'Women is Losers' displays extraordinary talent, but some of the creative decisions undercut its potential power.
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Midnighters, 2021 SXSW, ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ & ‘The Feast’
The Feast, dramatic, paranormal and horrific in its own right, compels until the end. Though its genre differs from Broadcast Signal Intrusion, both films find appropriate synchronicity in SXSW's Midnighters category.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: Justine Bateman’s ‘Violet’ Breaks All the Rules, and It Works
Violet. One of those rare movies that breaks the rules of filmmaking, but delivers an engrossing story. Staring Olivia Munn.
Read More »Audio Theater Review: ‘The Canterville Ghost,’ Adapted from the Story by Oscar Wilde
The ascendance of podcasts has resuscitated the mostly-dead art once called the radio drama. This adaptation of Oscar Wilde's short story is one of the best new examples I've heard.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘How It Ends’ – Pandemic Filmmaking
"How It Ends' takes us to the last day on Earth before it gets destroyed by an asteroid. You have to get to a party and someone has stolen your car.
Read More »2021 SXSW Film Festival Review: Nanfu Wang’s ‘In The Same Breath’
Nanfu Wang's documentary In the Same Breath chronicles the events related to the COVID-19 breakout in Wuhan, China. In parallel Wang relates the events of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Her unique position as a Chinese American citizen reveals her perspective about how the outbreak similarly impacted both countries.
Read More »2021 SXSW Film Festival Review: ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil’
This documentary is a cautionary tale for all those who start out in beauty pageants. If they, as child stars, possess the talent to parlay their success into worldwide tours at 25, the exposure can be treacherous.
Read More »SXSW 2021 Keynote: Willie Nelson – Only 30 Years Late
Willie Nelson was interviewed for SXSW Online 2021 and talked about 2020, his life and his fans.
Read More »2021 SXSW Film Festival Review ‘Executive Order’
This dynamic, often poetic dystopian thriller draws one in with its immediacy. Shot on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it's set in the distant future, but its contemporary issues prove stunning.
Read More »SXSW 2021: Beyond Virtual to XR
SXSW 2021 takes virtual conferencing to new levels of participant interaction.
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