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.
SXSW 2025 Review: Preventing a Wasted Youth Becomes a Thing of Beauty in Jacy Mairs’ “Trash Baby”
The first-time writer/director finds a young woman at a crossroads, coming of age on the wrong side of the tracks in this tender drama.
SXSW 2025 Review: A Life-Saving Act Puts A Hero’s Freedom Into Jeopardy in Anayansi Prado’s Powerful “Uvalde Mom”
After an elementary school shooting, another tragedy emerges in this startling doc about an outspoken mother who draws police attention.
SXSW 2025 Review: Amy Landecker’s “For Worse” Finds Laughs in a Divorcee’s Second Act
The "Transparent" star delivers a sharp comedy for her directorial debut in which she plays someone starting anew with plenty of experience.
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