S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 18, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “Language Lessons”, “Recovery”, “Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break” COVID-separated relationships and sociopathic actors mark SXSW's latest crop of narrative spotlight features.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW 2021: “Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free” is genial to a fault Mary Wharton's doc celebrates Petty's life and works, but the lack of conflict makes it hard to latch onto.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Competition: “I’m Fine”, “Here Before”, “Our Father”, “The Fallout” Tales of poverty, paranoia, and adolescences framed by tragedy cap off SXSW's Narrative Feature Competition.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW Documentary Spotlight: “The Lost Sons”, “WeWork”, “Hysterical” Curious tales of lost children, doomed startups, and the pressures of being a female stand-up stud Day 1 of SXSW's documentary offerings.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW 2021: “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil” shows it’s OK to not be OK This YouTube Original documentary refuses easy answers for the pop star's struggles with addiction and mental health.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 16, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “See You Then”, “Ludi”, “Fabulous Filipino Brothers” Two old flames reuniting, a harried nursing home worker, and Dante Basco's family affair mark SXSW's Narrative Spotlight.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 16, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Competition: “Women is Losers,” “Potato Dreams of America”, “Islands”, “The End of Us” SXSW 2021's Narrative Feature Competition includes autobiographical queer comedies, COVID-set romantic dramedies, and more.
