Awl pals Tim Sutton and Seth Bomse have been known to make surprisingly watchable short films starring a not-so-good-looking aging person puttering around his apartment. So imagine what they might do with attractive teenagers diving into a glassy Appalachian lake, or hiking through a lush summer forest, or riding bikes in the desert at sunset. People who attend this year's South-by-Southwest Film Festival won't even have to imagine it, as Sutton's first full-length feature film, Pavilion, has been chosen as one the festival's "Emerging Visions" selections, and will have its world premiere in Austin between March 9th and 17th. Seth edited the film, which has [...]

Tim Sutton and Seth Bomse make films for a living and now they've made three short ones based on installments of the Public Apology column here at The Awl. Author Dave Bry feels awkward about them and won't watch-but the rest of us have, and we dig it.

Awl pal Tim Sutton has directed a short film of Justin Townes Earle drinking in a bar, going back to his apartment and playing a song from his new album Harlem River Blues. Earle, 28, is the son of the great Texas singer/songwriter Steve Earle and, clearly, writes some very pretty music himself.

"Dan Penn wrote the song, and with Spooner Oldham backing him in a late-nineties concert, he turns in a performance that trumps anything in Crazy Heart. The acoustic guitars sound fantastic, and it's proof that country rock and soul are next-door neighbors with a low fence between the properties. What would Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, or Buck Owens have done with the song? This gives us some indication. -Awl pal Tim Sutton provides a nice history of the soul standard "You Left The Water Running" at the Moistworks audioblog. What would Japanese soul revivalists the Fave Raves do with the song, at the Red Cloth rock [...]