“ALL SQUARE is about a down-on-his-luck bookie from a blue collar town who befriends an ex-girlfriend’s kid. The kid invites him to his local ball game, and that’s where our hero gets the bright idea to start taking bets on youth league baseball games. Everything is going well for him until degenerate gamblers start […]
Film Festivals
Reviews, interviews, and news about film festivals.
SxSW 2018 Interview: MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS director Jake Meginsky
“The marvelous, mosaic-covered house of drummer Milford Graves in South Jamaica, Queens (New York) is crammed with art: African masks, Egyptian statues and medical models. His beautiful garden is just as eclectic, full of flowers and plants from all different cultures. This ‘global garden’ reflects his inclusive philosophy. His ideas on rhythm and […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: ARE WE GOOD PARENTS director Bola Ogun
“A couple grapple with their openness as parents when their 14-year-old daughter, whom they thought was gay, says she’s going to her first dance with her classmate Ryan.” Director Bola Ogun on ARE WE GOOD PARENTS which screens at the 2018 South By Southwest Conference & Festivals. Congratulations on your film playing in Austin […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES director Gene Graham
“THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES is initially a movie about exotic male dancers and the women who love them. But it evolves into a movie about female sexuality, sisterhood, family and community. Bold, hilarious, thought provoking and emotional, This One’s For The Ladies is a real time look at contemporary Black America.” Director Gene Graham […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: GARRY WINOGRAND: ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHABLE director Sasha Waters Freyer
“Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable is about one of the great photographers of the 20th century. If you’re a fan of street photography, you probably already know (and love) his work. But it’s also likely that you’ve never heard of him before. He was celebrated in his lifetime with solo shows in major […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: GETTING OVER director Jason Charnick
“The short answer is that GETTING OVER s a feature-length documentary about my father, a lifelong heroin addict who died of AIDS back in 1997. The longer answer is that it’s not only about my dad, but about my need to get to know my father better. I used to say often, and it’s repeated […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: CHI-TOWN director Nick Budabin
“Chi-Town follows 17-year-old Keifer Sykes as he leaves the south side of Chicago and embarks on an improbable four-year journey to the NBA. Keifer is an underdog his entire high school career, but in college, he bursts onto the scene as the most explosive point guard in college basketball. At only 5-11, Keifer is usually […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: RUBEN BLADES IS NOT MY NAME director Abner Benaim
“It’s a film about salsa icon Ruben Blades, featuring Sting, Paul Simon, Junot Diaz, Residente, Gilberto Santa Rosa and many other stars from the Latin music world.” Director Abner Benaim on RUBEN BLADES IS NOT MY NAME which screens at SxSW 2018. I hear you are back at SxSW this year! Tell me about what […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: RUSH HOUR director Luciana Kaplan
“We all know people that spend half of their day commuting to work. The emotional cost of this fact is huge and shapes the life of millions of people everyday. Rush Hour focus on the impact of all the lost hours spend in transportation of 3 different people in 3 different different and complicated cities […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: PET NAMES director Carol Brandt
“PET NAMES follows two doddering young exes escaping the confines of their hometown to go camping for a few days together. Leigh is taking a break from playing nurse for her sick mother, Cam is in between jobs and life goals, and ends up tagging along with his decrepit pug companion, Goose. On the […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: TIME TRIAL director Finlay Pretsell
“I find it super hard to pitch the film after it has been made but this description is the best I’ve heard! A lone man, shrouded in darkness, declares an intention to rise again. Meanwhile, we, the audience, are hurtled off a hillside, details blurring like watercolors. This is expressive filmmaking of the highest order […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team from the Canadian Short WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP!
“What if you created a band with your best friends, fell in love with the lead guitarist, led the band to superstardom, and then you wrote a memoir explaining why you had to break up with them?” Producer Nicole Hilliard-Forde on WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP which screens at SxSW Film 2018. Also joining Nicole […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Narcissister Organ Player director Narcissister
“Narcissister Organ Player is a hybrid performance/documentary film that explores how ancestral data is stored in our bodies, impacting the lives we lead. On the personal level, the film investigates how my complex family history compelled me to create the masked, erotic performance character Narcissister.” How did this project come together for you? I got […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: THE RIDER director Chloé Zhao
“It’s about a young rodeo rider coping with a near-fatal head injury. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.” Director Chloé Zhao on THE RIDER which screens […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET director Jeremy Workman
“THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET is a documentary that I’ve been making for over 3 years about Matt Green, who has been walking every single street of New York City, which amounts to over 8000 miles. The film tells the story of this peculiar personal quest, but it’s also about the journey of discovery, humanity, […]