Manthia Diawara on Capturing a Technology’s Blind Spots with “AI: African Intelligence”
The filmmaker discusses observing the Lebu in Senegal, whose spiritual practice is unlikely to be understood fully in an AI-dominated world.
SXSW 2025 Review: Andrew Patterson’s Blazingly Original “The Rivals of Amziah King” Makes an Enemy of Convention
Matthew McConaughey delights in this enormously entertaining comic thriller from the director of "The Vast of Night."
SXSW 2025 Review: ”Snow Leopard Sisters” Conquers Multiple Mountains
A nature conservationist forges a connection with a young woman from a Nepalese village that emboldens them both in an inspiring doc.
SXSW 2025 Review: Xander Robin’s “The Python Hunt” Plays with All Kinds of Scales
A look at The Python Challenge, a wild state-run contest and its many colorful characters, becomes a sly allegory for political quagmires.
SXSW 2025 Review: The Daisy Ridley-Led “We Bury the Dead” Gives New Life to a Zombie Thriller
Daisy Ridley injects great nuance to this taut Australia-set thriller where catastrophe has brought out the worst in people alive and dead.
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