SXSW Festival

‘Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood’ review: To nostalgia and beyond [Grade: B] | SXSW

Over the last couple of years, we have seen directors take themselves back to times in their lives, and retell… Read More

March 14, 2022

‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ review: Being Nic Fucking Cage [Grade: B+] | SXSW

“Who is Nicolas Cage?” It was the final question to our interview we had a couple of months back with… Read More

March 14, 2022

‘The Lost City’ review: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum charm in a cute but stale retread of familiar jungle territory [Grade: B-] | SXSW

The phrase “they don’t make them like they used to” is floated around a lot with modern art, whether it… Read More

March 14, 2022

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

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

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