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Trauma From the Past, Trauma From the Skies in Descendent
There are moments in life that rock your sense of certainty about how the world works. Pivotal changes like the birth of your first child or the first time you get abducted by aliens.

2:14PM Mon. Mar. 10, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Reeling
Families are messy things in the best of times, and as Reeling shows in its world premiere at SXSW there is a way in which tragedy can jumble things up even more. First-time director Yana Alliata takes elements of her own experiences and fuses them into a story of pain, love, and an uncertain future.

11:51AM Mon. Mar. 10, Rod Machen Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Friendship
Doubling down on the bit is par for the course for maestro-of-cringe Tim Robinson. In his first leading movie role, the star of cult sketch show I Think You Should Leave does his usual zany schtick, this time to impress and befriend his new neighbor played by Paul Rudd. Who among us wouldn’t?

8:25AM Mon. Mar. 10, Dex Wesley Parra Read More | Comment »

Corrupting an Australian Paradise in The Surfer
Sometimes an image too strange to not be from real life is enough to inspire a movie.

7:00AM Mon. Mar. 10, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Real Faces
Set in the disparate worlds of commercial casting and microbiology, Real Faces from director Leni Huyghe takes two people struggling in their respective fields to tell a story of isolation, the nature of work, and life in the big city.

3:23PM Sun. Mar. 9, Rod Machen Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: The Dutchman
Blackness. A title card quotes Carl Jung: “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” An incessant ticking clock fades in. Lights up. A man, alone, stares blankly, halfway in a slumber. Dialogue cuts in, he snaps into focus, conscious but not present, sleepwalking.

1:51PM Sun. Mar. 9, Dex Wesley Parra Read More | Comment »

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SXSW Film Review: Good Boy
It’s a moment that’s universal to all pet owners: the way an empty corner or blank wall can grab your furry friend’s attention. The mind races at what could be happening there. Good Boy takes the idea and runs with it, creating a charming twist on the haunted house film.

1:32PM Sun. Mar. 9, Alejandra Martinez Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Fantasy Life
The Gen X movie canon is well-known: Slacker, Singles, the Before trilogy, Grosse Pointe Blank, and so on. SXSW Narrative Competition feature Fantasy Life – about a nervous, 35-year old manny who falls for his 52-year old boss – is an interesting addition to the roster.

1:16PM Sun. Mar. 9, Joe Gross Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Fantasy Life
 
SXSW Film Review: O'Dessa
From the opening frames of O’Dessa, writer-director Geremy Jasper (Patti Cake$) makes it clear: This is going to be big, loud, and drenched in neon. The post-apocalyptic rock opera aims to be a modern retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, but despite the visuals and charm, its deeper allegory is a stretch.

11:58AM Sun. Mar. 9, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

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