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The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “A Community Grows in Texas: The 2014 Atx Television Festival” — Libby Hill at RogerEbert.com focuses in on a successful young fest celebrating the small screen. “Oscar to Suicide in One Year: Tracing the Searching For Sugar Man Director’s Tragic Final Days” — Scott Johnson at THR travels to Sweden to speak with Malik Bendjelloul’s friends to better understand an Oscar-winning perfectionist and the early death of a promising young storyteller. “When reporters asked Johar whether success had contributed to his brother’s demise, Johar replied, “He was a very straightforward person when it came to success,” he said. “Admirably earthy and relaxed. Unimaginably relaxed about [his] successes, I cannot see any such links.” But while Bendjelloul might have put on a good face, the toll of success might have been greater than even...