At SXSW2017: May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers are an emotional band – but they are neither saccharine nor maudlin. They do not write songs to feign sentimentality…
SXSW Films Recap
Here’s one last post on some interesting SXSW films. I didn’t get a chance to put together full reviews for these, so check…
An Interview with A STRAY’S Musa Syeed, Barkhad Abdirahman, & Faysal Ahmed
This week at SXSW, I had the privilege of speaking with director Musa Syeed about his film, A Stray, which premiered at the…
At SXSW: AMERICAN FABLE
Writer/director Anne Hamilton interned with Terrence Malick. This relationship is abundantly clear in her debut feature, American Fable, which premiered in the Visions…
At SXSW: FREE IN DEED
Writer/director Jake Mahaffy’s Free in Deed is a fever pitch of prayer, praise, torment, and attempted healings. It’s not an easy film to watch…
At SXSW: DON’T THINK TWICE
A film about members of an improv group going through life’s struggles with a cast featuring the likes of Gillian Jacobs, Keegan-Michael Key,…
At SXSW: THE SEER
When I saw Wendell Berry’s name in the subtitle of The Seer, a documentary that premiered at SXSW this week, I immediately put…
At SXSW: TRANSPECOS
Given the vehemence with which the US/Mexico border is both physically and verbally contested, it’s a wonder that it hasn’t inspired more cinematic…
