“Zahida Pirani is the writer and director of El Carrito , and in this interview, I talk with her about the process of making this movie and how community played a vital role in the short film's development.”
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“…an uneasy score sets a haunting tone for the film and keeps the tension high as mild pacing and well placed long takes give scenes space to manifest suspense.”
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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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“If the sound unifies, speaks to the soul, and if it transcends—as has been the case with Cymande staples like “Bra” and “Dove”—then Cymande is proof that forward-thinking listeners will naturally cultivate a respect for the past.”
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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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“If you’re on board, sticking with Morosini’s rollercoaster will yield zany and icky surprises, as well as some delightfully committed performances.”
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“Comedy Punks is a story of frustrations and failures, but it is not a story of giving up.”
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“Somewhere in this film is a story about shared traumas and grief, and the self-realizations born within…However, Campbell-Hughes doesn’t dive deep enough or write distinct enough voices for this story to take off, and so it stays mired.”
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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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SXSW 2022 runs from March 11 to March 20. In this video, Taylor Baker and I talk about what we're looking forward to with the festival experience, which films we're most excited for, and the recommendations we have on films that are crossing over from Sundance to SXSW.
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