Audiences tend to like movies about big stuff, like superheroes fighting aliens or guys in hockey masks killing camp counselors or post-apocalyptic car chases. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s also nothing wrong with making a movie about little stuff either. That’s one of the reasons why independent film festivals are such a breath of fresh air for movie lovers and the industry as a whole: interesting ideas and intimate tales are, for at least a little while, the most important films in the cultural conversation.
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One of the films at this year’s SXSW Film Festival seems to be embracing this idea: Long Nights Short Mornings, directed by Chadd Harbold (How to Be a Man) and starring Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead). The film’s description reads as follows, and while we haven’t seen it yet, we love how this reads:
James breaks it off with Katie, but feels bad about it. He doesn’t like hurting people. At least he’s seeing Monica tonight, she’s always fun. He doesn’t connect with her though, not like with Sarah – but they’re just friends. He was close with Natalie too, until she moved to LA. That reminds him, he’s going to work with that actress, Anna something. She’s probably too famous to talk to him though. And besides, Lily should be back soon and he really wants to see her. Sometimes he misses Lorraine, but thinking about her just makes him sad. Whenever he feels lonely, he texts Rapunzel – that’s not her name, he just can’t remember it. He should really delete her from his phone. But he can’t.
Boom. Drama. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? We’ll have to wait and see until the film’s world premiere on Saturday, March 12 at SXSW 2016 but for now we’re proud to premiere the film’s tipsy new poster. So check out this thoroughly sauced one-sheet for Long Nights Short Mornings and keep coming back to Crave for more SXSW coverage!
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William Bibbiani (everyone calls him ‘Bibbs’) is Crave’s film content editor and critic. You can hear him every week on The B-Movies Podcast and watch him on the weekly YouTube series Most Craved and What the Flick. Follow his rantings on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.
10 Movies You Need To See at SXSW 2016:
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10 SXSW 2016 Movies You Need To See
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Beware the Slenderman
Irene Taylor Brodsky directs a documentary feature about the curious internet phenomenon of The Slenderman, an internet meme created in 2009... and the two girls who committed murder for him.
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Born to be Blue
In Robert Budreau's new biopic, Ethan Hawke plays the turbulent jazz genius Chet Baker.
Image: IFC Films
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Collective:unconscious
A collective of five indie filmmakers take turns adapting one another's dreams to film.
Image: SXSW
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Everybody Wants Some
Richard Linlater's love story to the fashions and joys of youth in the early 1980s is being credited as a "spitirual sequel" to his Dazed and Confused.
Image: Paramount
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In a Valley of Violence
A town of oddballs become the site of a revenge plot. Ethan Hawke stars, and indie horror master Ti West directs.
Image: Focus World
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Karaoke Crazies
A bizarre-looking Korean musical about a failing karaoke house, the video game addict girl that saves it, and a serial killer on the loose.
Image: SXSW
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
The decades-anticipated follow-up to Big-Top Pee-wee follows our eponymous manchild on his first-ever vacation.
Image: Netflix
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Phantasm REMASTERED
The 1979 cult classic starring a tall mortician and a bevvy of interdimensional imps has been meticulously restored by J.J. Abrams. This may be your only chance to see it on the big screen.
Image: AVCO Embassy
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The Liberators
A documentary film by Cassie Hay, The Liberators is about the investigation behind a clutch of missing Nazi gold, and its ultimate discovery in a small Texas town.
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Doug Benson interrupts Leprechaun 4
Comedian Doug Benson has an ongoing cinematic series wherein he controls when a film stops and starts so that he may give his own hilarious commentary. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, he will be interrupting Brian Trenchard-Smith's amazing weird-fest Leprechaun 4: In Space.
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