SXSW 2023: PROBLEMISTA

Honestly, I was unfamiliar with the previous work of actor/writer/filmmaker Julio Torres. The main things that caught my attention were that Tilda Swinton co-stars in the movie and that the film has a Spanish title. Those two elements hooked me in and brought me back to Austin’s Paramount Theater for another headlining feature. Let me… Continue reading SXSW 2023: PROBLEMISTA

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SXSW 2023: THIS WORLD IS NOT MY OWN – An Artist Discovered Late in Life

This World Is Not My Own, a documentary film by Opendox (Petter Ringbom & Marquise Stillwell), had the World Premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film & Television Festival. The film is about self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe born on July 4, 1900. An African American artist from Georgia, the daughter of a sharecropper and formerly… Continue reading SXSW 2023: THIS WORLD IS NOT MY OWN – An Artist Discovered Late in Life

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SXSW 2023: SISTER & SISTER

Sister & Sister (Las hijas), the debut feature by Panamanian-Costa Rican writer-director Kattia G. Zúñiga, had its world premiere in the Global section in March during the 2023 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. There were four SXSW screenings available for viewing during the festival. Filmmaker Zunigo wrote the semi-autobiographical story of the… Continue reading SXSW 2023: SISTER & SISTER

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SXSW 2023 Critica: This WORLD IS NOT MY OWN – Una artista descubierta tarde en la vidaSXSW 2023 Critica:

This World Is Not My Own, una película documental de Opendox (Petter Ringbom & Marquise Stillwell), tuvo el estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine y Televisión SXSW 2023. La película trata sobre la artista autodidacta Nellie Mae Rowe nacida el 4 de julio de 1900. Una artista afroamericana de Georgia, hija de padre aparcero… Continue reading SXSW 2023 Critica: This WORLD IS NOT MY OWN – Una artista descubierta tarde en la vidaSXSW 2023 Critica:

SXSW 2023 Critica: SISTER & SISTER

Sister & Sister (Las hijas), el primer largometraje de la escritora y directora panameño-costarricense Kattia G. Zúñiga, tuvo su estreno mundial en la sección Global en marzo durante el Festival de Cine y TV SXSW 2023, en Austin, Texas. Hubo cuatro proyecciones de SXSW disponibles para ver durante el festival. La historia semiautobiográfica está escrita… Continue reading SXSW 2023 Critica: SISTER & SISTER

FAST X

Los fanáticos de Fast & Furious (también conocido como The Fast and the Furious) se han mantenido fieles a la serie de franquicias que comenzó con la película original en 2001. Esta serie de películas de acción con carreras callejeras, atracos, espías y familiares (parientes consanguíneos o elegidos) atrae a diferentes audiencias por varias razones.… Continue reading FAST X

FAST X Continues The Franchise’s Tradition of Delivering Ridiculous Action Sequences

To the benefit of Fast X director Louis Leterrier, and his crew, the latest installment in the popular action franchise has no way of topping the fantastical feat of space travel that occurs in the previous movie (F9). Well, since the filmmakers got that ridiculous stunt out of the way. That means they focus on… Continue reading FAST X Continues The Franchise’s Tradition of Delivering Ridiculous Action Sequences