Preston Barta, Author at RedCarpetCrash.com

SXSW interviews: ‘Apollo 10 1/2’ cast, crew discover perspective in nostalgic trip to the moon

Preston Barta April 11, 2022

AUSTIN – Before the history-making launch of the Apollo 11 mission to land the first astronauts on the moon, NASA secretly sent a preteen there first – or, at least, that’s the childhood fantasy brought to life in Richard Linklater’s animated nostalgic trip, Apollo ...Read More

SXSW Movie Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ a hilarious and heartfelt WTF kaleidoscope

Preston Barta March 13, 2022

AUSTIN — How filmmakers Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (a.k.a. the Daniels) can ground their heightened view of the world should be one of the great wonders of our time. This is especially true if you catch their latest hilarious and sincere cinematic trip, ...Read More

SXSW Day 3 Recap: HARDCORE HENRY and DON’T THINK TWICE

Preston Barta March 15, 2016

Day 3 has been more promising than our previous effort, which was crippled by soul crushing letdowns. It seems to be that everybody has settled into the pace of SXSW– and that requires stamina, focus and getting rid of that FOMO. Lots of promise was ...Read More

SXSW Day 2 Recap: MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, KEANU & More

Preston Barta March 14, 2016

It’s the second day of SXSW and the fest is beginning to run out of steam. I know that may come as a shock, but nothing has produced the same sense of excitement and thrill as the opening night film, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME. The ...Read More

Day 1 Recap of SXSW Film

Preston Barta March 12, 2016

The first day of South by Southwest is completely bonkers: the city starts to shut down, the locals get aggravated and for the first year President Barack Obama provided interactive badge holders the chance to bask in all of his glory and urged the ...Read More

2016 SXSW Film Preview: Best Bets of the Fest

Preston Barta March 11, 2016

Today marks the beginning of the South by Southwest Film Festival, which runs through March 19, where we’ll roam the sun-scorched streets of Austin in search of the next great movie — along with a goodly number of Denton residents. With a diverse lineup ...Read More

SXSW Interview: MY BLIND BROTHER Director Extends Short To Feature With Winning Cast

Preston Barta March 7, 2016

Short films can often be cultivated and grown into something more rewarding. Just look at DISTRICT 9 and BOOGIE NIGHTS, which both started as shorts and later became highly acclaimed feature-length films. Filmmaker Sophie Goodhart may be cinema’s next big candidate with MY BLIND ...Read More

Video Interview: Bel Powley & Director Marielle Heller On ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’, Sex & the 70s

Preston Barta August 4, 2015

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL | 102 min | R Director: Marielle Heller Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Meloni Let’s face it, when it comes to sex in film, we often find ourselves quite uncomfortable in the theater. But, ...Read More

SXSW Bring Classics Back to the Big Screen: ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB’ & ‘THE ROAD WARRIOR’ (Plus a Sneak Peak at ‘FURY ROAD’)

Preston Barta March 19, 2015

Preston Barta & Chance Maggard // Contributing Writers THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) Actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy descended upon Austin’s South by Southwest Film Festival earlier this week to attend the world premiere of the 30th anniversary restoration of THE BREAKFAST CLUB. The ...Read More

SXSW Interview: ‘NEIGHBORS’ Star Craig Roberts Tries His Hand at Filmmaking with ‘JUST JIM’

Preston Barta March 19, 2015

Preston Barta // Contributing Writer Through the years we have seen many actors try their hand at directing, such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling and James Franco. Just five years after breaking out in Richard Ayoade’s SUBMARINE and last year’s NEIGHBORS, Craig Roberts has ...Read More

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