British Airways flight 149 was headed for Kuala Lumpur when it stopped in Kuwait at 01:13 (GMT) on August 2, 1990. It had left London late and, on landing, dropped off a few passengers who found the terminal empty, all other arrivals and departures having been canceled. At the Kuwaiti British Embassy, the MI6 officer… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Flight 149: Hostage of War-Documentary Why Were We Not Warned?
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SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Outerlands Adrift in San Francisco
Cass (they/them) is a young non-binary person trying to get by with a service job in a restaurant, as a nanny for a well-off family, and occasionally drug dealing at parties. Every month is a struggle, partly due to living in the expensive city of San Francisco. One evening, they run into a new girl… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Outerlands Adrift in San Francisco
SXSW Movie Review: Exodus – A Documentary Short on Life Post Incarceration
Exodus made its World Premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & Television Festival, where it was nominated for the SXSW Grand Jury Award, Documentary Short Competition category. Nimco Sheikhaden (“I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me” TV movie) is the director and stars Trinity Copeland and Assia Serrano. The short documentary explores two… Continue reading SXSW Movie Review: Exodus – A Documentary Short on Life Post Incarceration
SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Sweetness -Things aren’t what they seem to be
Did you ever wish they would remake the movie Misery with a teen “biggest fan” and a rock star victim? That was the feeling I had after seeing the very entertaining movie Sweetness. Young teen Rylee Hill has been a devoted fan of moody rock star Payton has been a member of the group Floor… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Sweetness -Things aren’t what they seem to be
Crítica de película SXSW 2025: DROP- La mezcla de nueva tecnología y nerviosismo en la primera cita es entretenida
El nuevo largometraje del director Christopher Landon, Drop, ha tenido trailers en los cines (y en otros lugares) desde hace bastante tiempo. Fue suficiente para llamar la atención y emocionar a los cineastas y a los fans del elenco para el Festival de Cine y Televisión SXSW celebrado el mes pasado aquí en Austin. Para… Continue reading Crítica de película SXSW 2025: DROP- La mezcla de nueva tecnología y nerviosismo en la primera cita es entretenida
Movie News: Indie Meme Film Festival (IMFF) celebrates its 10th annual event of South Asian Cinema
Austin-based nonprofit Indie Meme hosts their milestone 10th annual Indie Meme Film Festival (IMFF), featuring some of the most incredible films, filmmakers, and actors working in South Asian cinema. Since its inception, IMFF has been a platform for socially relevant storytelling, showcasing diverse voices from South Asia. The festival has sparked meaningful conversations on topics… Continue reading Movie News: Indie Meme Film Festival (IMFF) celebrates its 10th annual event of South Asian Cinema
SXSW 2025 Movie Review: BABY DOE – A Cold Case Documentary
When law enforcement knocks on the door of the middle-class Ohio family Mark and Gail Ritchey in 2019, it seems to come out of nowhere, but Gail has been fearing this day since 1993. The dead body of a newborn, found locally all those years ago, hasbeen linked to Gail through DNA testing of a… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: BABY DOE – A Cold Case Documentary
SXSW 2025 Movie Review: It Ends – An Engrossing Horror/Thriller
The scene: present day. Three college students are beingdriven home by an old high school friend, Travis, played by Michell Cole, an ex-soldier with a soft southern accent. Day, the sole woman, played by Akira Jackson, is a whip-smart African American. Phinehas Yoon plays James the somewhat nihilistic Asian, and Noah Toth plays Fish (Fisher)… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: It Ends – An Engrossing Horror/Thriller
SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Dear Tomorrow – A Sympathetic Documentary
In this Danish/Swedish/Japanese co-production, we are told that 40% of adults in modern-day Japan say they are lonely. Increasingly, a large percentage of people live alone. We meet two such people in our film: one, a 45-year-old man we’ll call M, and a 43-year-old woman we’ll call F. M works for a business and feels… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Dear Tomorrow – A Sympathetic Documentary
SXSW 2025 Movie Review: SHUFFLE – How Good Intensions Can Go Bad
Director Benjamin Flaherty is himself a recovering alcoholic. He got help after many years from a sponsor and from working in the program. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, it covered addiction treatment. Since that time, many bogus treatment centers have sprung up. They are simply patient mills whose object is to… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: SHUFFLE – How Good Intensions Can Go Bad