At SXSW24: Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Let’s get this out of the way first: At the Drive-In were one of the most important bands in my life. They altered…
At SXSW24: TIMESTALKER
Writer and director Alice Lowe had an idea – and she was willing to chase that idea through time and space in order…
SXSW2023: Art For Everybody
You already have an opinion about Thomas Kinkade. If he’s never really crossed your mind, you have an opinion. Hell, even if you…
SXSW2023 Review: Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Documentarian Penny Lane wants to be a good person. She’s not sure what that means but she’s working on figuring it out. She…
SXSW2023 Review: Self Reliance
It’s hard not to root for Jake Johnson. Whether it’s the lovably goofy characters he plays or the general air of affability he…
SXSW2023 Review: Talk To Me
The directorial debut of Danny and Michael Phillippou asks the question: what if conjuring the dead became a party drug? This tantalizing premise…
SXSW2023: Late Bloomers
In the dramedy Late Bloomers, Karen Gillen plays Louise, a flailing 28 year old going through the usual motions. You know the story…
SXSW Review – Crows Are White
A Buddhist monk, shrouded in night, donning the bright white medieval garb of his sect, wanders up a mountain with a simple lamp.…
SXSW Review: The Kids in the Hall – Comedy Punks
For a generation of comedy fans, The Kids in the Hall gave us permission – not simply to laugh at life’s absurdities but…