HONEYBEE sheds light on the harsh reality of immigration by following the story of an undocumented Mexican immigrant who receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border who tells him a tragic children’s tale of an innocent honeybee. However, as the story goes on, the brutal parallels between the children’s […]
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SxSW 2021 Review – KID CANDIDATE
We hope that you are enjoying our SxSW reviews and interviews for the at-home SxSW Online. This is such a change from lining up all day for screenings when I can make my own coffee and breakfast in the same room as my home theatre. I still miss the cinematic experience, but this online experience […]
SxSW 2021 Film Review – DISINTEGRATION LOOPS
My favorite thing about watching documentaries is that you always learn something new. I had never heard of William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops before watching the documentary. I was not aware of its existence until now and its importance to many people. I was listening to the album while writing this review. I was amazed by […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – FRUITS OF LABOR director Emily Cohen Ibañez
FRUITS OF LABOR is about a teenage farmworker who dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner. The film takes place on the central coast of California. The serene nature of the central coast bares stark contrast to the […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – COMEUPPANCE director Meredith Smith
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 […]
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 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 – 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 […]