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 […]
Author: Jason Whyte
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 […]
SxSW Reaction: MONOLITH
One of the real finds at South By Southwest Film & TV this year was the premiere of the Midnighters selection MONOLITH which enjoyed a completely sold out attendance at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar location and where I was hiding behind a massive bowl of buttered popcorn for the duration. ABOUT: A bold science […]
SxSW Reaction: IF YOU WERE THE LAST
Seeing Anthony Mackie’s name in the credits was an instant sell for me. I was thrilled to attend the second screening of the romantic space comedy (yes you read that right) IF YOU WERE THE LAST at the Paramount Theatre during SxSW 2023. ABOUT: Adam and Jane are three years into a NASA mission that […]
SxSW Reaction: THE STARLING GIRL
Another title from the Festival Favourites after it screened successfully at Sundance earlier this year, I was lucky to see a well attended screening of THE STARLING GIRL at the Zach Theatre earlier this week with the director in attendance. ABOUT: 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community, but everything […]
SxSW Reaction: THE WRATH OF BECKY
Part of the terrific Midnighters section programmed by Austin’s own Peter Hall, I got to see a VERY late night screening of the sequel THE WRATH OF BECKY and by late, I mean 8:15pm at the Stateside with the director in attendance. ABOUT: After living off the grid for two years, Becky finds herself going […]