After the mysterious death of his father in a house fire, Aaron and his mother, Beatrice, go on a retreat with their extended family where Aaron’s longtime bully cousin, Richard, awaits. As the day drags on, Richard’s incessant torment causes Aaron to finally snap. Screening in the Texas High School Shorts section of SxSW 2021 […]
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SxSW 2021 Film Review – LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD
The following is another addition into our ever-growing movie review section for SxSW 2021 Online. Want to read all of our reviews? Click on the menu selection on the top page! Or click the buttons on the right sidebar and check out some filmmaker interviews. We got it all! LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD (United States, […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – REKLAW director Polaris Banks
Lott has devoted the remaining years of his life to personally pardoning criminals by destroying crime scene evidence. Driven by his faith in the healing power of unconditional forgiveness, Lott and his uniquely talented team of outcasts troll the streets waiting to intercept the right 911 call. Nearby, Melissa wakes after drugging herself in a […]
SxSW 2021 Review – Dear Mr. Brody
Our SxSW reviews keep right on rolling, and we are happy to feature a movie from a filmmaker who was here a few years ago with a terrific documentary called TOWER. DEAR MR. BRODY is director Keith Maitland’s latest feature. DEAR MR. BRODY (United States, dir. Keith Maitland) ***1/2 out of **** Imagine for a […]
SxSW 2021 Review – WOMEN IS LOSERS
SxSW 2021 is upon us! Our team will be having many reviews of the feature films playing at SxSW Online this year. Don’t forget to read our enormous interview series with over 40+ filmmaker interviews! Click HERE or simply hit the SxSW button on the menu at top! WOMEN IS LOSERS (United States, dir. Lissette […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – ALIEN ON STAGE directors Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey
British bus driver’s amateur stage show of Ridley Scott’s Alien accidentally makes it to a famous London theatre! With awkward acting and special effects requiring more luck than judgment, will their homemade homage be alright on the night? It’s a very warm, uplifting, joyful story. Having its World Premiere in the Documentary Spotlight section at […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD director Jeremy Workman
LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD is about Lily Hevesh, the world’s most acclaimed domino toppling artist and the only woman in her field. Part a portrait of an artist documentary, part of a coming of age story, the documentary follows Lily over three years beginning with her freshman year at college. Through the course of the […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – JAKOB’S WIFE director Travis Stevens
JAKOB’S WIFE is an exploration of a marriage between Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden). Over the course of their 30 year relationship, Anne has felt her world shrink to the point where she barely feels present in her own life. When extraordinary events begin happening in their small […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE LOST SONS director Ursula MacFarlane
THE LOST SONS is a stranger than fiction story, almost a fairy tale, a film about identity, belonging, family, and secrets. It begins in 1960s Chicago with the shocking kidnapping of a day-old baby, taken from his mother’s arms by a woman disguised as a nurse. Despite a massive manhunt, the trail runs cold and […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE FABULOUS FILIPINO BROTHERS director Dante Basco
Come see this movie! It’s about four brothers, played by actual real brothers, starring in four different stories all surrounding a Filipino wedding. It’s funny and weird and romantic and in every story, something strange happens, maybe strange is the wrong word… fantastic is better, well, I mean, yeah fabulous. The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, that’s […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – GAIA director Jaco Bouwer and writer Tertius Kapp
GAIA is not about a loving earth mother. It’s a predestined purge that will make human history irrelevant – the flowers at the end of the anthropocene. Having its World Premiere in the Midnighters Section at SxSW Online, we speak with GAIA director Jaco Bouwer and writer-slash-producer Tertius Kapp. Welcome to SxSW! Is this the […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – METAMORPHISM director Kate Saltel
METAMORPHISM is a short animated experimental film about the tie between metamorphism and humans. Metamorphism is the change in a rock due to heat or pressure. Similar to rocks, humans change due to intense pressure or heat. For humans, these pressures may include family, school, wealth and so forth. I was inspired when recognizing how […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – SUBJECTS OF DESIRE director Jennifer Holness
Subjects of Desire is a film about Black women and beauty. It looks at how the media representation of Black women and the stereotypes that have been created undermine the power of Black women. Having its World Premiere in the Documentary Feature Competition section of SxSW Online, we talk with SUBJECTS OF DESIRE director Jennifer […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK director Nick Gillespie
In my own words – the film is about a guy called Paul who tries to enter a talent contest, he messes up his audition, and then attempts to go on a revenge killing spree; not wanting to add spoilers but I can tell you that goes very badly for him too. Having its World […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – LUCHADORAS directors Paola Calvo & Patrick Jasim
Do you want to see real Female Superheroes in a Documentary? LUCHADORAS portrays the women of Ciudad Juarez as fighters, giving a new and different image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico. Our protagonists fight in the Lucha Libre ring and in their daily lives, getting back up after each blow. […]