After falling in love with I Love My Dad back at SXSW Film Festival in March, the theatrical release is finally upon us! How could we pass up a chance to chat with two of the film’s leads, James Morosini and Claudia Sulewski? We talk one of the craziest catfishing stories of all time, cringe-comedy … Continue reading Interview: Writer/Director/Actor James Morosini and Actor Claudia Sulewski
Interview: Writer/Director Addison Heimann & Hypochondriac Cast
Ahead of their debut at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, Allison and I got together on Zoom with the director and select cast members from the new queer horror film, Hypochondriac! In our comprehensive hour-long conversation, we cover everything from the real-life breakdown that inspired the movie, echoes of Donnie Darko, hilarious sequel prospects, and … Continue reading Interview: Writer/Director Addison Heimann & Hypochondriac Cast
SXSW 2022 Wrap-Up
As with 2021, this iteration of the South by Southwest Film Festival is wildly varied in tone and consistency, delivering what I assume will be some of our favorite movies of the entire year and we are only in March! After the jump, check out our full coverage from SXSW, including capsule reviews for the … Continue reading SXSW 2022 Wrap-Up
SXSW 2022: X
★★★★★ Gritty, gory, and disturbing, the new film X from auteur director Ti West (The Sacrament, The House of the Devil) is a deliciously evil and deeply perverse journey into the hellish backwoods of Texas. Feeling like a sinister mix of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Boogie Nights, X carves out a modern slasher … Continue reading SXSW 2022: X
SXSW 2022: Swimming with Sharks
SXSW drama Swimming with Sharks has the bite of a 90s erotic thriller, and the sleek and stylish shine of David Fincher films such as Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. As a Roku original, I fear it may not draw a huge audience despite being loosely based on the 1994 classic of the same name … Continue reading SXSW 2022: Swimming with Sharks
SXSW 2022: The Cow
★★★★ It brings me great joy to bear witness to the great career revival of Winona Ryder. Fresh off her impressive tenure on Stranger Things, Ryder strikes gold again in harrowing SXSW thriller, The Cow. Co-writer/director Eli Horowitz collaborates with screenwriter Matthew Derby to craft a twisty, shocking movie that will leave me thinking about … Continue reading SXSW 2022: The Cow
SXSW 2022: Hypochondriac
★★★★ Many films before this one have taken an approach to the manifestation of trauma, but none have done it with the precision and horror of Hypochondriac. Writer/director Addison Heimann, a queer filmmaker presenting an explicitly queer story, draws from an intensely personal experience: his own mental breakdown. Hypochondriac epitomizes the feeling of losing control … Continue reading SXSW 2022: Hypochondriac
SXSW 2022: The Prank
★★★★★ Who would have predicted ahead of 2022’s iteration of the SXSW Film Festival that a film about two kids pulling a “prank” on their hardass teacher (played by West Side Story’s Rita Moreno) would emerge to be one of the fest’s finest offerings? Certainly not this viewer! The Prank, from Golden Arm director Maureen … Continue reading SXSW 2022: The Prank
SXSW 2022: It Is In Us All
★★★★ Everything can change in a second… the car crash that sets off the entire chain of events in SXSW drama, It Is In Us All, immediately draws the viewer into the plight of Hamish (Cosmo Jarvis). He has only just rented a car to travel across the Irish countryside when he gets into an … Continue reading SXSW 2022: It Is In Us All
SXSW 2022: Spaz
★★★★ It takes a truly great documentary to interest me, and Spaz is definitely one of the better ones I have seen recently. For any voracious lover of cinema—especially Terminator 2: Judgement Day or Jurassic Park—this one is for you! Ever wonder how on earth we made the transition from the practical effects of the … Continue reading SXSW 2022: Spaz