SXSW

[SXSW Review] Snap

With Snap, directors Youssef Delara and Victor Teran's key goal seems to be thrusting their audience into uncomfortable situations. Mental health is an extremel...

[SXSW Review] The Act of Killing

One of the most dark and emotionally deafening documentaries I’ve ever witnessed, there’s no easy way to comprehend The Act of Killing’s total impact and how af...

[SXSW Review] Short Term 12

Subtlety is a hard art to master, yet it abounds in the miraculously tender and poignant Short Term 12. Director Destin Cretton builds off of rising star Brie L...

[SXSW Review] Unhung Hero

Taking on a challenging subject useful to all men, gay or straight, Unhung Hero asks, 'how do we measure up?' In fact, there is an app for it, The Chubby Checke...

[SXSW Review] Cheap Thrills

Every now and then a film completely sideswipes your mental capacities and takes over. Since seeing Cheap Thrills at a midnight screening on Tuesday night at SX...

[SXSW Review] Drinking Buddies

The themes one deals with in a film can sometimes be better than the film itself, and this notion carries true for Drinking Buddies, the newest film from Joe Sw...

[SXSW Review] Zero Charisma

Zero Charisma is the kind of film one attends a film festival to see. There are no big stars, and the film entered with little buzz, but those humble beginnings...