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"...(cue Trail of Dead) and part behind-the-scenes exposé, the film is blessedly free of A&E-style jiggle and melodramatic pandering,..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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"...Zlín in the Czech Republic. The subject of the film is Bata, a shoemaking company founded in Zlín by..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

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"...With any short-film program, the odds of screening nary a lemon equate..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

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"...be. When the goal is to make the best film possible, the rules go out the window. You have..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

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"...being shot at with semi-automatic weapons and RPGs. The film follows the soldiers on patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, during..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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"...Narrative Feature Emerging Visions In his first feature film, writer/director Sean Ackerman wears his influences flush on his..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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"...experience changed them – for better or worse. The film focuses on three boys in particular: Robert, whose mother..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

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"...D: various Film festivals are often a very serious business, filled with..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Jess Sauer

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"...only real – the young residents profiled in this film speak candidly about their world, revealing painfully honest portraits..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

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"...Feature 'Round Midnight "Dos Blokes," Brian Clark's one-laugh short film about bulimic zombies, sets the perfect tone for The..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

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"...talented trio X-Ecutioners, are on board, as well. Pray's film includes plenty of backstage banter, snippets of interviews, and..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Reviews

"...BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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"...Split Screen: indie maven John Pierson lugging cans of film to the remotest movie theater in the world –..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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"...victim to the sprits of tormented homeowners past. The film lacks in character and plot development (like any good..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

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"...bestselling book, Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry built their film on lengthy interviews with such Clinton-era characters as David..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSW Film 2003 Festival Winners

"...Joel Lava)AUDIENCE AWARDSNarrative Feature Sexless (D: Alex Holdridge)Narrative First FilmMelvin Goes to Dinner (D: Bob Odenkirk)Documentary Feature girlhood (D:..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Goyer from the novel by Landon J. Napoleon, the film centers on the title character, an autistic 15-year-old boy..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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"...rock & roll fantasy and appropriated celebrity. While the film never makes totally clear if this project of four..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

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"...drama -- and makes an entirely original and entertaining film, the highest-grossing movie in Mexican history. Y Tu Mamá..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Film Reviews

A devastating, twisted work, Amores Perros is marred only by a bloated running time and a bloodless conclusion.

"...up for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Pup lovers beware, though: There is terrifying, unconscionable violence..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Reviews

"...the outsider's alienated life in the shadows. However, the film is so murky and muddled in its visual and..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Shouting Down Midnight

Years after Wendy Davis’ filibuster, doc follows those still fighting

"...Texas women who were galvanized by Davis’ stand. The film emphasizes the voices of women of color, trans and..."

March 13, 2022 SXSW Post by Vivie Behrens

SXSW Film Review: WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

How hubris was baked into the mega-startup

"...As a postmortem, the new doc from filmmaker Jed Rothstein (The China Hustle), conveniently titled WeWork: or..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: Language Lessons

Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass excel in this Zoom drama

"...The film gets heavy handed about its premise sometimes, exaggerating the..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

SXSW Film Review: Kid Candidate

How one young prankster upended Amarillo politics

"...to be a Harmony Korine-esque exercise with an amateur filmmaker friend...."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Review: We Are X

Music doc explores the biggest band you never heard of

"...But just as this isn't the normal rock &..."

March 23, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Panel: Ellen Page & Ian Daniel Keynote

Duo discuss their new doc show Gaycation

"...hear a lot of “Oh, you're doing another gay film?”..."

March 12, 2016 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Film Review: 'The Case of the Three Sided Dream'

Jazzman Rahsaan Roland Kirk is the subject of this music doc

"...novelty act by those who don’t know better, this film seeks to burnish the jazzman’s legacy...."

March 14, 2014 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: 'The 78 Project Movie'

With a hiss, crackle, and pop, musicians get to turn back time

"...Though ostensibly documenting a road trip, the film eschews narrative to focus on the recording sessions, interrupting..."

March 13, 2014 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: 'Take Me to the River'

The musical history of Memphis runs deep

"...During the film's best moments, the giddy energy of the recording engineers..."

March 13, 2014 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

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