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 […]
SxSW Reaction – STILL: A MICHAEL J FOX MOVIE
It was another capacity crowd this week at the Paramount in Austin for the premiere of the Apple Original title STILL: A MICHAEL J FOX movie directed by Davis Guggenheim Getting to see Mr. Fox in person was an absolute highlight of the festival and he told many jokes in the Q&A. ABOUT: The film […]
SxSW 2023 Interview – MY DRYWALL COCOON director Caroline Fioratti
“The film is a deep dive into the pains of being a teenager, a reflection about grief and loss, about feeling trapped and disconnected, but it is also a cry for the possibility of transformation. The movie is also a discussion about Brazil’s segregation issues. There are walls all around. Children and young people grow […]
SxSW Reaction: UNTIL BRANCHES BEND
More Canada represent in Austin! After not being able to see it at TIFF, Vancouver and even the Victoria Film Festival, I finally caught up with Sophie Jarvis’ movie UNTIL BRANCHES BEND at SxSW Film & TV this year. The movie has one final screening on Friday and if you are still in town…you know […]
SxSW Reaction: BEING MARY TYLER MOORE
One of the finest documentaries that will be out this year, I was lucky to attend the premiere of BEING MARY TYLER MOORE at the Zach Theatre earlier this week. ABOUT: With unprecedented access to the Mary Tyler Moore Estate, friends, family, and colleagues, “Being Mary Tyler Moore” constructs an intimate mosaic of Mary’s sixty-year […]
SxSW Reaction: THE LONG GAME
Earlier this week the true Texas story THE LONG GAME wowed the premiere audience at the Paramount Theatre for SxSW this week. I was there bright and early to see stars Jay Hernandez and Dennis Quaid in person along with director Julio Quintana. ABOUT: When JB Peña moves to the small town of Del Rio, […]