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March 21, 2021
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SXSW Review: Covid-19 Centered Drama “The End of Us” Tells a Compelling, Engaging Story About Two Exes Forced to Live Together in Quarantine

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SXSW Review: In “Alien on Stage,” Everyone Can Hear You Scream (with Joy)

March 21, 2021
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SXSW Review: “The Hunt for Planet B” Explores the Search for Another Life-Sustaining Planet While Also Taking an Introspective Look at Our Own

March 20, 2021
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SXSW Review: The Past Is Inevitable in “The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson”

March 19, 2021
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SXSW Review: “Here Before” Explores the Unnerving, Volatile Obsession of a Mother Who has Lost a Child

March 18, 2021
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SXSW Review: Beware the CEO As Guru in “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn”

March 17, 2021
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SXSW Review: “Luchadoras” Showcases the Brave Female Wrestlers of the Dangerous Ciudad Juárez in Their Fight Against Femicide

March 16, 2021
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What to See (Virtually) at SXSW 2021

March 15, 2021
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Sundance Review: “Land,” Despite Occasional Missteps, Offers Profound Healing

February 11, 2021
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Sundance Interview with Dan Deacon, Composer for “All Light, Everywhere,” “Philly D.A.” and “Strawberry Mansion”

February 10, 2021

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  • SXSW Interview: “Chili Finger” Directors Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad
    By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
    March 24, 2026
    The new comedic thriller Chili Finger just had its world premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival (where I reviewed it). Directed by Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad, the movie follows the misadventures of married couple Jess (Judy Greer) and Ron (Sean Astin) after they discover a finger in their chili at popular Midwestern chain “Blake Junior’s” (owned by an eponymous individual played by John Goodman). Things go south quickly after ... >>
  • SXSW Review: “The Fox”
    By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
    March 22, 2026
    The Fox (Dario Russo, 2025) 3½ out of 5 stars There’s something afoot in a small Australian town, a place where folklore combines with age-old desires and the modern world in a strange and unsettling mix. Director Dario Russo’s debut feature film, The Fox, presents a parable where unexpected plot developments lead us down a surprising path, both charming and deeply peculiar. If not every script beat quite comes together cohesively, the result is ... >>
  • SXSW Review: “Campéon Gabacho”
    By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
    March 20, 2026
    Campéon Gabacho (Jonás Cuarón, 2026) 3½ out of 5 stars There is a moment in Campéon Gabacho, the new feature from Jonás Cuarón (Chupa), where the protagonist, an undocumented migrant from Mexico trying to scrape by in New York City’s Bronx neighborhood, soars into the sky in the arms of his would-be girlfriend, the two so enraptured with each other in the moment that their fantasies carry them far and high. As they begin to exit the Earth’s ... >>
  • SXSW Review: “Basic”
    By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
    March 17, 2026
    Basic (Chelsea Devantez, 2026) 4 out of 5 stars Basic, writer/director Chelsea Devantez’s feature debut, starts out as one kind of film and then, delightfully, becomes something else entirely. Throughout, it is consistent as a raucous comedy and celebration of female empowerment and agency. It’s also a clever rom-com that never forgets that, at our most “basic” level, many of us just want to be happy in love. ... >>
  • SXSW Review: “The Peril at Pincer Point”
    By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
    March 17, 2026
    Тhe Peril at Pincer Point (Jake Kuhn/Noah Stratton-Twine, 2026) 3½ out of 5 stars It’s the strangeness of it all that makes The Peril at Pincer Point work. From the opening scene where a crab mysteriously appears in a London apartment to the choice of an overly eager movie sound recordist as protagonist to the hodgepodge design of the remote, titular island, and so much more, directors Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine (Two Big Feet) craft a ... >>
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