In this combination of black comedy and Nordic noir, we are treated to gangster mobs, drug trade, a father's revenge, kidnapping, dumping corpses over waterfalls, and snow plows.
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SXSW World Premiere: Laura Terruso’s ‘Fits and Starts’
Terruso's directorial debut is a skewering of the art and literary worlds that hits enough of its targets to make for fun viewing.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: Nanfu Wang’s ‘I Am Another You’
"I Am Another You": I Am You, As We Are She, As He is You, and We Are We? Eventually.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘M.F.A.,’ Starring Francesca Eastwood
Is it possible to heal and return to normalcy if one is raped?
Read More »SXSW Movie Review: ‘Lucky’ – A Harry Dean Stanton Biopic, Sort Of
If you like films about quirky characters, spirituality, and human connections, you’ll like 'Lucky.'
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘Spettacolo’ – Autodrama in Tuscany
What if your life was enacted onstage and you were the actor playing yourself?
Read More »SXSW Review: ‘Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press’
What happens when our press freedoms are compromised by power, money and overarching authority?
Read More »SXSW Film Review: Elijah Bynum’s ‘Hot Summer Nights’
Tonal shifts aside, "Hot Summer Nights" is a fairly entertaining comedy/drama from the first-time feature director.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: Dominic Bridges’ ‘Two Pigeons’
A real estate agent unwittingly shares his flat with an unseen guest in this dark comedy making its world premiere at SXSW.
Read More »SXSW Review: ‘The Most Hated Woman in America’ – A Powerful Performance by Melissa Leo
Why was Madalyn Murray O'Hair the "most hated woman in America?"
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