0:05.0	On today's episode we're going to catch up with Jacob Hall and talk about what he's been up to at the
0:10.7	South-by-southwest Film Festival, the Slash Film Festival, the slash film editor-in-chief,
0:14.4	Peter Sorata, and joining me on today's podcast, the slash film managing editor, Jake
0:18.9	Paul.
0:19.9	Hello, hello Peter, I am back, I am tired, and I feel like I've come home from a journey even though I never left Austin.
0:26.6	Yeah, welcome back. You have, how long was South by going on for? 10 days?
0:31.7	Nine days for the Film Fest. Nine days. Then you
0:36.5	know it's also the interactive portion which all the tech stuff happens before
0:41.0	it, then the music stuff which goes a little bit past the film and then I also
0:45.3	tried to find time to hit up the South by Southwest Gaming Expo which is runs during the final portion of the
0:51.1	fest as well so it was very, very busy week plus.
0:54.4	Yeah, and you've missed a lot of stuff while you were gone. You missed uh, James Gunn.
1:00.0	Did you hear this, Jacob? James Gunn was rehired by Disney.
1:03.2	I was sitting in the Austin Airport parking lot
1:06.6	waiting to pick up slash film zone Chris Evangelista from his flight
1:10.4	when my phone blew up with that news.
1:14.0	Yeah, insane.
1:15.8	Okay, you know, let's get into it.
1:17.8	Let's dive into it and talk about some of the best and worst you've seen at the festival. But before we get into that, actually, I know you
1:26.2	wanted to talk about some smaller stuff that didn't quite make your list, but you wanted to mention
1:30.5	and get on people's radars. Yes, I made a top 10 of my favorite films of South Fest, but there's a few things that don't quite fit the criteria
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