Film Reviews

Interview: Megan Park, director of SXSW winner ‘The Fallout’ on the tricky line of exploring trauma without exploitation

Credit: Alex Evans In a March wracked by mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s grotesquely fitting that writer-director Megan… Read More

March 23, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Women Is Losers’ aims high but falls short despite winning performance from Lorenza Izzo

Set in 1960s and 1970s San Francisco, Women Is Losers, cannot be faulted for its ambition. With a higher production… Read More

March 23, 2021

Film Review: In ‘Nobody,’ Bob Odenkirk dips his wick into action hero status

Move over John Wick and make way for Hutch Mansell. Who? Everyone is soon going to become keenly aware of… Read More

March 22, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’ is just, well, fine

Set during, yet never mentioning, the ongoing pandemic, I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) follows widowed Danny (Kelley Kali), mother of… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Ludi’ deftly explores identity and the American Dream with a breakout performance by Shein Mompremier

The greatest thing one can say about art is how it broadens their horizons. Director Edson Jean’s debut feature Ludi… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: A weaker strain in the era of the COVID comedy, ‘Recovery’ doesn’t commit to the heart of the joke

Written by and starring Mallory Everton and Whitney Call, Recovery doesn’t make any mistake about its time and place. Set… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: Despite a thrilling performance from Leah Purcell, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ never reaches its full potential

When we are little, we are told stories that mold our inspirations as human beings. Some tales are wrapped within… Read More

March 19, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘The Fallout’ explores teenage grief with a gentle hand

In an ideal, much safer world, Megan Park’s The Fallout wouldn’t need to exist. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature… Read More

March 19, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Language Lessons’ finds humanity over laptop screens

Familiarity surrounds Language Lessons, an 80-minute examination of a friendship between a Spanish teacher and her student. Natalie Morales, in… Read More

March 19, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil’ is more concerned about appearances than battling demons

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (a documentary that made its premiere at SXSW) stands out for two very different… Read More

March 18, 2021

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