Tayarisha Poe Crafts Intimate Story With Visual Flair [SXSW]

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Tayarisha Poe Crafts Intimate Story With Visual Flair [SXSW]

When Tayarisha Poe came out with Selah and the Spades, her directorial debut, it was clear this gifted writer-director had a vision and a unique visual flair. In her second feature film, The Young Wife, Poe accentuates a visual and…

Alexandre O. Phillippe’s Can’t Really Unpack The Complicated Enigma Of William Shatner In New Doc [SXSW]

After having explored George Lucas, David Lynch, Hitchcock, and even William Friedkin in previous documentaries, Alexandre O. Phillippe turns his attention towards an unlikely subject, William Shatner, in his newest film, “You Can Call Me Bill.” Framed around a free-associative…

Pure O | Film Threat

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Mental Health and its related diseases and conditions are a rich seam to mine for film. In writer-director Dillon Tucker’s Pure O, we encounter pure obsessive-compulsive disorder. With the “pure” version of obsessive-compulsive disorder, you see…

The Curse At Alton Manor Ride Review: Dark Gothic Fun

The wait is over as we bring you our Curse At Alton Manor ride review from Alton Towers Resort on its opening day. David Parry/PA Wire. Details about Curse At Alton Manor started to flood online in January when Duel…

Cram | Film Threat

I still have nightmares about unfinished papers and unprepared exams from my college days oh so long ago. Writer-director Abie Sidell plays on those academic fear in the late-night horror short Cram. Marc (John Dimino) is a mess as finals week…

Liza Mandelup’s Engaging New Doc Opens Our Eyes To The Endless Struggle To Be Seen [SXSW]

Filmmaker Liza Mandelup can make the promise of social media feel like a dream. In her feature debut, “Jawline,” she toggled back and forth between an established social media content farmhouse and a 14-year-old Tennessee upstart who struggles valiantly at…

Beyond the Dream | Film Threat

“There are two important days in your life. The day you are born and the day you find out why.” This quote is referenced by Luis Martinez, one of the subjects of Chris Hanna’s documentary, Beyond the Dream. Martinez and Daniel…

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong Are a Cut Above in Netflix Revenge Tale

In BEEF, two strangers cross paths during a road rage incident, becoming enemies for life. Lee Sung Jin’s (Dave, Undone) new series is about an escalating conflict where two people refuse to back down, leading to acts of revenge that…

As Excessive and Confusing as Versailles Itself

When it comes to a historical figure as well-known — or notorious, perhaps, depending on your point of view — as Marie Antoinette, the pressure is on for any new adaptations of her story to put a new spin on…

Imran J. Khan’s Coming Of Age Comedy Comes Up Short With Its Supporting Cast [SXSW]

Every instance of abject grief, embarrassment, disappointment, and failure known only by teenage boys can be sourced to cosmological forces beyond their control or to a bummer ticket in the biological lottery. Imran J. Khan’s first feature, “Mustache,” opts to…

The Cowboy & The Samurai

Sometimes a Hollywood rumor is so good that it should be put on film. Yes, Hollywood often exaggerates stories based on actual events, but when it comes to indie films, well, they sometimes don’t have the budget to exaggerate. Well,…

‘Last Stop Larrimah’ Review: A Captivating Small-Town Mystery

Larrimah is about as small of a town as you can get. With only 11 people, the small community in Australia’s Northern Territory has seen better days. The one road is scattered with the remnants of businesses from the past…

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