FOURPLAY North American Tour Launches

The beginning of the +FOURPLAY Film North American tour marks a busy spring for movies I've edited or shepherded through post production. The tour began last Thursday, February 7th, when Fourplay screened as part of a fundraiser for the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmaker Production Fund, an important, competitive grant that supports film projects based in Texas year in and year out. It continued to screen Friday up through today at the Alamo Village to sell-out crowds. People are watching... and they're talking (about sex...ba-by... sorry, couldn't resist; for all my TLC fans out there).

Director +Kyle Henry has led a tireless media blitz across platforms: First and foremost on social media, but he also appeared on the radio as well as in a delicate TV interview. I'm sure more press is to follow in the coming weeks as the film travels the country.

Find Screening Dates Here!

Seeing as the word of mouth has been both positive and extensive, I figured I'd help out by compiling everything I can find all in one place. Links to reviews and more after the jump.

"Do Over" Review: 'Entertaining' and 'romantic'

Thanks to G+ (yes, I am active on G+ and have found it to be both enjoyable and useful in ways Facebook is not) I connected with +AIDY Reviews.... Having seen my G+ posts about "Do Over's" festival run, she inquired about when she could see it and review it. I sent her the film right around the time of our Reel 13 contest. She watched it and had some lovely things to say about the film, especially about the cinematography by our super-talented DP, Ricardo Diaz.

Read her glowing review here!

Two Films at SXSW 2013

I was born and raised in Austin, so the South By Southwest Film Festival is as much a fabric of my life growing up in central Texas as breakfast tacos, bar-b-que or Longhorn football. This festival single handedly shaped my perception of what a film career might could look like. Once I got out in to the real world (and lived & worked in LA for a brief spell), I discovered the many paths you can take in making moving picture stories. Still, SXSW has left its mark.

As a kid surrounded by independent film, I dreamed of having my work play at SXSW, and of being a panelist at the festival (I just thought it was so cool people might sit in a room and willfully listen to me pontificate via microphone; most of the year, I do it against their will... sans microphone.... Basically, I'm yelling my opinions at people when I'm not a panelist at a film festival). I've accomplished both a few times over now, but I still get a thrill when I can share with everyone that I have a project playing at the festival.

The SXSW line-up was announced yesterday and Texas films & filmmakers are well-represented, maybe more so than any other year I can remember. There's a handful of Texas-based or Texas-tied holdovers from Sundance [Yen Tan's Pit Stop (Yen designed the official "Do Over" poster); Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess; Hannah Fidell's A Teacher; Jeff Nichols' Mud; David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche; and Richard Linklater's much awaited Before Midnight].

On top of that, we have world premieres from other talented Texas artists, including Jacob Vaughn's Milo, Geoff Marslett's Loves Her Gun, Paul Stekler's Getting Back To Abnormal, and cinematographer-by-day/director-by-night PJ Raval's documentary about gay retirees, Before You Know It.

It's a very exciting year to be a part of the festival and to be a part of the Austin, Texas film community.  Click on the jump to find out which projects I was involved in that will be premiering in March...