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Brea Grant Gets in the Grind at SXSW
The UT alum’s new anthology horror strikes at the horrors of late-stage capitalism
Richard Whittaker
The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.
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The Sincerity of Silliness in The Peril at Pincer Point
Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine get delightfully crabby for their micro-budget seaside tale
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Undertone Review: The Terror at the Edge of Hearing
Podcast horror is a masterclass in understated dread
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At SXSW, Everything Old Is New Again
With a new schedule, a new footprint, new staff, and a turbulent world, the festival and conference redesigns itself
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Ready or Not, Here They Come
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett give a sense of family for bloody sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
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From Teammates to Family in SXSW Sports Doc Summer of ’94
Filmmakers and fans Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker look back at the moment soccer became America’s sport
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Tempest in a Fishbowl
SXSW doc Amazing Live Sea Monkeys brings the crazy legal battle over the childhood novelty to the screen
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There’s Nothing Normal About Ben Wheatley
The British filmmaker breaks down his new neo-Western with Bob Odenkirk
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The Fight for Free Thought in First They Came for My College
How Holly Herrick brought an unexpected filmmaker to the battle for her alma mater
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Cosmic Horror Meets Matrimonial Mayhem in Imposters
Writer/director Caleb Phillips explores keeping the mystery mysterious in this SXSW Midnighter
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Horror Heals a Marriage in And Her Body Was Never Found
How Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks put their real-life relationship problems onscreen
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File Under: Movies for Sickos
Austin writer/director Macon Blair takes O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Dave Franco on the road trip from hell in The Shitheads