It’s always exciting to see a new Spike Lee joint, but this one is unlike his others. With PASS OVER, Lee directs the filming and cinematic editing of the titular stage play by Antoinette Nwandu and performed at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. It follows two African-American homeless men trying to find a way out of their lives. […]
Breaking Down The 2018 Edition of South By Southwest Film Festival
By Jason Whyte, Managing Editor With contributions from Kielan Ellis, Daniel Azbel & Ben Scanga 2018 marked my 11th year at the South By Southwest Conference & Festivals and my first covering as Managing Editor for GetReelMovies.com. To say this was a fun year in Austin is a massive understatement; every day brought great […]
SXSW 2018 Review: Unfriended: Dark Web
No singular being falls victim to the “unfollow” button on Facebook here, which removes you from your mildly-healthy relationships digitally and in reality. Dark Web doesn’t bother to attempt to continue the narrative of Laura Barnes and whatever group of alpha-males and insecure prom queens she’ll go onto haunt next, it instead focuses on the […]
SXSW 2018 Review: Heavy Trip
Heavy Trip makes it blatantly obvious that first-time directing-duo Juuso Laatio and Jukkaa Vidgren aren’t attempting to make the next Godfather (or anything that’s even remotely tasteful) but the two are self-aware that they aren’t. In fact, that’s where the majority of the film’s grossly likable nature comes from; humor involving vomit, stereotyping, bullying and all things related to the film’s […]
Interview: Greta Gerwig Talks LADY BIRD, now on Home Video!
The following is an interview performed with Greta Gerwig by Daniel Azbel during the Canadian press tour for LADY BIRD in Toronto last fall! What is the meaning of Lady Bird? Why is it that Christine gives herself that name? Lady Bird, you know, that’s not from me. I’ve never had anyone call me by […]
SXSW 2018 Review: Social Animals
The danger of social media is a concept that isn’t that new, and I had worries going into Social Animals considering the fact that it has kind of been pushed too hard recently. Although it has its flaws, for the most part, this documentary is successful in its attempt to teach us something new about […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team behind SCIENCE FAIR!
“Science Fair follows nine students and one mentor on their journey to the International Science & Engineering Fair, or ISEF, which is like the Olympics of science fairs.” Directors Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster on SCIENCE FAIR which screens at SxSW 2018. Congratulations on your film playing in Austin at SxSW this year! Is your […]
Tomb Raider Review: Is Hollywood Running Out Of Ideas?
It is official, Hollywood is running out of ideas in a bad way. It looks like the sky is raining remakes on weekly basis and most of them are not even worth the time. This effort is not as bad as The Mummy but it is largely familiar. There are a few good moments here […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team behind THE POTENTIAL OF NOISE – CONNY PLANK!
“The idea to make a documentary about Conny emerged while I was clearing out the recording studio after the death of my mother. It occurred to me that I knew my father but I could not understand the producer Conny Plank. So I started a research project into the work of my father. And wow […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team from HEAVY TRIP!
“This is an anarchic comedy on a Finnish heavy rock band on their way to a Norwegian metal festival. The lead singer Turo, 25, tries to overcome his fears by leading his band, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival of Norway. Their journey includes metal music, vomiting, grave robbings, fake vikings and the first […]