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Once upon a time, a lawyer and his daughter hit a baby unicorn in a Canadian preserve. Taking a cue from RFK Jr., they toss it in the trunk and head to his billionaire boss’ retreat. Where there’s magical purple blood, there’s money to be made, and soon it’s Shark Tank meets Grimms Fairy Tales.

9:52AM Sun. Mar. 9, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

Friendship Brings Awkward Hugs and Comedy Giants to South by Southwest

There are three truths in life. First, making friends as you get older gets harder. Second, male intimacy is a minefield. And third, mix the two together and you get the chaos of Friendship, the dark and touching comedy starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd receiving its U.S. premiere at South by Southwest.

7:30AM Sun. Mar. 9, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Zodiac Killer Project

There’s no denying we’re living in the peak era of true-crime documentaries. Zodiac Killer Project aimed to become an addition to that genre. Instead, the intended movie was scuttled due to reasons beyond the filmmaker’s control. That roadblock was not the demise of the movie however.

7:00AM Sun. Mar. 9, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Peach Pit, Briston Maroney, Bnny

Moody Amphitheater

Showgirls
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Happy Together + God’s Own Country at Paramount Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Film Review: Bunny

A tenement building in the East Village of New York City. A large cast of outsized characters. Throw in a dead body, and now you've got a movie. Bunny, by first-time director Ben Jacobson, harnesses all of this energy for the tale of a night to remember.

7:39PM Sat. Mar. 8, Rod Machen Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: The Spies Among Us

As the depressingly relevant documentary The Spies Among Us chronicles, when Peter Keup, a German dancer and dance instructor was about 54, he learned that his long-deceased brother, Uli, was an informant for the Stasi, East Germany’s terrifying and infamous secret police.

4:49PM Sat. Mar. 8, Joe Gross Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: One More Shot

What would you do if you had the power to travel back in time by way of a tequila shot?

10:40AM Sat. Mar. 8, Jenny Nulf Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Sweetness

There is a fragile vulnerability to being a teenage music fan. Often, music can reach into the spaces where others can’t tread in one’s adolescence. In Emma Higgins’ debut thriller, Sweetness, one teenage girl’s hero worship of a pop star turns into something deadlier.

9:38AM Sat. Mar. 8, Alejandra Martinez Read More | Comment »

SXSW Film Review: Baby Doe

Jessica Earnshaw’s Baby Doe opens with a happy family playing a board game. Minutes into the film, the mother is questioned about a found dead baby – hers, according to new DNA technology. What follows is an empathetic, gut-wrenching exploration of pregnancy denial, secrecy, and justice.

9:21AM Sat. Mar. 8, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

Tugging at True-Crime's Seams in SXSW Doc Zodiac Killer Project

The lone investigator, hunting for evidence. Images of falling files. Opening credits with mournful country music playing over images of faces with landscapes projected on them. A weird and overstretched visual metaphor. Just a taste of the endless tropes of the modern true crime documentary.

8:30AM Sat. Mar. 8, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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