sxsw 2025

SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘The Threesome,’ ‘Forge,’ ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘The Threesome,’ ‘Forge,’ ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’

SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘The Threesome,’ ‘Forge,’ ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’

A complicated romantic dramedy, a cat and mouse thriller involving art forgery, and a slice of life epic from the… Read More

March 12, 2025
‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Goes Off the Rails in this Hilarious, Bizarre Platonic Breakup Comedy [B+] | SXSW‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Goes Off the Rails in this Hilarious, Bizarre Platonic Breakup Comedy [B+] | SXSW

‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Goes Off the Rails in this Hilarious, Bizarre Platonic Breakup Comedy [B+] | SXSW

It’s all too easy to say that Friendship, the debut film from writer-director Andrew DeYoung starring Tim Robinson, plays like… Read More

March 12, 2025
‘Glorious Summer’ Review: Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak Create a Gilded Cage of False Freedom in Richly Lanthimosian Odyssey [B+] | SXSW‘Glorious Summer’ Review: Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak Create a Gilded Cage of False Freedom in Richly Lanthimosian Odyssey [B+] | SXSW

‘Glorious Summer’ Review: Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak Create a Gilded Cage of False Freedom in Richly Lanthimosian Odyssey [B+] | SXSW

Glorious Summer is a well-lensed, intriguing odyssey into a sun-drenched hellscape. In its own way, it shows that much as… Read More

March 12, 2025
‘40 Acres’ Review: A Familiar Post-Apocalypse Setting Gives Way to Socio-Political Critique and Cannibal Horror [B+] | SXSW‘40 Acres’ Review: A Familiar Post-Apocalypse Setting Gives Way to Socio-Political Critique and Cannibal Horror [B+] | SXSW

‘40 Acres’ Review: A Familiar Post-Apocalypse Setting Gives Way to Socio-Political Critique and Cannibal Horror [B+] | SXSW

You’d be pretty hard-pressed to find a post-apocalyptic film that doesn’t feel cobbled together from a storied history of derivative… Read More

March 11, 2025
‘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
‘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
‘Government Cheese’ TV Review: David Oyelowo (Barely) Rises Above in 1960s American Dream Comedy That Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be [C-]‘Government Cheese’ TV Review: David Oyelowo (Barely) Rises Above in 1960s American Dream Comedy That Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be [C-]

‘Government Cheese’ TV Review: David Oyelowo (Barely) Rises Above in 1960s American Dream Comedy That Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be [C-]

Have you ever almost drowned, then subsequently been released from prison only to start looking towards the life you lost… Read More

March 9, 2025