All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

NOW ON HBO! It’s amazing what you can get done with some empty opioid pill bottles and a pile of lifeless bodies in the awe-inspiring documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by director Laura Poitras. It opens with famed art…

Charles Dickens’ Classic Is Deftly Reborn

Over 160 years after Charles Dickens penned, what is now hailed as his greatest work, Great Expectations, has found a new life in Steven Knight’s smartly crafted limited series by the same name. Adaptations are no easy feat to pull…

Attached | Film Threat

It’s not hard to step outside and see how we as a society are becoming more and more attached to our devices. Director/writer Xingyu “Harry” Chen and co-writer John Thompson delve into this phenomenon in their horror short Attached. Theo (David…

Steven Yeun & Ali Wong Are As Magnificent As They’ve Ever Been In Netflix’s Sublime Revenge Saga [SXSW]

Watching “Beef,” the new series from longtime writer Lee Sung Jin produced by A24, is like observing a trainwreck. Only, instead of it being an accident that seems to come out of nowhere, two different drivers are operating separate locomotives…

Susie Searches | Film Threat

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Mystery movies and true crime podcasts have been all the rage in recent years. As such, I expected writer/director Sophie Kargman’s Susie Searches, co-written by William Day Frank, to be in the same kind…

Adele Lim’s Raunchy Comedy Is An Instant Crowd-Pleaser [SXSW]

When it comes to R-rated comedies, no other film festival can hold a candle to SXSW. The Austin-based film festival is often the jumping-off point for some of the year’s highest-profile comedies; previous premieres have included films like “Knocked Up,”…

The Pilgrim | Film Threat

We can’t escape our past, no matter where we go. Even if we cross an ocean to get away from someone or something, the best we can do is put it temporarily out of our minds. It’s a lesson we’ve…

A First-Rate Crime Thriller Infused With Altman, Tarantino, & Coen Brothers, Boasting An Ensemble Cast At The Top Of Their Game

Every once in a while, a piece of cinema comes along like an exciting breath of fresh air, a palate cleanser with just the right amount of everything it needs. “Americana” is one of them. READ MORE: SXSW 2023 Preview:…

The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon

NOW ON VOD! When I look out into your eyes out there, when I look out into your faces, you know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis in each and every one of you out there… Take…

An Immigrant Couple’s Relationship Is Torn To Shreds In This Captivating Psychological Drama [SXSW]

“Please follow me.” With just three simple, courteous words, the lives of Diego and Elena are forever changed in the psychological drama “Upon Entry.” And after those three words are uttered early on in the suspenseful, methodical film by directors…

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…

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