SXSW 2026 Review: There’s No Clean Getaway From This Crime in the Crafty “I Got Bombed at Harvey’s”
"The Pez Outlaw" directors find another strange but true tale on the fringes of the true crime genre with the time that a Lake Tahoe casino nearly exploded.
Interview: Gabriel Mascaro on a New Age of Innocence in “The Blue Trail”
The "Divine Love" director discusses seeing the future already all around us in this tale of a society that discards their elderly for progress' sake.
SXSW 2026 Review: Echoes of the Past Are Made to Reverberate in “The Man with the Big Hat”
A lovely profile of singer/songwriter Steven Fromholz makes sure his music capturing small-town Texas isn't lost to time.
SXSW 2026 Review: A Drummer Pounds the Pavement in Danny Madden’s Uplifting “Downbeat”
The "Beast Beast" director gets a lot of bang for his buck in this tale of a musician who has his art and not much else in this electric drama.
SXSW 2026 Review: Walking the Plank Starts to Look Like a Springboard in Josh Plasse’s Genuine “The Pirate King”
Rob Riggle delivers a rare dramatic turn as a war vet who finds the ground beneath his feet again, setting sail with a bunch of pirate reenactors.
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SXSW 2026 Review: A School May Fail Its Students, But They Still Show Class in “First They Came for My College”
A compelling chronicle of the dispiriting conservative takeover of Florida's cherished liberal arts school the New College offers some hope.
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The filmmakers discuss the other grave matters facing a woman working the late shift at a cemetery who's like a little more love in her life.
