‘If You Were the Last’ review: Zoë Chao and Anthony Mackie give gravity some levity as stranded astronauts in an out-of-this-world comedy | SXSW
When do you really know that the world is ending, and it’s okay to do something completely out of character with irreversible consequences? There’s no... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Problemista’ review: Julio Torres’s inventive immigration satire finds him bonded with an extra kooky Tilda Swinton | SXSW
When we first meet Alejandro at a young age in Problemista, he is dreaming of a world beyond the one that we live in. His... Read More
‘Self Reliance’ review: Jake Johnson’s spoof on high concept game show premise plays it a bit too safe | SXSW
Right before we were about to see Jake Johnson’s feature length directorial debut Self Reliance at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, he came on stage... Read More
‘I Used to Be Funny’ review: Rachel Sennott is spectacular in Ally Pankiw’s confrontation of comedy and trauma | SXSW
How do comedians deal with PTSD? Typically, it’s to tell jokes to mask or subvert the trauma, but that doesn’t necessarily make the pain go... Read More
‘Bottoms’ review: Emma Seligman’s unapologetically queer-centric high school sex comedy is a revelation for the subgenre | SXSW
As Emma Seligman’s sophomore feature film, Bottoms, begins, we are introduced to PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), our two protagonists who we will... Read More
‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ review: Quest love and the friends you met along the way | SXSW
Behind the core of the role playing fantasy board game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) lies the simple idea that makes audiences go to the movies;... Read More
‘National Anthem’ review: Luke Gilford explores the wondrous, inviting world of America’s queer rodeo | SXSW
Midway through National Anthem, Dylan (Charlie Plummer) asks Sky (Eve Lindley) why she’s interested in him, self-proclaiming that he’s boring. “I don’t think you’re boring,”... Read More
‘Scream VI’ review: Welcome to New York, it’s been slaying for you as thrills, tension, and blood flow in gory legacy sequel
When Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett rebooted Wes Craven’s iconic franchise, 2022’s Scream, (the first sequel since the filmmaker had passed away),... Read More
‘Suzume’ review: Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime masterpiece is a jaw-dropping epic | Berlinale
If you follow the career of Makato Shinkai, you know he is renowned world-wide for his anime films, Your Name and Weathering With You being... Read More
‘In Water (mul-an-e-seo)’ review: Hong Sang-soo blurs the lines of his own self-reference to middling effect | Berlinale
What’s a year without a Hong Sang-soo film? Does a film festival even exist, if it does not feature a regular slot for the prolific... Read More
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