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SXSW Film Review: ‘The End of Us’ Doesn’t Give Audiences Enough to Miss
When lockdown began last year, if you’re anything like me, you considered being quarantined with an ex. Would being stuck together remind you of what you loved about each other? Or, would the forced time together tear at the fabric of what was once there even more? That’s the concept behind The End of Us, […] More
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SXSW Interview: ‘The Spine of Night’ Filmmakers Talk About Their Animated Work
A film that anyone who sees it isn’t likely to forget, The Spine of Night is a labor of love for writer/directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. A 2021 SXSW Film Festival premiere, the movie’s placement in that festival’s Midnighters section is incredibly fitting, as this is the type of film that feels destined for a cult following who will […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘Language Lessons’ Reminds Us of the Power of Connection
We all have learned, over the last year, how valuable human connections are. When you’re feeling alone or feeling down, someone else can be a life preserver. That’s nothing new, but circumstances certainly brought it to the forefront. Language Lessons doesn’t explicitly take place during COVID, but in telling a story basically over video chats, […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘Alien on Stage’ is a Loving Tribute to a Loving Tribute
When you consider Ridley Scott‘s classic film Alien, a lot of things come to mind. There’s been sequels, books, video games, and lots more. A stage production, however, seems like a weirder adaptation. Then again, anything is possible. However, a community theater-type production by a group of small town bus drivers? Now that’s unique and […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘The Spine of Night’ is a Brutal and Breathtaking Animated Epic
Fans of adult animation of the 1970s and 1980s, like Heavy Metal and Fire and Ice, will feel right at home with The Spine of Night, a brutally violent fantasy epic from writer/directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. Premiering in the Midnighters section at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, it’s easy to see this becoming a cult classic that indie movie […] More
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in Festivals, Interviews
SXSW Interview: ‘Recovery’ Filmmakers On their Outrageous COVID-19 Comedy
The COVID-19 pandemic is no laughing matter. But for filmmakers Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, the uncertain atmosphere was the perfect subject for their debut feature Recovery. In this outrageous road trip comedy, Everton and Whitney Call play a pair of paranoid sisters who go on a mission rescue their grandmother from her COVID-afflicted nursing […] More
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SXSW Interview: Lee Haven Jones and Roger Williams on ‘The Feast’
If you’ve never seen a film in Welsh language before, you’re not alone. According to The Feast director Lee Haven Jones, only 20% of the population of Wales speaks the language, and the large majority of projects being made there are in English. For his debut feature, however, Jones and writer Roger Williams were adamant about telling a Welsh story […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘Recovery’ Manages to Find the Fun in a 2020-Set Road Trip
On the surface, the premise of this film could easily make you turn up your nose. A comedy set during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic? I know I wasn’t initially interested, but lo and behold, this movie is a lot of fun. Recovery manages to make us laugh at some of our most […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
SXSW Interview: Filmmaker Malcolm Ingram Chats About ‘Clerk’ and Kevin Smith
To watch the documentary Clerk is to see what a true renaissance man Kevin Smith is. Achieving that, however, is no simple task, so it takes a filmmaker who knows how to pitch Smith to audiences. Malcolm Ingram was more than up to the task, and it shows in the movie. The doc is wonderful, […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘The Feast’ is Only for Those With a Strong Stomach
Premiering in the Midnighters section at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, The Feast is certainly a movie that will keep you up at night. Set in the Welsh countryside, a wealthy family gets more than they bargained for when they allow a mysterious stranger into their home to be their server for a dinner party. The family […] More
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SXSW Review: ‘Our Father’ Explores a Longing for Connection
A father’s death by suicide turns into a chance to bond through grief for his two daughters in Bradley Grant Smith’s debut feature Our Father. Smith, an actor from recent indie films like Saint Frances and The Last Shift, brings a similar minimalistic, character-driven sensibility to his film, focused on the dynamics at the core of the piece rather than […] More
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SXSW Review: ‘The Return’ Empathetically Explores the Complexities of Life After Isis
The headlines that open Alba Sotorra’s The Return will be familiar to many who have followed the news surrounding the emergence of ISIS in Syria during the past decade. Horrifying reports of beheadings, bombings and other brutal acts have caused the radical Islamist group to be one of the most feared in the world. Beyond […] More
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