One night only: 45365

You can see it Thursday night at the Alamo Draft House West Oaks in H-Town. And I'll be there to introduce it. Read more about it here.

Roger Ebert agrees: 45365 adds up to something special

Last year at SXSW, I noted that 45365 -- winner of the festival's jury prize for best documentary --"fashions a seductive, fascinating tapestry of small-town life by interweaving seemingly random glimpses of residents in Sidney, Ohio." Earlier this month at the Independent Spirit Awards, the inaugural Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award went to 45365. And now Roger has posted a full-length review singing the movie's praises. So take our advice: Track this movie down. Drive to another city  if you must. But if it's anywhere in your area: See it.

Truer than fiction: 45365

At tonight's Independent Spirit Awards: The inaugural Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award goes to 45365, a quietly mesmerizing documentary that, as I wrote in my original Variety review from last year's SXSW Film Festival, "fashions a seductive, fascinating tapestry of small-town life by interweaving seemingly random glimpses of residents in Sidney, Ohio." Great choice. So now, maybe, it might open in a few theaters, so people who don't go to film festivals can actually see it?

The last of SXSW '09

My final two Variety reviews from this year's SXSW Film Festival are now available on line: Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, a fascinating portrait of female convicts who compete in "the only behind-the-walls rodeo in the world," from the director of Okie Noodling; and 45365, winner of the SXSW jury prize for Best Documentary.