The End of Us, 2021. Directed by Henry Loevner and Steven Kanter. Starring Ben Coleman, Ali Vingiano, Derrick DeBlasis, Gadiel Del Orbe, Kate Peterman, Colin Weatherby, Caroline Kwan, Will Neff, Jesse Benjamin, and Claudia Restrepo. SYNOPSIS: After a savage breakup, two exes must continue living together when California issues its stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Now they’ll […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Through the Plexi-Glass: The Last Days of the San Jose
Through the Plexi-Glass: The Last Days of the San Jose, 2021. Directed by Liz Lambert. SYNOPSIS: Tells the story of a real estate deal’s unexpected detour – one that sparked the gentrification of Austin’s hippest neighborhood – and reveals layers of knotty, unanswerable questions, all more relevant than ever today. Can a documentary still be […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Luchadoras
Luchadoras, 2021. Directed by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim. SYNOPSIS: The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women – who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico. While the overwhelming […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Islands
Islands, 2021. Directed by Martin Edralin. Starring Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue, Isys Szuky, and Maximus Szuky. SYNOPSIS: Joshua, a shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant, has lived in the comfort of his parents’ home his entire life. As their health declines he longs for a partner, terrified of being alone after […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Lost Sons
The Lost Sons, 2021. Directed by Ursula Macfarlane. SYNOPSIS: 1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? Ursula Macfarlane’s (Untouchable) new documentary certainly doesn’t leave viewers wanting for scandal, yet its intertwined tableau of stories and identities also feels worthy of […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Is Losers
Women Is Losers, 2021. Written and directed by Lissette Feliciano. Starring Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, and Lincoln Bonilla. SYNOPSIS: In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera, sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Sound of Violence
Sound of Violence, 2021. Written and directed by Alex Noyer. Starring Jasmin Savoy Brown, Lili Simmons, James Jagger, and Tessa Munro. SYNOPSIS: A young girl recovers her hearing and gains synaesthetic abilities during the brutal murder of her family. Finding solace in the sounds of bodily harm, as an adult, she pursues a career in music […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Dear Mr. Brody
Dear Mr. Brody, 2021. Directed by Keith Maitland. SYNOPSIS: A psychedelic journey into the heart (and bank account) of Michael Brody, Jr., the hippie-millionaire who offered the world peace for the price of a postage stamp. The new documentary from director Keith Maitland (Tower) boasts an absolutely remarkable hook, but the initial fascination of its bizarre […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Language Lessons
Language Lessons, 2021. Co-written and directed by Natalie Morales. Starring Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales. SYNOPSIS: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship. A year-plus into the COVID-19 pandemic, many if not most of us are surely fed up with films about the global predicament, whether explicitly or tangentially. But Natalie Morales’ feature […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Fruits of Labor
Fruits of Labor, 2021. Directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez. SYNOPSIS: A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner. A perilous coming-of-age documentary from director Emily Cohen Ibañez, Fruits of Labor explores the daily struggles of America’s […]
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