AFM MOVIES: “THE BRUTALIST” Review
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist feels like a step back in time from today's cinematic landscape, and is another thought provoking achievement in A24's catalog of films. It presents a sprawling, old-fashioned epic...
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SXSW Film Review: “MONKEY MAN”
Dev Patel's Electrifying, Bone-Crunching Directorial Debut Stuns at SXSW 2024
Walking out of Monkey Man at SXSW 2024, I had one thought: Dev Patel just punched Hollywood in the face and took its lunch money...
SXSW 2024 Movie Review: My Dead Friend Zoe
A Heartfelt Exploration of PTSD Across Generations
Directed by Kyle-Howman-Stokes in his impressive directorial debut, the film explores the complex, haunting effects of PTSD through the lens of two generat...
The Art of Self Defense | SXSW Movie Review
SYNOPSIS
A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (A...
SXSW Film 2018 Review | A Quiet Place
In the modern horror thriller A QUIET PLACE, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.
Revi...
A VIGILANTE | SXSW Film Review
A VIGILANTE is a timely thriller inspired by the women who escape domestic abuse. Olivia Wilde takes a big step away from her typical roles to play quiet, haunted Sadie, a woman left desolate by a horrifically...
SXSW Film Review | A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
A recently closed Thai prison served as the set for A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN, based on the real-life experiences of a young Brit sentenced to prison in Thailand. Joe Cole plays Billy Moore, a heroine-addicted boxe...
SXSW 2018 Film Review | Ready Player One
From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. Hayden and Carrie review the world pr...
SXSW 2018 Film Review | Isle of Dogs
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in searc...
Review | Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri is a must see this season and I might be as bold as to say that it was my favorite movie of the year.
Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (Seven Psychopaths, I...