Film News: SXSW Documentary “Garry Winogrand: All Thing Are Photographable” to be featured at Austin Public Library

      By Liz Lopez Source: SXSW and Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, Library Foundation     The Austin Public Library Friends Foundation is host of a presentation and discussion of Garry Winogrand’s life and work that will include author Geoff Dyer discussing a selection of Winogrand photographs based on passages from his recently published… Continue reading Film News: SXSW Documentary “Garry Winogrand: All Thing Are Photographable” to be featured at Austin Public Library

SXSW 2018 Review: JINN

By Jan Hamilton Summer (Zoe Renee) is not a typical African-American high school senior from Southern California.  Her mother Jade (Simone Missick) is a TV weather forecaster and local celebrity.  Summer wants to dance and has applied to an art school for college.  She also is trying to define herself–exploring her sexuality, establishing beliefs, and… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: JINN

SXSW 2018 Review: DAMSEL

By Jan Hamilton Damsel, written and directed by the Zellner Brothers, the filmmaking duo known for the wonderful film Kimiko the Treasure Hunter, is a western comedy, though not quite in the vein of Blazing Saddles.  Robert Pattinson (of the Twilight series) is Samuel, an earnest young man who enlists the aid of a preacher… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: DAMSEL

SXSW 2018 Review: AMERICAN ANIMALS

By Jan Hamilton Four college kids, from upper middle class families in Lexington, Kentucky, decide to steal some of the world’s most valuable books from Transylvania University.  The books include an Audubon’s first edition of Birds of America, Darwin’s On The Origin of Species, and the Bible.  Warren (Evan Peters), the defacto leader of the… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: AMERICAN ANIMALS

SXSW 2018 Review: FAMILY

By Jan Hamilton Kate (Taylor Schilling) is a seemingly successful VP of finance at a large firm.  However, no one seems to like her and she doesn’t understand why.   She is unable to see how truly awfully she treats her underlings at work.  She never fails to insult people in completely thoughtless ways, as… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FAMILY