DOING IT DALLAS STYLE

Still reeling from SXSW, I headed back down to Texas last week for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, covering the young gathering in two pieces that are up now at indieWIRE: Read about some of the small discoveries here, and various recuts and undistributed stuff here.

While the town isn't nearly as chaotically energizing as Sundance, it's still a great environment for watching movies with general audiences. Thanks to John Wildman, Levi Elder and the rest of the AFI Dallas team for helping me out.

As I mention in the second dispatch, Polyphonic Spree played a kickass show at the House of Blues on Saturday night. Here's a sample, courtesy of yours truly: