“…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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“Moore never lets up the pressure, advancing the story every second he gets.”
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“The characters are unlikable, the plot is laughable, and the only saving grace is the cinematography. Deep Water drowns in its own drama.”
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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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“Rapoport creates an original, spunky workplace comedy aimed to reiterate the fact that feminism was never about women being better than men, but finding equality within the sexes.”
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“For all of its CGI set pieces and A-list co-stars…there’s next to nothing going on beneath the surface of The Adam Project.”
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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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“As a viewer and a fan, it makes me want to pause the documentary and restart it from the beginning; to (once again) spend those hours with a young, hungry, and thoroughly enjoyable Kanye West, instead of the contemporary West that already enshrouds so much of our everyday culture.”
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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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“…this show spoon feeds too many oversimplified storylines and elementary level characters to viewers in a frustratingly generic fashion.”
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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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“…in the end, it’s a game of style over substance for The Cellar."
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"Gold features a story that is lean and minimal, yet potent and unforgettable, thanks to Efron’s strong solo performance and Hayes’ remarkable sense of filmmaking.”
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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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“[Pattinson] is edgier, moodier, very emo, offering a performance that will be talked about for decades to come.”
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“Where other new-age isolated thrillers like Woman In the Window, The Voyeurs, and Sightless, falter, Kimi flourishes.”
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“Do is an unparalleled master at depicting horror in its most introspectively engaging form.”
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