The closing night feature film at this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival is the new movie from filmmaker Michael Showalter. Showalter, a familiar face at SXSW, premiered his previous movies, Hello, My Name Is Doris and The Big Sick, to great acclaim. The Idea of You, a refreshing take on romantic comedies, also struck… Continue reading SXSW 2024: THE IDEA OF YOU Is A Charming and Sexy Rom Com.
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SXSW 2024: DEAD MAIL
This little gem’s settings, costumes, hair, and make-up are so spot-on that you might think it’s a documentary made in the eighties. Jasper is the man in charge of the local Dead Letter Department at the post office. He is a genius at tracking the correct destination on items with wrong, illegible, or absent addresses.… Continue reading SXSW 2024: DEAD MAIL
THE FALL GUY Is Pure Popcorn Cinema Fun
From director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) comes a modern adaptation of the popular TV series from the early 1980s titled The Fall Guy. Much like the series, Leitch’s movie follows the misadventures of Hollywood stunt performer Colt Seavers. Before his career as a director, Leitch worked as a stuntman. He knows… Continue reading THE FALL GUY Is Pure Popcorn Cinema Fun
SXSW 2024: THE IDEA OF YOU – Anne Hathaway brilla en este drama romántico
Poniendo fin a mi Festival de Cine y Televisión SXSW 2024 está la película The Idea of You, protagonizada por Anne Hathaway y Nicholas Galitzine (Bottoms, Cinderella) como Solène y Hayes Campbell que se conocen inesperadamente en un gran concierto (Coachella). Su ex marido Daniel (Reid Scott) compró entradas su hija Izzy (Ella Rubin) y… Continue reading SXSW 2024: THE IDEA OF YOU – Anne Hathaway brilla en este drama romántico
SXSW 2024: THE BLACK SEA
For some reason, I thought this movie would be a tragic story about two star-crossed lovers from different cultures torn apart by circumstances. This movie is not that. Instead, it’s an often humorous story about a guy from Brooklyn, African-American Khalid, who is a screw-up. Through Facebook, he met a much older woman who lives… Continue reading SXSW 2024: THE BLACK SEA
Indie Meme FF Movie Review: Girls will be Girls Continues on the Film Festival Circuit with Awards
Girls Will Be Girls is writer/director Shuchi Talati’s feature debut, an English-Hindi coming-of-age high school drama set in an Indian boarding school. Its teen protagonist, Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), is academically outstanding and lives by the book, yet she recognizes changes for herself and admires a young student, Srinivas, or “Sri” (Kesav Binoy Kiron), who is… Continue reading Indie Meme FF Movie Review: Girls will be Girls Continues on the Film Festival Circuit with Awards
SXSW 2024: SEW TORN
In a small town in Switzerland, Barbara tries to run the small sewing shop her late mother had owned. The shop is full of reminders of their years together. Little pieces of handiwork abound, complete with audio of their conversations. This work is the main output of the shop, so the fact that it is… Continue reading SXSW 2024: SEW TORN
SXSW 2024: DICKWEED
We begin this documentary with a strange kidnapping; two roommates are abducted in the middle of the night. The male victim, Michael, is a local legal weed store manager. The female roommate, Mary, has only lived there two days; she is barely acquainted with the third, absent roommate who invited her to stay while she… Continue reading SXSW 2024: DICKWEED
SXSW 2024: YASMINE’S ELEMENT
Set in the mountainous, dry northern region of Pakistan’s Hunza Valley, Yasmeen is a 12-year-old student at the local girls’ school. She admires her teacher, a gentle older man who clearly loves science and learning. She excels at math and, at home, figures out sums for her father. Her home life seems good. She has… Continue reading SXSW 2024: YASMINE’S ELEMENT
SXSW 2024: DESERT ROAD
Claire is on her way home after a career in California as a photographer. She’s still relatively young, but she feels she never really accomplished her goals. Claire thinks she didn’t reach the excellence she strove for and must give up on her dreams and settle for something less. Driving across the desert, Claire stops… Continue reading SXSW 2024: DESERT ROAD