S Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2021 March 22, 2021 SXSW documentary wrap-up: “The Return, Life After Isis” plus more The remaining trio of true stories at this year's festival focus on politics and its impact on both individuals and society at large.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 21, 2021 SXSW 2021 Doc Competition: “Subjects of Desire”, “United States vs. Reality Winner” From depictions of Black beauty to the ethics of whistleblowing, two female-focused docs out of SXSW struggle to hammer home a central message. (This dispatch..
S Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2021 March 20, 2021 SXSW 2021 wraps up its horror category with “The Feast,” plus more The remaining festival offerings in horror are satisfyingly gory, but some fall short in plot & characterization.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021: The Global section in review Five films from around the world come to this year's SXSW, from tales of oppression to liberation to everything in between.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021 Doc Spotlight: “Fruits of Labor”, “The Hunt for Planet B”, “Mau”, “Alien on Stage” The immigrant experience, ad-man hagiographies, and scrappy homespun productions of Alien mark SXSW's documentary spotlight.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “Swan Song”, “The Drover’s Wife” Udo Kier gets a lovely late-career showcase, and Leah Purcell directs a brustling but unfocused feminist Western.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021: Charli XCX’s “Alone Together” shows the giddy link between artist and fan Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler assemble a freewheeling look at the artistic process from soup to nuts.
S Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2021 March 18, 2021 SXSW 2021: horror doc “Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched” stands out SXSW's horror offerings start with a vampire thriller, ecoterror, and a three hour long documentary that flies by.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 18, 2021 SXSW 2021 Doc Competition: “Introducing, Selma Blair”, “The Oxy Kingpins”, Lily Toppes the World” A look back at a '90s star, the opioid crisis, and the weird world of domino art mark SXSW's docs in competition.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 18, 2021 SXSW 2021 Doc Spotlight: “Spring Valley”, “When Claude Got Shot”, “Who We Are” Black issues are front and center, from reckonings with racist violence to broader discussions of the history of America's prejudice.
