SXSW Film Review: Descendent
Alien abduction drama probes trauma, parenthood
Alejandra Martinez
1-30 of 55 entries
SXSW, March 12, 2025
SXSW Film Review: Assembly
Doc suggests AI & art work together as agents of resistance
SXSW, March 10, 2025
SXSW Film Review: Good Boy
It's pet vs. poltergeist in ghost story with a twist
SXSW, March 9, 2025
SXSW Film Review: Sweetness
Teenage dreams become a harsh reality for one pop star
SXSW, March 8, 2025
Austin Film Festival Review: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Allegorical film was shot in secret in Iran
Screens, Oct. 29, 2024
Austin Film Festival Review: The Stones Are Speaking
A Central Texas dig site offers new insight into human history
Screens, Oct. 27, 2024
Austin Film Festival Review: Texas Cult House
Exploring the horror potential in conservative Christianity
Screens, Oct. 25, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow
Probes the mystery behind an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like children’s show
Movie Review, May 10, 2024
Immaculate
Sydney Sweeney excels in just-OK nun horror
Movie Review, March 22, 2024
SXSW Film Review: An Army of Women
Rousing doc about survivors is a potent call to action
Screens, March 13, 2024
SXSW Film Review: Immaculate
Nun horror delivers decent scares, but gets in its own way
Screens, March 13, 2024
Love Lies Bleeding
Kristen Stewart stars in a blood-soaked romance for the ages
Movie Review, March 15, 2024
SXSW Film Review: Kryptic
Goopy creature feature is a muddled take on self-discovery
Screens, March 11, 2024
SXSW Film Review: The In Between
Intimate doc captures life, loss on the U.S.-Mexico border
Screens, March 10, 2024
Love Lies Bleeding Is a Blood-Soaked Romance for the Ages
Rose Glass’ Saint Maud followup revels in '80s pulp
Screens, Jan. 31, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow Is a Haunting Ode to Self-Actualization
Jane Schoenbrun probes the reflective nature of media
Screens, Jan. 28, 2024
HBO Docuseries God Save Texas Offers a Personal Lens on the Lone Star State in Crisis
Texas filmmakers confront hard truths about home
Screens, Jan. 28, 2024
Saoirse Ronan Battles Addiction in Unflinching Drama The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt’s nonlinear film goes to hell and back
Screens, Jan. 26, 2024
The Book of Clarence
Uneven attempt to both resurrect and spoof the biblical epic
Movie Review, Jan. 12, 2024
All of Us Strangers
A ghostly meditation on grief that chooses the darkest path
Movie Review, Jan. 5, 2024
The Color Purple
Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast
Movie Review, Dec. 22, 2023
The Boys in the Boat
Classic sporting underdog story of the 1936 Olympic rowing team
Movie Review, Dec. 22, 2023
Poor Things
Emma Stone thrills in this Frankenstein-inspired satire of self-actualization
Movie Review, Dec. 8, 2023
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Restoring the reputation of the sexologist and researcher
Movie Review, Dec. 1, 2023
Eileen
Adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's thriller captures her mood, not her internality
Movie Review, Dec. 1, 2023
Next Goal Wins
Lead-footed "from the headlines" soccer comedy is an own goal
Movie Review, Nov. 17, 2023
Trolls Band Together
Boy band antics with the big-haired, big-voiced toys
Movie Review, Nov. 17, 2023
AFF Review: Day of the Fight
Boxing drama hits hardest out of the ring
Screens, Nov. 6, 2023
AFF Review: The Disappearance of Shere Hite
New documentary is a timely reminder of the sexologist's work
Screens, Nov. 1, 2023
AFF Review: Egghead & Twinkie
Queer coming-of-age story catches the contradictions of youth
