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Michael B. Jordan in SINNERS. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
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‘Sinners’ is the best movie of the year | movie review

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer. Courtesy of A24.
Drama

‘Queer’ is messy, mad and marvelous | review and analysis

Francesca Corio and Paul Mescal in Aftersun.
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‘Aftersun’ is a masterpiece of memory | review and analysis

‘Sissy’ directors and star Aisha Dee chat their new horror | Interview

Movie NewsKarl DelossantosMarch 17, 2022
Hannah Barlow, Aisha Dee, and Kane Senes from SISSY

Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes chat their new horror-comedy Sissy, which premiered at SXSW, along with star Aisha Dee

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is a bloody game of Among Us | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 14, 2022
The cast of Bodies Bodies Bodies. Credit: Gwen Capistran.

Accusations fly between a group of friends after a stormy game night turns deadly in Bodies Bodies Bodies.

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A movie like ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ has never existed before | SXSW review

ActionKarl DelossantosMarch 12, 2022
Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Courtesy of A24.

In Everything Everywhere All At Once, an unremarkable Chinese-American woman finds out that the fate of the multiverse lies in her hands.

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‘Jethica’ is a charming little ghost story | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 13, 2022
Callie Hernandez and Ashley Denise Robinson in Jethica. Courtesy of SXSW.

When Jessica’s stalker follows her to New Mexico, she and her friend Elena look for an otherworldy solution to get rid of him

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Patton Oswalt is Oscar-worthy in ‘I Love My Dad’ | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 12, 2022
Featuring Patton Oswalt ("Chuck") and writer/director James Morosini ("Franklin"). | Credit: © I Love My Dad, LLC (Hantz Motion Pictures)

An estranged father tries to reconnect with his son by catfishing him on Facebook in I Love My Dad, premiering at SXSW

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‘The Cow’ is empty calories | SXSW review

Movie ReviewsKarl DelossantosMarch 14, 2022
Winona Ryder in The Cow. Courtesy of SXSW.
A couple heads out to a remote cabin for a romantic getaway, but only one of them returns. The Cow follows Winona Ryder's Kath as she unravels the mystery. The Cow starts and ends showing promise for Eli Horowitz as a director. However, the movie’s undercooked non-linear narrative and rough screenplay undercut any dramatic tension…
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Andrea Riseborough gets her moment with ‘To Leslie’ | SXSW review

DramaKarl DelossantosMarch 13, 2022
Andrew Riseborough in To Leslie. Courtesy of the South by Southwest Film Festival.

The titular Leslie in To Leslie finds herself deep in the throes of alcoholism after winning the lottery six years earlier.

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‘Sissy’ skewers millennial culture | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 12, 20221
Caption: Aisha Dee as Cecilia in SISSY | Credit: Steve Arnold ACS

Sissy follows an influencer who has to face her childhood bully during a bachelorette weekend in the Australian bush. It doesn’t go well.

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Queer prison drama ‘Great Freedom’ finds hope | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMarch 3, 2022
Franz Rogowski and Anton von Lucke in Great Freedom. Courtesy of Mubi.
Great Freedom is an intimate prison drama that follows a gay man over decades as he is repeatedly imprisoned as a part of Germany's outdated anti-gay laws. While Great Freedom takes place during a dark time in Germany's history, its hopeful story filled with empathy doesn't feel anything less than authentic and, against all odds,…
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Hellbender is a coming-of-witch family affair | review

HorrorKarl DelossantosFebruary 20, 20221
Zelda Adams in Hellbender. Courtesy of AMC Networks' Shudder.
Hellbender follows a young teen's coming-of-witch journey as her mother slowly reveals her and her family's true nature Hellbender is a lo-fi punk rock horror assault on the senses that marks yet another fascinating entry in the coming-of-witch subgenre that has slowly crept its way into the canon — The Witch, The Craft, and Thelma first…
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