Film Festivals
SXSW Review: ‘Clerk’ Cements Director Kevin Smith’s Legacy
A documentary on the career and life of filmmaker and raconteur Kevin Smith.
SXSW Review: ‘The End of Us’ Is A Charmless Pandemic Romance
After a savage breakup, two exes must continue living together when California issues its stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Now they'll try to move on without moving out.
SXSW Review: ‘The Oxy Kingpins’ is a Spirited Demand for Justice
It follows the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a mi...
SXSW 2021 Review: ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil’ Provides Raw Testimony of Addiction’s Lifelong Hold
Documentary series, explores aspects that led to Demi Lovato's nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath.
SXSW 2021 Review: “Jakob’s Wife” Crampton Shines as a Creature of the Night
Mark Krawczyk bites into a new vampire film starring Barbara Crampton called "Jakob's Wife" which premiered this past week at the SXSW 2021 Film Festival
Berlinale 2021 Review: ‘I’m Your Man’ Delivers An Enjoyable Future
LV Taylor's review of Maria Schrader's latest film, I'm Your Man starring Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw and Wolfgang Hübsch. I'm Your Man premiered at Berlinale on March 1, 2021.
Miami Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘A La Calle’ Delivers a Powerful Statement About the Fight for Democracy
Alan French reviews the documentary "A La Calle" at the 2021 Miami Film Festival. The film follows the fight for democracy in Venezuela under Maduro.
Miami Film Festival 2021: ‘Beans,’ ‘Rebel Hearts,’ ‘Ludi,’ and ‘A State of Madness’
Alan French reports back from the first two days of the 2021 Miami Film Festival, including screenings of "Beans," "Rebel Hearts," "Ludi," and "A State of Madness"
Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Hive’ Stands in Stony Defiance of the Patriarchy
Fahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she f...