Austin’s South By Southwest film festival begins Friday on a “Kick-Ass” note and goes out March 20 with a “Four Lions” Roar.
Indeed, the 133 features spread out through 11 categories at SXSW run the gamut. There are 58 world premieres — and one is even 3-D, the aptly titled “Hubble 3D,” which has its first public screening Sunday.
In Spotlight Premieres, there are SXSW veteran Aaron Katz’s “Cold Weather,” a detective story by way of extended-shot character studies; Tim Blake-Nelson’s “Leaves of Grass,” a stoner comedy by way of dual Edward Nortons; “Lemmy,” the doc on the iconic Motorhead frontman; and “American Grindhouse,” another doc that focuses on genre exploitation culture and its effect on filmmaking.