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Tag: 2021 Online SXSW Film Festival

‘The Feast’ will leave you satisfied | SXSW review

HorrorKarl DelossantosMarch 19, 2021
Annes Elwy in The Feast
The Feast is a Welsh folk horror tale that follows a family that reaps the consequences of their greed during a dinner party The Feast is slow and somewhat simple, but it's also a deliciously satisfying folk horror that quite literally says “eat the rich." Powered by JustWatch The opening scenes of The Feast, a…
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Director and writer Martin Edralin talks his history-making SXSW film ‘Islands’ | Interview

InterviewsKarl DelossantosMarch 13, 2021
Martin Edralin SXSW
Director and writer Martin Edralin talks about his new film Islands, which is premiering in the narrative feature competition at the 2021 Online SXSW Film Festival As I was perusing the lineup for the 2021 Online SXSW Film Festival one film, in particular, caught my eye. Martin Edralin’s Islands had a logline that immediately captured…
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‘Alone Together’ finds Charli XCX at her most vulnerable | SXSW

DocumentaryKarl DelossantosMarch 18, 2021
Charli XCX Alone Together documentary
Alone Together follows musician Charli XCX as she writes and records her album how i'm feeling now while under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic While working through the writing, producing, and release of her album how I'm feeling now, Charli XCX explores creativity, self-doubt, and connection in the age of the pandemic to great and…
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Hulu’s ‘WeWork’ documentary isn’t a disaster, and that’s the problem | SXSW review

DocumentaryKarl DelossantosMarch 17, 2021
Still from WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn. Courtesy of Hulu.
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is a step by step telling of how Adam Neumann founded a company so big it was bound to fail While the rise and fall of WeWork is an interesting enough fable to fuel Hulu's WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47…
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‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’ is the first great pandemic-era film | SXSW review

MoviesKarl DelossantosMarch 17, 2021
Kelley Kali as Danny in I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking) | Credit: Becky Baihui Chen
I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking) follows a young mother as she tries to collect enough money to pay for an apartment for her and her daughter in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking), with its highly empathetic approach to telling a story of financial struggle during the coronavirus pandemic, is…
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‘See You Then’ untangles the nuances of being a transwoman | SXSW review

MoviesKarl DelossantosMarch 16, 2021
Kris (Pooya Mohseni) and Naomi (Lynn Chen) continue their journey through the night in See You Then. | Credit: Jordan T. Parrott
See You Then follows two college exes, one of whom has come out as a transwoman, who reunite more than a decade after a contentious split See You Then explores and challenges the nuances of being a woman and being a transwoman through a deeply satisfying conversation between two exes — masterfully portrayed by Pooya…
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