After nearly a decade away from SXSW, and from feature directing generally, Joe Swanberg is back this weekend to the festival that launched his career with The Sun Never Sets, a starry dramedy premiering tonight at the Zach Theater, which marks his 10th outing in Austin.
In an interview with Deadline, the filmmaker admits that there was a moment there when he considered retiring from directing, if not from the industry at large. But he’s back in top form with his charming new acquisition title, starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith as three points in an Alaskan love triangle gone terribly wrong.
Swanberg elected to put his directing career on pause following the conclusion of Easy, a Netflix anthology centered on everyday life in his home city of Chicago. By this point in his career, he’d accomplished more than many filmmakers ever do, as a
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