Austin, Featured, Film, Pop Culture

SXSW Official 2012 Film Line-Up

3 Comments 02 February 2012

SXSW just released their official 2012 film line-up yesterday and there are a lot of goodies. Over the next weeks, I will be posting about some  of the must-see films of the year. In the meantime, check out the list of films below. Narrative Feature Competition: Booster Director & Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin When Simon’s brother [...]

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20-Something, Featured, Film, Music, Pop Culture

The Indie-Urban Existential Crisis

17 Comments 24 January 2012

I’m reaching an age where it takes a lot for me to stay focused and interested in contemporary independent film and music. I’m reaching an age where unless a film has a point or a song is originally written, displays some sort of individual talent and doesn’t sound like a band I heard back in [...]

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Featured, Film, Hipstercrite Life

Rudy’s Barbershop Loves Loves Her Gun

No Comments 12 January 2012

So check this. We partnered with one of my all-time barbershops on our film, Loves Her Gun. Rudy’s Barbershop is featuring our little movie as one of their Rudy’s Saves projects. Every year, the company selects an artistic endeavor to support and this year they chose us! Rudy’s supported artists in the past like Shepard [...]

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Austin, Film, Pop Culture

How Do You Find a Unicorn and Make it Cry?

2 Comments 05 January 2012

There is so much talent coming out of Austin, it makes me want to barf. In a good way. Like cotton candy barf. Austin filmmakers & writers David Ward, John Ramsey and Jack Dreesen and actor Byron Brown made a genius Doritos spec for the chip company’s Super Bowl commercial contest. It looks like their [...]

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Featured, Film

When Your Movie is On Netflix

12 Comments 05 January 2012

I mentioned awhile back that my boyfriend is a  filmmaker. In the summer of 2011, we wrote a screenplay called Loves Her Gun and shot it in September. We’re working on the edits now. It’s really weird watching footage of something you created. It’s like giving birth…for hours and hours. It’s both bowel-emptying exciting and [...]

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Film, Hipstercrite Life

Being Friends With An Acquitted Murderer (and B-List Actor) Is Not Easy

No Comments 16 December 2011

Some of you guys might be familiar with this story for I’ve broached the topic of me being friends with an acquitted murderer/b-list actor before. If you’re not familiar with it, check out my story over at CultureMap. Murder, sex and purple pearl snap shirts. Such a wonderful children’s story for the Holidays. Being Friends [...]

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Film, Music, Pop Culture

Hipstercrite Round-Up: Bitches Be Crazy Edition

No Comments 15 December 2011

(music) Did you know that Talking Heads has a new documentary called “Chronology” out? Yeah, neither did. That one kind of slipped under the rug. NPR gives you a first look at the new doc that chronnicles the band’s live performances from their early days playing at CBGB’s all the way up to the last [...]

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Film, Hipstercrite Life

I Used to be a Hollywood Assistant

2 Comments 10 December 2011

Over at CultureMap, I wrote a story about my days in LA. Some of you who have hung in there with me might already know this story. Occasionally I get nostalgic and cry like a little bitch about ol’ Hollywood. Either way, I’m happy I left it… True Hollywood Story: The Life and Death of [...]

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