At SXSW24: BACKSPOT and NATATORIUM
Two of my first SXSW24 screenings were of small, fiercely independent dramas that feature strong female leads. Backspot is one of the first…
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
Director Thaddeus D. Matula‘s documentary, Into the Spotlight, follows a theatre troupe composed, primarily, of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Each…
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: Mama Bears
We’re not going to see changes in our legislative halls until we change what we hear in the pews from the pulpits of…
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.…