Seventeen year-old boys being politicians and running for office—that’s something to see. And you can see it too in Boys State, a documentary by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss chronicling the 2018 proceedings in Austin, Texas. Established years ago by the American Legion (one for girls, and one for boys in their junior year of high school), it’s […]
From the side, barracudas appear to be finely formed, sleek, and silvery. Take a frontal perspective, however, and you see a cavernous mouth with fang-like teeth of different sizes. Barracudas are considered to be ferocious, competitive predators who use surprise and short bursts of speed to catch their prey. Keep these images in mind as
The quality of the films is really the nail in the coffin. Spending so much time and effort just to sit through a movie called Small Town Crime, then another Small Crimes that are nearly the same concept makes you wonder if Janet Pierson head of film selections at SXSW needs to let someone else
SXSW2017 opened with Austin legend Terrence Malick’s latest “cinematic poetry”, or at least that’s the positive spin fans used to describe it. When asked about working with the complicated, misunderstood and elusive Texan director, Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) described the experience as “rough”. Fassbender (Steve Jobs) explained how difficult it was working with
In his first film since nearly nabbing best picture for Boyhood. Austin, Texas landmark Richard Linklater returns with unofficial sequel to Dazed & Confused. If Dazed & Confused was Linklater’s representation of guys trying to get laid in the 1970’s, Everybody Wants Some is that notion for the 80’s. Boyhood raised the bar a bit
My All American is written to be inspirational, showing that true grit, family, and religious faith is a winning combination.
With the 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival kicking off Friday, the lackluster year of unique, original and meaningful film is about to get a big Texas boost. Typically AFF debuts a few awards contenders, but this year their slate is bigger and better than ever.
Writer/director Bob Byington delivers a month in the life of a loser with 7 Chinese Brothers. The title was never explained within the film, and I cared so little for the film I didn’t stick around to hear the explanation at SXSW(the title I am told, comes from a song he likes that played during
What bothers me about the SXSW hit 6 Years is how writer/director Hannah Fidell presents all the college students in her film as carbon copies of not only each other, but it appears she hasn’t met someone that age who doesn’t drink alcohol every day, smoke pot, and act overly dramatic.
One of the films mirroring from Sundance at SXSW, Results is shot in Austin, TX and takes a hilarious look at the fit and healthy obsessed American culture. The film has its own irony, but I found all that even funnier to be set in Austin, which is considered one of the most unhealthy American