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SXSW Review: Manglehorn
Thank you, David Gordon Green, for giving Al Pacino his best role in years.The eminent actor appears in almost every scene of Green's latest film, Manglehorn, giving Pacino plenty of time to explore...
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SXSW Review: Peace Officer
Sometimes peace is purchased with violence.-- Salt Lake County Sheriff James Winder, in Peace OfficerWilliam "Dub" Lawrence is the perfect documentary subject. After a long career in law enforcement,...
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SXSW Review: 6 Years
When I think of Hannah Fidell's style as a filmmaker, I'm reminded of something that Peter Bogdanovich once told a class I took in film school. He said that he believed that films should tell a story...
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Austin at SXSW 2015: Lizzie Velasquez Shows 'A Brave Heart'
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez is 25 years old and weighs 58 pounds. Velasquez, a native Austin and Texas State University alumna, was born with a rare, unnamed syndrome that prevents her from gaining...
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SXSW Review: Jonathan Demme Presents Made in Texas
Jonathan Demme Presents Made in Texas, a collection of six short films made in the Austin area in the early Eighties, is a great flashback to the early days of Austin's film scene.A great flashback --...
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SXSW Review: Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove
You just can't live in Texas/If you don't have a lot of soul-- Doug Sahm, "At the Crossroads"Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove is a groove all right, and a great tribute to one of Texas'...
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SXSW Review: KRISHA
KRISHA is why we go to film festivals.In a world full of great films that are very much alike -- even indie movies at festivals -- KRISHA rises above the been-there-seen-that noise with a truly unique...
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SXSW Review: 7 Chinese Brothers
Austin filmmaker Bob Byington likes to set his films in an environment many of us recognize and understand: the featureless, tidy, chain-populated world of the lower-rent suburbs. His characters often...
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SXSW Review: Results
Oh my god, Andrew Bujalski has sold out. The filmmaker with a reputation for populating his indies with non-actors has brought us a film that stars, yes, starsGuy Pearce and Cobie Smulders. I don't...
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SXSW Review: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
The topic of bullying seems to be a mysterious one. It's talked about quite often, with advocates both young and old rallying for it to be taken seriously within school systems. And yet, legislatures...
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