“The central romance is as yearning-laden as it is tender, as Naim and Ryan’s chemistry levels are off the charts.”
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“The jokes are delivered by an outstanding stacked cast who totally buy into this transgressive material, even if Hamedani’s screenplay doesn’t entirely deliver a satisfying gut punch.”
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“For better or worse, there's not a minute of ‘I Love Boosters’ that doesn't feel authentically man-made.”
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“It is remarkable how Everything Will Be All Right delves into such deep threads of life as a short film when many features struggle to do so.”
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“Grindhouse was big in the 70’s because they were cheap, easy to make, and knew how to get butts in the seats with gratuitous violence and lots of nudity. Ti West elevates the style in a very meta way.”
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“[Zahida Pirani] is able to illustrate authenticity by dedicating the film to real women in her hometown of Queens, New York.”
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“…in the end, it’s a game of style over substance for The Cellar."
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Quick-takes on 13 of the films that competed in this year’s SXSW Narrative Shorts Competition.
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“Hauru skips dexterously between cinema verité-style footage, iPhone captures, and traditionally cinematic looking dream sequences in ways that give her film both momentum and a feeling like it operates on its own disobedient accord.”
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“A film like this isn’t trying to stir the pot or nudge its characters towards heightened emotions or drastic decisions; Hill is much more content in establishing a scenario and characters that feel authentic and lived-in, and letting these characters fold and pour over each other in ways that feel natural.”
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“Swan Song is a tender and straightforward story, but there are undercurrents of simmering emotion that lace every patch collected on this quilt of Americana.”
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“Ninjababy is spirited and brimming with charm, and comes equipped with appeal for audiences young and old, despite its brief ‘R-rated’ moments.”
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“[T]here is some wicked tension building done along the way with clever sound design and editing choices, and moments of macabre weirdness punctuate the story throughout.”
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“…it’s a worthy story to experience, and Alvarado and Sussberg make good work of distilling it all for audiences.”
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“[W]hat this documentary is most sorely missing ... are the inspired, passionate accounts from Basinski’s everyday fans – the people who might be able to tell us with zealousness what the music really means to them and their existential predicaments.”
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“It is clear that Walker has put a lot of thought and care into her characters and that, in pitting them against each other, she only aims to create a space in which mutual respect and understanding can be cultivated in the most recognizably human of ways.”
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“…these characters are really brought to life through the mesmerizing performances of Mohseni and Chen.”
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