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SXSW Dark Comedy Heist Film ‘Drag’ Finds its Home at Briarcliff

In an exclusive from Deadline, Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the domestic distribution rights to Greg Yagolnitzer and Raviv Ullman’s Drag, the thriller comedy that premiered at the 2026 SXSW festival. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, John Stamos, and Christine Ko. Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg has set sights on a…

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SXSW 2026 Proves AI Is So Last Year — And Space Is The Next Frontier

At the Space House at the 2026 SXSW Festival, innovations and technology in space get the spotlight.

Inverse

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

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3 Sci-Fi Movies At SXSW Reveal A Surprising Storytelling Trend

Three movies at SXSW use their sci-fi premises to tell human stories, some more successfully than others.

Inverse

The Most Surprising Sci-Fi And Horror Movies At SXSW Flipped The Rom-Com On Its Head

The most surprising films of SXSW took the classic love story and remixed it in their own perverse ways.

Inverse

Adam Scott Wants to Talk to This Iconic Director About One of His Famous Films [EXCLUSIVE]

Adam Scott's new films debuted at SXSW.

The Mary Sue

Scott Galloway wants the stock market to crash. Gen Z is already betting like it will

The NYU professor's SXSW broadside explained the prediction market boom—and "financial nihilism"—better than any economist has.

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Saint Laurent, a Slit, and a Leg: Demi Moore Owns Red Carpet Fashion Like It's 2012 Again

Demi Moore wore a thigh-high slit Saint Laurent gown to SXSW and reminded everyone that bold celebrity style never really goes out of red carpet fashion.

Fashion Times

‘Pretty Lethal’: Not Quite ‘John Wick,’ But Something Just As Fun [SXSW REVIEW]

Many have attempted. Few have succeeded. What Pretty Lethal gives us is an absolute badass female film by women for women that takes your expectations, wads them up, and throws them in the trash. It’s a perfect SXSW film in that it is wild, ambitious, and unapologetically fun.

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’Drag’: A Hilarious, Unexpectedly Unhinged Ride Where You Need to Go in Blind [SXSW Review]

When you think of horror film premises, your first thought usually involves some sort of outside force acting on the main characters. Sometimes that’s in the form of a supernatural entity, or any sort of killer. But with Drag, the feature debut of director/screenwriters Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer, that…

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SXSW ‘Hokum’ Review: You Will Be Afraid of the Dark After This Adam Scott Film

Sleep with the lights on.

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Polititicans must recalibrate Latino outreach, Univision exec says at SXSW

"Language is important. Culture is more important," Ignacio Meyer said.

Axios

Demi Moore Sparks Health Concerns for Looking 'Noticeably Skinny': 'It's Becoming a Trend'

Demi Moore's appearance at the SXSW Festival has sparked health concerns due to her noticeable weight loss. Fans are worried about the trend of extreme thinness.

International Business Times UK

Exclusive: Serena Williams tells SXSW storytelling helps founders win investors

She says strong storytelling can make or break early-stage fundraising.

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“Seems Cruel”: Detail Of Demi Moore’s SXSW Appearance Sparks Backlash Amid Concern Over Her Weight Loss

“I can’t imagine bright lights and photogs yelling and just general chaos is comfortable to be around for the tiny cutie,” wrote one user.

Cycling Weekly

Netflix documentary about murdered cyclist Mo Wilson premieres at SXSW

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson explores the life of the rising gravel and mountain bike star whose 2022 murder shocked the cycling world

The Mary Sue

SXSW Releases List of Curtain Raisers, and It’s Got Us Hyped

It’s officially just a little over a month until SXSW, and we couldn’t be more excited! The festival just released a new list of new list of premieres, from festival to world premieres, was just released, and it’s a stacked lineup. The genre-spanning slate has a little something for everybody,…

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Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia

Brisbane might have secured the Olympic Games but a grassroots campaign is asking the state government to consider adopting another big event.

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Zachary Levi really wants MAGA friends in Hollywood

The career trajectory of Zachary Levi has been a truly fascinating one to watch. Once poised on the cusp of being a steadfast Hollywood staple, he has since stepped so far back that that cusp is just a memory. When I was at SXSW this year I was in the…

Euronews

Australian-American actor Julian McMahon dies aged 56

McMahon's most recent projects included Netflix's whodunit "The Residence" and the Nicolas Cage drama "The Surfer," which premiered earlier in the year at SXSW.

Marie Claire

Mayor Sadiq Khan commits to supporting creative talent in London at SXSW this week

SXSW is an expansive global platform celebrating the convergence of culture, business, technology and innovation

Euronews

SXSW London accused of ‘artwashing’ for hosting unannounced panels with Tony Blair and David Cameron

The participation of former British prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron were hidden from the public line-up of the inaugural edition of the festival SXSW London. This has prompted several artists to pull out and criticise the festival.

The Guardian - UK

Can South by Southwest’s London debut recreate Austin’s star-making power?

Organisers say SXSW London will be launchpad for global superstars, but event faces competition from capital’s crowded creative scene

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Erykah Badu and Henry Lau set for SXSW London

New names have been added to the lineup for the first-ever SXSW London event.

Evening Standard

'I can't unsee this!' Acclaimed horror film is terrifying critics and fans — and it's from a dog's perspective

100 per cent Rotten Tomatoes-rated nightmare has viewers covering their Eyes — ‘I’ll never look at my pet the same way again’

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