By Jan Hamilton Lena Olin plays fictional poet and author Maya Darnel in this film of her last days before she plans to take her own life. In the story, Maya has gone on NPR to make the announcement that she will leave her money, literary works, and legacy in the hands of the winner… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES
Category: Festivals
Spanish Review: LIFE
Por Liz López Rating: C En el Festival de cine de SXSW, se cerró el festival con el largometraje dirigido por Daniel Espinosa, ‘Life’ en el cual hay un elenco estelar y entregan una gran actuación al formar el equipo de la nave espacial y toman la responsabilidad de aceptar una muestra de tierra de… Continue reading Spanish Review: LIFE
Spanish Review: SONG TO SONG
Por Liz López Rating: C La película que estreno el apertura del Festival de cine SXSW en Austin el 10 de marzo, ‘Song to Song’, en el Teatro Paramount de Austin fue un atardecer llenísima de gente por la calle y alrededores para intentar de ver la cinta, o por lo menos, llegar a ver… Continue reading Spanish Review: SONG TO SONG
SXSW 2017 Review & Interview: THE BIG SICK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) At this year’s festival, I enjoyed two comedies about inter-cultural relationships and their impact on familial relations. The first is a truly delightful indie film titled Signature Move, while the other is the Festival Favorite Headliner The Big Sick. Both films deal with Pakistani-Americans from Muslim… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review & Interview: THE BIG SICK
Review: T2 TRAINSPOTTING
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1996, the now iconic classic Trainspotting took the world by storm and kick started the careers of director Danny Boyle and actors Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle and Kelly McDonald. The film had a huge impact on the world, not only… Continue reading Review: T2 TRAINSPOTTING
SXSW 2017 Review: SONG TO SONG
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Terrence Malick has become one of the more divisive filmmakers of modern cinema. With recent films To the Wonder and Knight of Cups polarizing audiences and critics alike, it isn’t all that surprising that his latest film has had the same impact on the audience… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: SONG TO SONG
SXSW 2017: Mark’s Film Festival Recap
By Mark Saldana Source: SXSW After nine days of movies, the 2017 SXSW film festival has come to an end. For the most part, my festival went well. I was able to see twenty-one films and participate in five interviews with some of the films’s available talent. Since 1994, the SXSW film festival and conference… Continue reading SXSW 2017: Mark’s Film Festival Recap
SXSW 2017 Interview: SIGNATURE MOVE
By Mark Saldana My next SXSW interview was with director Jennifer Reeder, writer/star Fawzia Mira, and actress Sari Sanchez from the delightful comedy Signature Move. Signature Move tells the story of Zaynab (Fawzia Mira), a Pakastani Muslim attorney who has been unlucky in love and must also attend to her devout and traditional mother Parveen (Shabana… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Interview: SIGNATURE MOVE
SXSW 2017 Interview: INHERITANCE
By Mark Saldana This year I watched one of the bolder and more powerful entries of the festival. Written and directed by Laura E. Davis and Jessica Kaye (who also stars in the film), Inheritance tells a very realistic story about a brother and sister facing some dark demons of their past when their father… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Interview: INHERITANCE
SXSW 2017 Interview: THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
By Mark Saldana My next interview was with writer/director Jessica M. Thompson and actress Stephanie Beatriz of the truly amazing and heartbreaking movie The Light of the Moon, a film that candidly deals with the aftermath of rape and the various ways a rape survivor copes with the assault. The film is superbly written and… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Interview: THE LIGHT OF THE MOON