‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW
To talk about science fiction is to talk about humanity, and with that comes the inevitable ideas about immortality and extended consciousness. Anima isn’t the... Read More
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‘They Will Kill You’ Review: Zazie Beetz’s Final Girl Slays in Gonzo Satanic Slasher [B+] SXSW
They Will Kill You is living proof that when it comes to horror movies and action movies, you really don’t have to reinvent the wheel... Read More
SXSW 2026 Reviews: ‘Family Movie,’ ‘Crash Land,’ ‘Kill Me’
In my third dispatch from the 2026 SXSW Film Festival, we take a look at three films within the Narrative Spotlight section that share a... Read More
‘Never After Dark’ Review: Dave Boyle’s Ghostly Spooker Will Keep You Guessing [B] SXSW
Seconds into writer/director Dave Boyle’s Never After Dark, one can already sense that this isn’t going to be a typical ghost story. Our lead, Airi... Read More
SXSW 2026 Reviews: ‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Obsession’
As you are trying to make your schedule for a film festival, you might start picking up on themes that come across several films, noticing... Read More
‘Pretty Lethal’ Review: Vicky Jewson’s Bloody, Ballistic Ballet is Never Quite On Pointe [C] SXSW
Director Vicky Jewson prefaced the world premiere of her new film Pretty Lethal by describing that she was first drawn to the film via its... Read More
SXSW 2026 Reviews: ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body,’ ‘Power Ballad’
When coming to the SXSW Film Festival, the main attraction for pass holders and ticket buyers can be some of the grand titles that lead... Read More
SXSW 2026 Reviews: ‘Sender,’ ‘The Saviors,’ ‘Hokum’ Highlight the Stars of ‘Severance’
A clear theme emerged out of a few movies from this year’s SXSW film line-up: Severance. Specifically, Britt Lower and Adam Scott, who topline the... Read More
‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Review: BenDavid Grabinski Asks ‘What if Wong Kar-Wai Made a Gangster Love Triangle Sci-Fi Action Buddy Comedy’? [A-] SXSW
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is an increasingly rare variety of film, the kind that movie fans keep clamoring for studios to finance... Read More
‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Boots Riley’s Dressed to Excess Cartoon Revolution is Too Much and Not Enough [B-] SXSW
There’s often a romanticization of “breaking the rules” in filmmaking. It’s laudable when filmmakers color outside the lines and refuse to conform to typical standards... Read More
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-]