Director Carey Williams and screenwriter KD Davila’s narrative feature film Emergency is a Sundance Film Festival 2022 winner of the Screenwriting Award and subsequently was an Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival in the Festival Favorites category this past March. If it sounds familiar, it can be because it was a 2018 award winning… Continue reading Emergency Feature Film Arrives in Theaters and Amazon Prime Video
Category: Festivals
WHEN IT’S GOOD, IT’S GOOD (Documentary Short)
Mexican-American filmmaker Alejandra Vasquez returns to her hometown of Denver City, Texas, to document the effects of the boom-and-bust economic cycles of the oil industry on the single-source economy of that town. Denver City is in West Texas, just Southwest Lubbock, near the New Mexico border. It is in the middle of nowhere if you… Continue reading WHEN IT’S GOOD, IT’S GOOD (Documentary Short)
SLIM PICKINS
Watch the unlikely story of a man (Jahmicah Dawes) who knows little about the outdoors but decides to open up an outdoor outfitter store. Also, he happens to be a black man in the small Texas town of Stephenville, where they had a Klan rally as recently as 2007. This charming video documents the warm-hearted… Continue reading SLIM PICKINS
SXSW 2022: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
When it was announced that the programmers of this year’s SXSW had selected this new action-comedy starring Nicolas Cage, I was beyond excited. Since I first heard about this film, I simply could not wait to watch it, and seeing it at Austin’s Paramount Theater at the film festival, with the filmmakers and lead actors… Continue reading SXSW 2022: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
SXSW: SISSY
I am not a huge fan of horror films. Some bore me and others just gross me out, but occasionally, I stumble across one that excites me. During the SXSW Film Festival this year, ‘Sissy’ a film directed and co-written by Kane Senes and Hannah Barlow engaged and surprised me. Clever writing and even more… Continue reading SXSW: SISSY
SXSW 2022: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Los guionistas y directores Dan Kwan y Daniel Scheinert (conocidos como Daniels) crearon Everything Everywhere All at Once para transmitir su historia usando el multiverso (como se ve en el tráiler). Es un uso muy creativo de ciencia ficción y acción para ver el núcleo de una historia familiar sobre la vida, la familia, la… Continue reading SXSW 2022: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
SXSW 2022: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
The opening night film of this year’s SXSW Film Festival is a brilliant offering from “Daniels,” the mad and visionary filmmaking duo who came up with the wild cinematic insanity that is Swiss Army Man. I went into this exciting beginning of the festival with high expectations, and the eccentric filmmaking partnership did not disappoint.… Continue reading SXSW 2022: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
SXSW 2022: PRETTY PROBLEMS
We all get into ruts – with our relationships, our careers, and our daily lives. We also often want a different life than the one dealt to us – especially if it means financial freedom and a carefree existence. With Pretty Problems, director Kestrin Pantera and screenwriter Michael Tennant explore age-old themes of self-worth, pride,… Continue reading SXSW 2022: PRETTY PROBLEMS
SXSW – TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF
My son’s first skateboard was a Tony Hawk board – I remember it well, and I remember how in awe my son was of the champion trickster. Hawk is not a stranger to documentaries, but Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off sheds more light on the skating phenom than others have and shares insights… Continue reading SXSW – TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF
SXSW 2022: THE LOST CITY
El lanzamiento mundial de la película de comedia y aventura de Paramount Pictures llamada The Lost City se llevó a cabo en el Teatro Paramount en el centro de la ciudad de Austin durante el Festival de cine SXSW el pasado 12 de marzo con el elenco y cineastas presente incluyendo a Sandra Bullock entre… Continue reading SXSW 2022: THE LOST CITY