By Laurie Coker Rating: A Twinsters premiered at SXSW this year and I happened on it almost accidently. It is a heart-warming looks at twins, separated at birth and reunited years later. Co-director (with Ryan Miyamoto’s)and documentarian Samantha Futerman raised money via Kickstarter, so she could make and bring her film, her own personal story… Continue reading SXSW Review: TWINSTERS
Category: Festivals
SXSW 2015 Film Review: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
By Meagan Trautman Rating: 3/5 This movie is about a 60-year-old woman who now has to figure out how to live her own life after the death of her mother. Doris (Sally Field) is eccentric, and all together out of touch with the modern world. She tries to find her place in it, while also… Continue reading SXSW 2015 Film Review: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
SXSW 2015 Film Review: EX MACHINA
By Meagan Trautman Rating: 4/5 Ex Machina is a movie about A.I.s, and blurring the line between humans and the technology we create. The movie seems to center around Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer from the popular search engine of the movie: bluebook. He comes to his employer’s (Oscar Issac’s character’s) estate and is greeted… Continue reading SXSW 2015 Film Review: EX MACHINA
Review: SPY (SXSW)
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ An all-star cast graces the big screen with Melissa McCarthy at the center of the new, hilariously funny summer comedy, Spy, that screened at SXSW this year. Jude Law and Rose Byrne and the ever macho Jason Statham join McCarthy in a fun spoof of espionage films. McCarthy, who walked… Continue reading Review: SPY (SXSW)
SXSW Review: WESTERN
By Laurie Coker Rating: F Never have I been as painfully bored in a movie, especially at SXSW, until I sat and squirmed through Western, a documentary about the border towns of Eagle Pass and its Mexican neighbor Piedras Negra. I truly wish I had better things to say, but I just don’t. Having grown… Continue reading SXSW Review: WESTERN
SXSW Film 2015 Review: PEACE OFFICER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) From directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber comes this disturbing and sobering documentary that couldn’t have arrived at a more relevant time. The film follows the story of Dub Lawrence, a former sheriff of Davis County, Utah who started the state’s first SWAT team. Through the… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: PEACE OFFICER
Review: LOVE & MERCY (SXSW)
By Laurie Coker Rating: A At SXSW this year, I had opportunity to meet John Cusack and Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys, who were in town to promote their movie Love & Mercy, a biopic about the life of Wilson and the doctor who nearly ruined it completely. As a fan of the Beach… Continue reading Review: LOVE & MERCY (SXSW)
SXSW Film 2015 Review: TOUCHED WITH FIRE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) This excellent romantic drama portrays the highs and lows that occur when two people with manic-depression attempt to maintain a stable relationship. Katie Holmes stars as Carla, a talented writer who struggles with the disorder because it fuels her creativity. After a particularly intense manic episode,… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: TOUCHED WITH FIRE
SXSW Film 2015 Review: TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL
By Jan Hamilton Rating: A- Director: Jeffrey Schwarz Producer: Allan Glaser, Neil Koenigsberg, Jeffrey Schwarz Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber Editor: Jeffrey Schwarz Music: Michael “The Millionaire” Cudahy Additional Credits: Co-Producer: John Boccardo, Main Titles & Graphic Design: Grant Nellessen, Associate Producer: Jon Glover Principal Cast: Tab Hunter, John Waters, Clint Eastwood, George Takei, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Portia de Rossi, Noah Wyle, Connie… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL
SXSW Film 2015 Review: NED RIFLE
By Jan Hamilton Rating: B Director/Screenwriter: Hal Hartley Ned Rifle is the third and final chapter of Hal Hartley’s trilogy begun with Henry Fool (1998) and continued with Fay Grim (2007). Cast: Liam Aiken, Martin Donovan, Aubrey Plaza, Parker Posey, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Karen Sillas (U.S. Premiere)* Former child star Liam Aiken plays the child… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: NED RIFLE