Posts Tagged ‘SXSW’
SXSW Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The film opens in 1990 at a hotel in Florida. Woken up by what Michael J. Fox thought was a moth fluttering against his cheek, it was instead a trembling pinkie finger animating itself, and he could not get it to stop. Thinking of why…
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SXSW Review – Deadland
***Trigger/Spoiler Warning: This film contains depictions of suicide*** Deadland (2023) revolves around the struggle of immigrants trying to cross into the US from Mexico at any cost. Screenwriters Lance Larson (also the director) and Jas Shelton take it one step further, with their main character…
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SXSW Review – If You Were the Last
Sometimes a SXSW screening is chosen just because you love the actors involved, regardless of everything else. The choices do not always work out, and you see a not-so-great film. In the case of If You Were the Last (2023), the opposite happens, and it…
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SXSW TV Review – The Big Door Prize
The Big Door Prize is a new television series on Apple TV+, premiering March 29th—the first three episodes screened at SXSW. The trailer reveals an intriguing premise, with the source material coming from a novel of the same name written by M.O. Walsh. The Big…
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SXSW Review – The Cow
The Cow (2022) is an intriguing title for a film that blatantly has nothing to do with livestock. Directed by Eli Horowitz (one of the writers and creators of the Homecoming series) and co-written by Matthew Derby, it is an impressive first feature from both…
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SXSW Review – Master
As a Caucasian woman of European descent, I cannot bring my own experiences into this review. Any insight into the topic of racism is one that I can only talk about as an observer and someone who is firmly against it. I would encourage any…
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SXSW Review – X
***Warning: This review contains minor spoilers*** Ti West’s name has become synonymous with horror, even though his resume isn’t filled with genre-related projects. While he may not be as prolific as Ari Aster, he is still going to bring in the audiences familiar with his…
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SXSW Review – The Lost City
We all need some comedy in our lives and maybe just a little bit of awkward romance; The Lost City (2022) is exactly this film. Directed by Adam Lee and Aaron Lee and written by them with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, it bridges a…
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