At this year’s SXSW, Rotten Tomatoes set up in the media village — complete with camper van, beer coozies, a fire made of cardboard, and one enormous bear. Not only did we have a fresh new logo to show off, but also some Certified Fresh awards to hand out to the stars and talent who dropped by for a chat. See the revelry in photos below! Photographs by Ed Silla
Mark Hamill went to the dark side while celebrating his Certified Fresh award for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Armie Hammer got his hands on a Certified Fresh award for Call Me By Your Name while promoting the very buzzy Sorry to Bother You.
Emily Blunt, in town for creature feature A Quiet Place was honored for The Devil Wears Prada, her first major Certified Fresh movie.
Josh Brolin, also in The Legend of a Whitetail Deer Hunter bit into his award for Only the Brave.
Maika Monroe collected her Certified Fresh award for It Follows while promoting Shotgun.
Common got a Certified Fresh award for The Chi.
Dave Franco got a Certified Fresh for The Disaster Artist as he promoted 6 Balloons.
Lena Waithe took a photo of her Certified Fresh award for The Chi.
The cast of Blockers dropped by: Gideon Adlon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Leslie Mann and writer and director Kay Cannon.
Bill Hader got a Certified Fresh award for Sausage Party when he came to chat about his new series, Barry.
Carla Gugino with her Certified Fresh Award for Gerald’s Game. She was at SXSW for Elizabeth Harvest.
Vera Farmiga nabbed a Certified Fresh award for The Conjuring while in Austin for Boundaries.
Tiffany Haddish stars with Morgan in The Last OG and collected a Certified Fresh for Girls Trip.
Riverdale‘s Hayley Law collected her Certified Fresh award for the series while promoting The New Romantic.
John Krasinski picked up his award for The Office while chatting about A Quiet Place.
Abbi Jacobson was promoting her drama 6 Balloons when we awarded her a Certified Fresh for Broad City.
Rachel Bloom was delighted with her Certified Fresh for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She was at SXSW for upcoming comedy Most Likely to Murder.
Danny McBride, who stars in the upcoming The Legend of a Whitetail Deer Hunter got his Certified Fresh for Sausage Party.
Lauren Lapkus from The Unicorn stopped by.
Paul Scheer, from Summer ’03, also nibbled on his Certified Fresh award for Popstar.
Joey King, also at SXSW for Summer ’03 got hers for her breakout film, The Conjuring.
Brett Dier got a Certified Fresh award for Jane the Virgin season 1 while promoting The New Romantic.
Tony Hale picked up his Certified Fresh for Veep.
The cast and crew of Summer ’03 hung out at the campsite.
Andrea Savage, costarring in Summer ’03, met Craig, the bear.
Edie Falco was at SXSW for her new movie, Outside In —
and to collect a Certified Fresh award for Nurse Jackie season 1.
The Alita: Battle Angel cast and crew hung out a while.
Writer-director Bo Burnham and young star Elsie Fisher talked about festival favorite, Eighth Grade.
Evan Rachel Wood loved her award for season 1 of Westworld.
Steven Yuen, part of the cast of Sorry to Bother You, nabbed a Certified Fresh award for The Walking Dead.
Milo Ventimiglia collected his Certified Fresh award for This Is Us.
Tracy Morgan stopped by to promote his upcoming comedy series, The Last OG.
Certified Fresh: Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Nick Offerman stopped by to talk Hearts Beat Loud and collected a Certified Fresh for Parks and Recreation.
Jessica Barden collected her Certified Fresh Award for TV series The End of the F—ing World while in Austin to support The New Romantic.
Barry Keoghan here for upcoming crime/drama American Animals.
Girls star Jemima Kirke was in Austin promoting her upcoming film, Wild Honey Pie.
Director Alison Klayman and Executive Producer Maria Shriver brought their new Netflix documentary Take Your Pills to SXSW. Klayman collected a Certified Fresh award for her documentary, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, while Shriver received one for Still Alice, on which she also served as Executive Producer.
