In the midst of big SxSW premieres at the Paramount, I had to slide next door to the lovely Stateside Theatre to see the Euro comedy NORTHERN COMFORT with filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson and crew in attendance. ABOUT: A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an […]
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Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THERAPY DOGS from Mongrel Media
We still have some SxSW reactions to post this week but let’s get back to some Get Reel Giveaways! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of new release THERAPY DOGS from our partners at Mongrel Media. ABOUT: The Class of 2019 at Cawthra Park Secondary School is gearing up for their senior year. Teen […]
SxSW Reaction – ONLY THE GOOD SURVIVE
Earlier in the SxSW week I ran into Texas and LA based filmmakers that I have known for many years with SxSW and Fantastic Fest screenings so of course I had to check out their new movie ONLY THE GOOD SURVIVE with a massive burger and pile of fries at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar […]
SxSW Reaction: PAY OR DIE
ABOUT: Today, nearly 2 million Americans are being held for ransom. Without insulin, they’ll be dead in days. “Pay or Die” follows 3 families on the receiving end of these ransom notes, revealing the harrowing reality of life with chronic illness in the richest country in the world. From a mother-and-daughter struggling to rebuild their […]
SxSW Reaction – DEADLAND
ABOUT: U.S. Border agent Angel Waters comes across what would normally be a routine illegal crossing, but It quickly devolves into his worst nightmare. Barely clinging to life, the immigrant utters, “El Paso, por favor”. In a tragic twist of fate the immigrant is killed while being held at a remote border outpost. Under the cover of darkness, Angel and […]
SxSW Reaction – Rebelión
It was late in the festival and a major thunderstorm hit Austin and as a result I missed a Midnighters screening and attendance dropped due to fear that the storm would continue into the morning. I peeked out of the house I was staying at, saw it was rather clear and made my way to […]
SxSW Reaction: THEATRE CAMP
It was the last day of screenings at SxSW and I was happy to see the Austin premiere of Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s powerhouse THEATRE CAMP at the Paramount Theatre after a loud reaction a few months ago at Sundance. ABOUT: THEATER CAMP follows the eccentric staff running a scrappy theater camp in upstate New […]
SxSW Reaction – POLITE SOCIETY
One of the bigger studio movies to screen at SxSW this year, Universal & Focus Features’ POLITE SOCIETY is coming out in late April and I was really happy to attend an early screening at the Zach Theatre to a really enthusiastic crowd. ABOUT: A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold […]
SxSW Reaction – YOU CAN CALL ME BILL
Last week at SxSW I saw the premiere of YOU CAN CALL ME BILL from SxSW and Fantastic Fest alum Alexandre O. Philippe to a very packed and enthusiastic crowd, and even more so because Mr. Shatner was also in attendance for the screening! ABOUT: Captain Kirk. T.J. Hooker. Denny Crane. Big Giant Head. Alexander […]
SxSW Reaction: SLIP
If you haven’t heard the name Zoe Lister-Jones before, it’s time you fix that. I have attended SxSW since 2007 and have seen many, many movies in Austin over the last decade and a half, but a real highlight was at the 2009 edition where I met Zoe along with acclaimed director Daryl Wein for […]
SxSW Reaction: AIR
The closing night gala of AIR was a movie that was officially announced just a few days ago. I was lucky to attend the screening where SxSW Film & TV lead Claudette Godfrey (who absolutely killed it as the new showrunner this year taking over for long time lead Janet Pierson) introduced Ben Affleck, who […]
SxSW Reaction – AMERICANA
One of the very best narrative movies of SxSW and of 2023 is Tony Tost’s new movie AMERICANA which had its premiere on Friday at a nearly sold out screening at the Paramount Theatre with the filmmakers and a portion of the cast in attendance. ABOUT: A heist of the mythical Lakota Ghost Shirt goes […]
SxSW Reaction – 299 QUEEN STREET WEST
Canada represent, and this time in a BIG way! One of the festival highlights in covering the Canadian beat, the epic doc 299 QUEEN STREET WEST is a flat out love letter to MuchMusic, the music channel that started it all. I was so happy to attend the final screening at the Zach Theatre with […]
SxSW Reaction: LATE BLOOMERS
ABOUT: Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina – a cranky elderly Polish woman, who speaks no […]
SxSW Reaction – MOLLI & MAX IN THE FUTURE
ABOUT: “Molli and Max In The Future” is a Sci-Fi Romantic Comedy about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, 4 planets, 3 dimensions and one space-cult. A grounded romantic comedy set in an absurd world, “Molli and Max” takes the character-driven romance of a movie like “When […]