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‘Yellowjackets’ season two review: Trauma deepens for the wilderness gang, as does the show’s richer examination of it

TV Reviews

‘Yellowjackets’ season two review: Trauma deepens for the wilderness gang, as does the show’s richer examination of it

Tyler Doster March 16, 2023

Sophomore seasons of television can succumb to the same pitfalls as movie sequels: they can be bloated, try too hard to out-do what they’re following,... Read More

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: The operatic fourth edition of the action series proves that too much is never enough | SXSW

Jacob Throneberry March 15, 2023

It’s been almost 10 years since the first John Wick brought Keanu Reeves (who was one of the biggest action stars of the 90s thanks... Read More

‘Cora Bora’ review: Megan Stalter is a captivating, comedic wrecking ball in Hannah Pearl Utt’s hilarious and poignant comedy | SXSW

Abe Friedtanzer March 15, 2023

The music that Cora (Megan Stalter) plays isn’t particularly pleasant on the ears. With lyrics like “get out of my house” and “dreams are stupid... Read More

‘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

Abe Friedtanzer March 14, 2023

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

‘Problemista’ review: Julio Torres’s inventive immigration satire finds him bonded with an extra kooky Tilda Swinton | SXSW

Ryan McQuade March 14, 2023

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

Kevin L. Lee March 13, 2023

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

Abe Friedtanzer March 13, 2023

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

Peter Nicks’ ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ to open 66th SFFILM Festival

Film Festivals

Peter Nicks’ ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ to open 66th SFFILM Festival

Erik Anderson March 13, 2023

SFFILM announced today Emmy award-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks’ Stephen Curry: Underrated from Apple Original Films and A24, as the Opening Night program for the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM... Read More

‘Bottoms’ review: Emma Seligman’s unapologetically queer-centric high school sex comedy is a revelation for the subgenre | SXSW

Ryan McQuade March 13, 2023

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

AwardsWatch Podcast #174: Wrapping up the 95th Academy Awards

Ryan McQuade March 13, 2023

On episode 174 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer, Kevin L. Lee and Josh Parham... Read More

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