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SXSW: The Daniels’ ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ With Michelle Yeoh Will Play Opening Night

December 8, 2021 3:16 pm

Want a little preview of our soon-to-publish Most Anticipated Films Of 2022 list? Well, let's just say the upcoming film is going to be on it. Remember Daniels? aka directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheine...

‘Inbetween Girl’: A Liberated, Clever Coming-of-Age Story [SXSW Review]

Robert Daniels

March 22, 2021 9:00 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

In an SXSW littered with feature directorial debuts, the runway for new voices to emerge has never been wider. While the opportunity has been there, however, the results have been mixed, at best. So you’ll hav...

SXSW 2021 Film Festival Line-Up: Music Docs Take Over Headliners With Films On Tom Petty, Demi Lovato & Charli XCX

Edward Davis

February 10, 2021 2:55 pm

Festivals, News

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is in the rear-view mirror, so that means, next up, the SXSW Film Festival that has unleashed its line-up today. Running March 16-20, 2021, SXSW announced the full program for t...

Cannes Film Festival Reportedly Turned Down Insurance To Cover Festival In Case Of Cancellation

Charles Barfield

March 10, 2020 11:21 am

Festivals, News

SXSW is canceled. Music festivals such as Stagecoach and Coachella are looking at delays or cancellations. And Hollywood industry events such as TV Upfronts (where networks trot out their shiny new shows) are ...

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‘Villains’ Examines The Twisted Lengths Couples Will Go For Love [SXSW Review]

Griffin Schiller

March 17, 2019 5:54 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

“Bonnie And Clyde” and lovers on the lam narratives never cease to compel and fascinate us, perhaps because doing something naughty, illegal or perverse in the name of love is strangely really f*cking romantic....

‘Pet Sematary:’ Update Of Stephen King’s Novel Exudes More Visceral Thrills Than Sorrow [SXSW Review]

Ryan Oliver

March 17, 2019 4:40 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Considering how it’s nearly asking for it, how it could have easily been used against it, to re-employ the iconic “sometimes dead is better” line from Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary,” as well as Mary Lambert’s 19...

‘The Day Shall Come’: Chris Morris Takes A Dark Comic Look At Tragic Consequences & Law Enforcement Abuse [SXSW Review]

Ryan Oliver

March 14, 2019 5:14 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

The opening title card of British comedian, director, and provocateur Chris Morris’ long-awaited follow-up to “Four Lions” reads “Based on 100 True Stories.” Morris’ targets and topics in "The Day Shall Come"— ...

‘Adopt A Highway’: Ethan Hawke Shines, But Logan Marshall-Green’s Directorial Debut Is A Little Lost [SXSW Review]

Griffin Schiller

March 13, 2019 10:02 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

As the guy who looks a little bit too much like Tom Hardy, actor Logan Marshall-Green (“Prometheus”) often suffer undue, unfair criticism from facetious, lazy writers (ourselves included; especially when what’s...

‘Well Groomed’ Shines An Endearing Light On An Odd Subculture Of Outsider Art [SXSW Review]

Jonathan Christian

March 13, 2019 5:01 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Dogs will always be great movie material. Whether you’re a steadfast arthouse fanatic or stick strictly to Marvel flicks, dogs embody the connective link between every human heart. Seriously, how can you not sm...

‘It Started As A Joke’ Is A Loving Tribute To Eugene Mirman’s Comedy Festival [SXSW Review]

Kimber Myers

March 13, 2019 12:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

As much a portrait of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival as the eponymous comedian behind it, "It Started as a Joke" features a who's who of Brooklyn's alternative stand-up scene, just like the event itself. In ...

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