Part of the pleasure of attending an established film festival like South By Southwest is the caliber of emerging talent it attracts: when you’re seeing a new director’s feature debut, you can rest (reasonably) assured that the cream of the submissions pile has risen to the top. Such is the case with Zachary Wigon’s first film, The Heart Machine. Starring John Gallagher, Jr. (The Newsroom and last year’s SXSW breakout, Short Term 12) and Kate Lyn Sheil (an indie darling who recently appeared in season two of House of Cards), the film explores the technological implications of the current dating climate, where sex-with-no-strings is available at the touch of an app, yet intimacy can be kept safely at bay via one’s computer screen.
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Kate Lyn Sheil & John Gallagher Jr., Navigate Tech-Dating & Obsession In ‘The Heart Machine’
