Everything Everywhere All At Once concluded at SXSW and this reviewer was exhausted, emotional, and mindblown all at once. There are no easy ways to explain the insanity of this film and the directions it will take viewers. Upon the ending, the thought of “Who would make such an ambitious work and how the hell
Taking a trip to an Italian villa sounds like a dream, right? Well, in Jeff Baena’s Spin Me Round, things couldn’t be more different. A young woman on the lookout for love and her Eat Pray Love moment finds herself living out a nightmare of budget hotels and deceiving men. Having its world premiere at
The Prank feels of a different generation—one where movies like The Faculty and Teaching Mrs. Tingle made the cineplexes in a late 1990s era. It mirrors old-school high school flicks that made us ask if our teachers were aliens or psychos who ate children when they were off duty. The Prank takes this concept and
Ahead of its SXSW 2022 premiere, Mama Bears announced a press conference at the Texas State Capitol to defend trans youth from “discriminatory, harmful, and unconstitutional attacks.” This is following the recent ruling by Governor Greg Abbott which called for the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming surgeries to their
South by Southwest film festival’s opening night movie got a standing ovation at the end of its screening. Everything Everywhere All At Once has been a highly-anticipated drop by the independent entertainment company A24, previously behind Midsommar and Hereditary. It screened at SXSW at 6 pm on the festival’s opening night, March 11. Directed by
Invisible conditions are hard to explain to most people. Even worse, it’s hard to explain anxiety when as a mental health issue, it is sometimes caused by abuse or past trauma. Typically it’s a common thing most will laugh at when conveyed as a problem. The movie Violet will quiet a lot of those who
The film portion of SXSW has wrapped, which means the time has arrived for all the winners to be acknowledged. There have been a lot of amazing gems within the virtual library. Films like Here Before and Islands were exceptional in storytelling and performances. That said, not everyone can be a winner. Today the virtual
Losing a child is something every parent stresses about from the minute they are born. And if that child does lose their life, the grief cannot be explained in words. Here Before explores that idea of grief in a psychological mystery involving a girl claiming to be the deceased daughter of a mother. The film
Broadcast Signal Intrusion begins on a disturbing and mysterious note and maintains an addictive narrative throughout. Imagine this. A video feed invading one’s broadcast with images of persons acting robotic and wearing a skinlike mask yelling in gibberish audio. Take the most disturbing moment in Possessor where one character is wearing the face of someone
The last four to five years have shown how dangerous a leader can be when taking executive action. The film Executive Order takes that scary notion and depicts it to its extreme. Just like the DREAMers, kids who migrated here and not because they were old enough to make the decision, the thought of a