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[SXSW Review] THE WRATH OF BECKY

Matt Angel’s and Suzanne Coote’s THE WRATH OF BECKY is just okay. It is a serviceable film with some decent gore, but it has some

[SXSW Review] HAIL MARY

HAIL MARY is an allegorical story of immigration that is very well done. It’s the cinematic version of the rebuke against xenophobes who oppose immigration

[SXSW Interview] Paris Zarcilla & Chi Thai for RAGING GRACE

In RAGING GRACE, Joy (Max Eigenmann) is an undocumented Filipina immigrant who is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter when she

[SXSW Review] IT LIVES INSIDE

A major draw for SXSW (at least for me) is to see all the up-and-coming filmmakers and witness their debuts. Bishal Dutta’s IT LIVES INSIDE

[SXSW Review] APPENDAGE

Emotional disorders can affect a person’s feelings and their ability to control them, which eventually leads to anxiety, disassociation, mood swings, and even self-harm. Providing

[SXSW Review] JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

You will be pleased to know that JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 is a feast for the eyes and another banquet for action fans. Watching heroes

[SXSW Review] EVIL DEAD RISE

Editor’s Note: Some mild spoilers in this EVIL DEAD RISE review Playing as a special screening, EVIL DEAD RISE made SXSW run red…with blood. All

[SXSW Review] ABERRANCE

Editor’s Note: This review of ABERRANCE is spoiler-free What happens when you go to the woods for a rest in a movie? Usually, whatever it

[SXSW Interview] Steve J. Adams & Sean Horlor for SATAN WANTS YOU

Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams’s documentary SATAN WANTS YOU tells the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by

[SXSW Review] MONOLITH

Privilege is a dangerous thing. People with privilege often conflate having the power to do something with having the right to do it. In MONOLITH,

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