SXSW Review: Pig Hag
Pig Hag is one of the best, most truthful films I’ve seen this festival. I don’t say that flippantly — there have been ...
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Reviews
Review: Triple Threat
There’s an unspoken rule in cinema that team-up films are typically bad. While Marvel seems to have bucked that trend, other studios still ...
Movies
SXSW Review: La Mala Noche
La Mala Noche is an under-the-radar narrative premiering at SXSW this year, and with its heavy subject matter it’s easy to see why ...
Movies
SXSW Review: Days of the Whale
Set in Medellin, Colombia, Days of the Whale is a story of youthful rebellion and the inevitable consequences of getting in with the ...
Movies
SXSW Review: The River and the Wall
I’ve spoken highly of all the films I’ve been fortunate enough to see over the course of the last five days at SXSW, ...
SXSW Review: Aleksi
Aleksi made me laugh out loud so many times that I lose count. The directorial debut of Croatian director Barbara Vekaric and was ...
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SXSW Review: Vai
Vai is a portmanteau film telling the stories of eight different women named Vai. Residing in seven different Pacific countries, their name means ...
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SXSW Review: Vision Portraits
Vision Portraits is the rare kind of film that you’ve always hoped to see, heralding back to the earliest use of montage in ...
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SXSW Review: For Sama
For Sama is the story of the Syrian uprising and civil war, told through the point of view of Waad al Kateab. Her ...
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SXSW Review: Go Back To China
Go Back To China will no doubt received mixed reviews from audiences of different backgrounds, but I’m of the opinion that it was ...
SXSW Review: Community First, a Home for the Homeless
Community First is a true passion project of director Layton Blaylock. Seeing him involved in the residents’ lives is a powerful thing and ...
Movies
Review: An Elephant Sitting Still
Writer/director Hu Bo took his own life shortly after completing An Elephant Sitting, adapted from one of his own stories. He was only ...