SXSW Festival

‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: Scream Queens and a Killer Joker Slash Their Way Through Clever Horror Throwback [B] | SXSW‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: Scream Queens and a Killer Joker Slash Their Way Through Clever Horror Throwback [B] | SXSW

‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: Scream Queens and a Killer Joker Slash Their Way Through Clever Horror Throwback [B] | SXSW

The horror genre is arguably the most forgiving genre when it comes to reinventing the chainsaw, as in you really… Read More

March 11, 2025
‘Descendent’ Review: A Moving and Reflective Tale of Fatherhood, Male Loneliness, and Aliens [B+] | SXSW‘Descendent’ Review: A Moving and Reflective Tale of Fatherhood, Male Loneliness, and Aliens [B+] | SXSW

‘Descendent’ Review: A Moving and Reflective Tale of Fatherhood, Male Loneliness, and Aliens [B+] | SXSW

What do you get when you mix fatherhood anxiety with male loneliness and a touch of aliens? The result is… Read More

March 11, 2025
‘The Baltimorons’ Review: Jay Duplass Returns with an Endearing, Bittersweet Christmas Eve Romance [B] | SXSW‘The Baltimorons’ Review: Jay Duplass Returns with an Endearing, Bittersweet Christmas Eve Romance [B] | SXSW

‘The Baltimorons’ Review: Jay Duplass Returns with an Endearing, Bittersweet Christmas Eve Romance [B] | SXSW

The Baltimorons is Jay Duplass’ first original feature film in 14 years. One half of the American independent cinema duo… Read More

March 10, 2025
SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Another Simple Favor,’ Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Accountant 2’SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Another Simple Favor,’ Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Accountant 2’

SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Another Simple Favor,’ Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Accountant 2’

In my first dispatch for the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, I take a look at three of the headliners from… Read More

March 10, 2025
‘Together’ Review: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Dare and Delight in a Blood-Soaked Flesh for Fantasy [A-] | SXSW‘Together’ Review: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Dare and Delight in a Blood-Soaked Flesh for Fantasy [A-] | SXSW

‘Together’ Review: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Dare and Delight in a Blood-Soaked Flesh for Fantasy [A-] | SXSW

I’ve always been scared my eventual life partner would kill me. Perhaps not in the traditional sense of being murdered,… Read More

March 9, 2025
‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’ Review: Maybe the Real Treasure Was the Parasites We Made Along the Way [B+] | SXSW‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’ Review: Maybe the Real Treasure Was the Parasites We Made Along the Way [B+] | SXSW

‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’ Review: Maybe the Real Treasure Was the Parasites We Made Along the Way [B+] | SXSW

The blinding darkness of a forest hides the blood-suckers. Trees shoot from the ground and extend themselves towards the sky,… Read More

March 8, 2025
‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: A (Suit)Case of Existentialism | SXSW 2024‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: A (Suit)Case of Existentialism | SXSW 2024

‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: A (Suit)Case of Existentialism | SXSW 2024

It has to be assumed that when Kim Kardashian famously said, “no one wants to get up and work anymore,”… Read More

March 18, 2024
SXSW 2024 Capsule Reviews of ‘Hacks’ Season 3, ‘Pet Shop Days,’ ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ and moreSXSW 2024 Capsule Reviews of ‘Hacks’ Season 3, ‘Pet Shop Days,’ ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ and more

SXSW 2024 Capsule Reviews of ‘Hacks’ Season 3, ‘Pet Shop Days,’ ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ and more

I’ve been on the ground in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Television and Film Festival for a week now, engorging… Read More

March 15, 2024
‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Presents a Rorschach Test to a Divided America | SXSW 2024‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Presents a Rorschach Test to a Divided America | SXSW 2024

‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Presents a Rorschach Test to a Divided America | SXSW 2024

It’s going to be extremely difficult to find a critical consensus on Alex Garland’s newest film Civil War, a film… Read More

March 15, 2024