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in InterviewsInterview: Jeremy White Talks ‘Bitch Ass,’ SXSW, and More
Recently, Awards Radar had the opportunity to chat with Jeremy White, the production designer for SXSW feature film Bitch Ass. White worked closely with director Bill Posley to play with different vintage elements that would help in bringing more authenticity into the project. Bitch Ass follows a group of gang recruits as they play deadly […] More
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SXSW Audience Award Winners Announced!
The winners are in the Audience Awards at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival! Voted on by attendees at this year’s festival, each category has one chosen winner to highlight the best of this year’s fest. In the Narrative Feature Competition section, it was Megan Park’s mass shooting drama The Fallout that pulled out the top prize, which certainly […] More
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SXSW Film Review: Udo Kier’s ‘Swan Song’ Lets the Actor Shine
For years upon years, Udo Kier has been a fun and imposing presence on screen. If there’s a grindhouse style film coming out, there’s at least a 50/50 chance that Kier is going to be in it. When it comes to exploitation movie villains, he’s in a league all his own. So, casting him as […] More
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SXSW Film Review: ‘Witch Hunt’ is a Metaphor in Search of a Movie
There is a hell of a metaphor and a hell of a premise on display in Witch Hunt. It’s the sort of set up that suggests a potentially captivating film. Unfortunately, this one is not that, as it never builds upon that foundation. The flick remains all thesis and almost no execution, staggering any impact […] More
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SXSW Review: Olivia Munn is Nomination Worthy in ‘Violet’
We all have that voice inside of our heads, guiding us throughout the day. Hopefully, your voice is filled with affirmations and positivity, instilling in you a sense of self-worth. However, for many people (myself included), the voice may be a more complicated one, perhaps even sabotaging us. This sense, that the voice in our […] More
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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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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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