August Evening Comes Home
SXSW alum, Chris Eska's award-winning film, made with an Austin cast and crew, opens today!

Stop Slacking and Watch Slacker
Richard Linklater's Slacker now available on Hulu, with an introduction by the always funny Kevin Smith.

A Grand Movie
One of our SXSW 2008 shorts, Grand Wheel, is now online for your immediate consumption.

WGA Says Members Shouldn't Work with Ozzy
The WGA sent a letter warning members to not work with Ozzy and Sharon Osborn on their new variety show.

Yeast Grows Online
Dailymotion.com will host the free premiere of SXSW alumni Mary Bronstein's Yeast this weekend.

Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents
Louise Levison, the author of the business plan for The Blair Witch Project, shows filmmakers how to make a business plan.

Dear Zachary, Here is Your Poster
A peek at the SXSW hit doc's new poster, just in time for its end of the month release date.

Cast for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Takes Shape
Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter join the live-action Disney production.

You Betchya!
Take that, Tina. Palin wants to spoof her spoofer.

Mike Leigh is Happy-Go-Lucky
No stars. No script. It's no wonder Hollywood doesn't get how Mike Leigh works. But he won't do it any other way.

Vudu Offers Blue-ray Quality Downloads
This week Vudu, an Apple TV competitor, unveiled a new format called HDX that allows content to be downloaded from the web at 1080p.

No 'Action!' for Hollywood Vets
Helmers in limbo seek new direction.

Who knew buying tickets to an event could be as much of an experience as the event itself.Brown Paper Tickets is a Not-Just-For-Profit business (www.notjustforprofit.org) which means they believe in more than just profit-making. While making a profit is essential to staying in business, it shouldn't be the sole focus; businesses need to operate sustainingly. But enough about their mission statement, let's meet sophomore exhibitors, Brown Paper Tickets:

Last year was your first year to attend SXSW; do you have a favorite SXSW moment?

William was blown away by the Addictive TV performance at the Film Closing/Music Opening party and enjoyed the comedy showcases during Music.

Can you tell us more about how your charity donations work?

Giving back to the community is an essential step in a sustainable operation, which is why we donate 5% of our profits to charity. We have four charity categories - Children, Animals, Human Rights, and the Environment. Every month, our Not-Just-For-Profit Representative, Emma, compiles a list of five charities that belong in each category, and our employees vote on which from each category they think should be the recipient for the following month's donations. Each time someone orders tickets on our website, they pick which of the four categories they would like their 5% to go to. We add it all up at the end of the month, and donate to the selected charities.

Brown Paper Tickets is based out of Seattle. What is something a person must do or see when visiting Seattle?

A lot of people would say, "Go to the top of the Space Needle!" Or, "Visit the EMP (Experience Music Project)!" I've lived here my whole life and haven't done either of those things. Whenever I have visitors from out of town, I prefer to show them the REAL Seattle. Here are several things someone should do to get the real Seattle experience. For maximum fun, pack them into a single day:

• - Ride a ferry
  
• - Visit the Pike Place Market when they're throwing the fish, and buy some locally-made cheese
  
• - Take a tour of the Theo Chocolate factory in Fremont
  
• - Have dinner at Ivar's on Lake Union
  
• - Watch a bridge go up (this you can do while having dinner at Ivar's, as the University Bridge is very close)
  
• - Go to the clubs on Capitol Hill
  

Seattle is home to four bascule bridges. One of them, the Fremont Bridge, is two blocks from our office. According to Wikipedia, it opens an average of 35 times a day, making it the most frequently opened drawbridge in the US, and one of the busiest bridges in the world(pictured above). And I can see it out my office window!

With views of bridges and an outstanding company policy it sounds like the folks at Brown Paper Tickets sleep pretty well at night. Talk to the Williams at the SXSW Trade Show to learn more about how this progressive ticketing company and you can work together on your next event.

Drawing the Lines
Not Just for Kids or for Laughs: The Serious Side of Cartoons

Build It and They Will Screen
Major studios in deal to convert theaters to digital movie projection.

Thou Shalt Read This Interview
The A.V.Club talks to Bill Maher about his new documentary,Religulous.

"I'd like to (not) thank the Academy."
The bitter truth about Hollywood's Oscar obsession.