2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Lineup: ‘Ready or Not 2,’ ‘I Love Boosters’ and the Return of David E. Kelley
New films from Boots Riley, Jay Duplass, the world premiere of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come and a new series from David E.... Read More
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‘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, the tops a canopy for... Read More
‘The Studio’ TV Review: Seth Rogen’s Scathing and Hilarious Look at Hollywood From the Inside Gets the Green Light [B+]
“Is it weird that all of the live-action characters are white and all of the non-white actors are CG?” Crafting a Kool-Aid adaptation should feel... Read More
‘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,” she was referring to a... Read More
‘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 whose message turned out to... Read More
‘The Fall Guy’ Review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are Dynamite in this Top-Notch Action, Romance Popcorn Flick | SXSW 2024
Think about your favorite action movie and what makes it stand out. Most likely, you’re thinking about a known, bona fide superstar actor getting themselves... Read More
‘The Uninvited’ Review: Elizabeth Reaser and Walton Goggins Spar in Nadia Conners’ Intriguing Debut | SXSW 2024
Dinner parties can be the worst, especially if the guests are insufferable. But even more miserable than having to endure a challenging group of people... Read More
‘Diane Warren: Relentless’ Review: A Refreshingly Honest Look at the Strong-Willed Oscar-Nominated Songwriter | SXSW 2024
Winning an Oscar is easy but losing fifteen times fits one person and one person only: Diane Warren, the songwriter who just lost her seventh... Read More
‘Y2K’ Review: The Bug Bites in Kyle Mooney’s Directorial Debut | SXSW 2024
Funny how we haven’t really seen a live-action comedy taking on the Y2K phenomenon until now. The Y2K bug was a programming issue in the... Read More
Just two days after being at the Oscars for the fifteenth time, for her latest Best Original Song nomination, Diane Warren is in Austin, Texas... Read More
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