There’s a slogan that goes around the city that hosts the SXSW Film Festival that’s on T-shirts, posters, and bumper stickers: “Keep Austin Weird.” The three films in this dispatch are doing their ...
Despite being in one of the most conservative states in the country, the SXSW Film Festival has long-reflected a more progressive viewpoint through its documentary programming. It’s an interesting ...
How does a band hold the artistic influence of one of its founding members in its soul as it becomes one of the biggest ...
The vast majority of “The Sun Never Sets” consists of people talking about what they need and want from a relationship, ...
Sundance has really developed a reputation for documentaries as the pipeline from festival premiere to Oscar nomination with all five nominees this year coming from premieres at last year’s Park City ...
I Love Boosters” is a wickedly clever skewering of the moral rot at the center of the fashion industry delivered with enough ...
Even when you close your eyes, you can feel the difference between the two worlds in “The Madison.” When Michelle Pfeiffer’s Stacy Clyburn returns to New York City after spending a week in Montana, ...
In writer/director John Burr’s socially conscious thriller “The Gates,” three friends go out for a night of reverie, only to find themselves trapped in a gated community where a local pastor, Jacob ...
Those familiar with Colleen Hoover’s book or style will be less surprised by these developments. Her march to dominate the ...
Fans of RogerEbert.com know that we’re about to enter a fun phase of the year as the SXSW Film Festival gets underway, ...
The director and star of A24's atmospheric horror film talk fear, faith, and turning the filmmaker's family home into a haunted house.
I’d be willing to make the time investment, but the payoffs should start coming early and often.