Zac Efron is out and about promoting his film, “Me and Orson Welles,” which premieres in NYC this week.
He’s looking good, isn’t he? Different from his “High School Musical” days. Older, I guess, but then, he IS getting older.
In “Me and Orson Welles” Efron plays a teenager cast in the Mercury Theatre production of “Julius Caesar,” directed by a young Orson Welles (Christian McKay) in 1937. 
Directed by Richard Linklater, it also stars Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes and Eddie Marsan. It’s rated PG-13 for sexual references and smoking.
Image: Fame Pictures

This post comes to us from Maria Diaz, who blogs at Bravo Fan. Maria attended this year’s SXSW festival and graciously agreed to write up a report for Film Gecko. Thank you, Maria! Read on for her inside scoop on the festival, and for more on SXSW, read Lindsay Long’s report here…

The South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas is just about wrapped up for the year. Eight days of parties, barbecue, queso and over 200 films screened! If you are a lover of unique, independent films, there is no better place to be in March than SXSW …read more

From time to time, I’ll highlight here on Film Gecko some of the cool places to watch free movies online – and shine the spotlight on some of those cool movies.
One of my favorite places is the YouTube Screening Room, where you’ll find all sorts of films, from “The 13th Amendment,” about a 90-year-old woman who casts her first-ever vote for an African-American President, to “Slacker – The Film,” Richard Linklater’s indie classic about a group of social outcasts living out their lives in Austin, Texas.
One of my current favorites is “Yellow Sticky Notes” by director Jeff Chiba Stearns. …read more