By Jan Hamilton When the audience first meets Richie Wincott (Tye Sheridan), he has just turned eighteen and has aged out of his residence with Child Protective Services. His is not interested in any further education and doesn’t even have a GED. When one first sees him, the first thought is, “This is where the… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FRIDAY’S CHILD
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SXSW 2018 Review: FAST COLOR
By Jan Hamilton The audience first sees Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) as she awakes from a nightmare. In her dream, she is in the middle of an earthquake, with water rising around her bed. Awake, she realizes it was no dream and she is the one causing the earthquake. Now on the run, the only place… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FAST COLOR
SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT
By Jan Hamilton In a slow-moving, but satisfying film, Armie Hammer plays James Lord, an American who visits Paris in 1964. He is friends with artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) and agrees to sit for a portrait, although due to leave for the States within days. Alberto has told him the painting will only take… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT
SXSW 2018 Review: WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE
By Jan Hamilton On their first anniversary, Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen), an attractive female couple, visits Jackie’s childhood home. The place is a beautiful old house on a wooded lakeside with the the only other house across the lake. Therefore, Jackie and Jules have total privacy. As Jules sees it for… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE
SXSW and Starz News: Vida to Air on Starz Sunday, May 6th
By Liz Lopez Source: Starz, SXSW During The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals in March, I was able to attend the some of the productions offered under the Episodic category of films and other works. Under the Episodic work, SXSW describes it as “Featuring innovative new work aimed squarely at the small screen, Episodic… Continue reading SXSW and Starz News: Vida to Air on Starz Sunday, May 6th
SXSW 2018 Film Review/Interview: Director Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” Tells the Story Beyond the Rodeo
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Many people identity themselves by what they do for a living or as a career and are very proud or passionate about it, no matter what the trade or profession. For some individuals, there comes a time and/or a reason they can no longer do what they love – or… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Film Review/Interview: Director Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” Tells the Story Beyond the Rodeo
SXSW 2018 Film News: IFC Midnight Releases “Ghost Stories” On Demand and NY/LA this Month
IFC Midnight presents “Ghost Stories” as it opens in Los Angeles and New York, as well as it becoming available On Demand. By Liz Lopez Source: Distributor – IFC Midnight and SXSW “Ghost Stories” is a film by directors/screenwriters Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman that made the North American premiere during the South by Southwest… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Film News: IFC Midnight Releases “Ghost Stories” On Demand and NY/LA this Month
SXSW 2018 Review: LEAN ON PETE
Charlie Plummer Stands Out in “Lean on Pete” Opening in Austin By Liz Lopez Rating: B Based on the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin, “Lean on Pete” is based on the adapted screenplay by British director Andrew Haigh (“45 Years”). The story is a sad one, but very real as it… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: LEAN ON PETE
SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT
Stanley Tucci’s “Final Portrait” Arrives in Austin Theaters By Liz Lopez Rating: C+ There is not much that can be said about a feature film that has a very thin premise – an artist painting his subject – but writer/director Stanley Tucci’s work in “Final Portrait” manages to make the limited material into an engaging… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT
SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Stanley Tucci’s fifth feature film as a writer/director details writer James Lord’s experiences in Paris as a model for artist Alberto Giacometti’s last painting. Based on Lord’s memoir, “A Giacometti Portrait,” Tucci offers a mildly entertaining and interesting glimpse of an artist at work and the… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT