Being gay is one of the biggest gifts life has granted me, and the fact I’m able to sit here and say that shows just how far we’ve come as a society to where I, and so many other people,… Read More ›
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“The End of Us” is an opportunity at a new beginning. [SXSW Film Festival]
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” — a proverb whose origin is unknown, though is believed to have evolved from a statement within Plato’s Republic, “our need will be the real creator.” True or not, when times get tough, when… Read More ›
Watch “The Feast” for a well-crafted cautionary tale rooted in Welsh folklore. [SXSW Film Festival]
The dinner table is a universal symbol of community, nourishment, and respite, but directors of horror movies often repurpose the place where people come together for a meal to create some of the most awkward and unsettling cinematic moments of… Read More ›
As long as the patriarchy exists, there will always be a “Witch Hunt.” [SXSW Film Festival]
Three years after her directorial debut Head Count, Elle Callahan returns with the allegorical Witch Hunt. A mixture of YA tropes, fantasy, and horror, Witch Hunt imagines an alternate Earth wherein witch craft is illegal in America to the point… Read More ›
Without a clear focus, this telling of “Disintegration Loops” falls on deaf ears. [SXSW Film Festival]
Ambient music is one of those things that pervades your life in the basest of forms, but when you learn the depths of the genre within the modern music scene, it kind of blows your mind. This was my experience… Read More ›
By the time folk horror doc “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror” ends, you’ll want even more. [SXSW Film Festival]
Folk horror is something that, for a while, I didn’t know was genuinely one of my favorite forms in the horror genre. It’s difficult to categorize it as its own separate sub-genre as its products can be widespread and incredibly… Read More ›
Documentary “The Oxy Kingpins” is an effective look at the rage of why and how it’s so easy to get hooked on prescription medication. [SXSW Film Festival]
Prescription drugs have become a dangerous enterprise encompassing our world today. Dealing drugs has become a business that isn’t what shows like “Breaking Bad” makes you think it is. In actuality, it resides in the category of being an industry… Read More ›
Raw, unflinching, and defiant “Luchadoras” follows the reclamation of personhood in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. [SXSW Film Festival]
If you were to presume that co-directors Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim’s documentary Luchadoras (Female Fighters) is about female wrestlers in Mexico, you’d only be about a quarter correct. While their film does follow four wrestlers — Lady Candy, Baby… Read More ›
History makes it clear that “Women Is Losers,” but there is hope to change that for the future. [SXSW Film Festival]
Have you ever become instantly smitten with a film from the first few moments when it just felt like you’re vibing on the same level? With the rhythmic sounds of Oskar Cartaya’s “Get Up (Muévete)”, the audience is treated to… Read More ›
Refreshing political doc “Kid Candidate” goes beyond the unconventional candidacy to call out corruption in local government. [SXSW Film Festival]
NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation has a running gag about “Ice Town,” the winter sports complex that series regular Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) tried to build when he was miraculously elected mayor of his hometown at the age of 18…. Read More ›