Ben Wheatley’s follow-up to High Rise is just as divisive. The entire movie takes place in a warehouse with a 90-minute shootout. Each of the characters, about 15 of them total, are split into two sides, like Battleship. We get brief introductions before they take sides and begin shooting at one another. The cast most […]
Trainspotting was one of those films that hit just before cinema took over my world. It was such an iconic film for the 90’s, most people interested in cinema, or just curious saw it. I did, wasn’t impressed, and it took a few movies to embrace Danny Boyle’s particular style of filmmaking. It certainly put
The quality of the films is really the nail in the coffin. Spending so much time and effort just to sit through a movie called Small Town Crime, then another Small Crimes that are nearly the same concept makes you wonder if Janet Pierson head of film selections at SXSW needs to let someone else
He will forever be known as The Kingslayer to Game of Thrones fans, but Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is one of the more successful actors outside of the hit television show. A supporting actor in Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, and 1000 Time Goodnight, Waldau finally earns a leading role in Small Crimes. Here
From the writer and producer of last year’s delightful Hello My Name is Doris, comes another endearing character comedy. This time Laura Terruso offers a look into a couple’s story of balancing success with two struggling writers under one roof. Money Monster actress Greta Lee and former Daily Show writer/actor Cenac take dry humor to
Actor/Director Joe Swanberg’s latest comedy Win It All, reunites him with producing and co-writer Jake Johnson (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). If you know their collaborations like Happy Christmas and Drinking Buddies, you already know the tone you’re getting into. Thankfully sans Anna Kendrick, Win It All feels less ridiculous than some of their
This film was introduced as a movie with an important message. The way the title sequences opens, showing a bachelor reality show gone horribly wrong, really grabs the viewers’ attention. This is Your Death is the second film from actor turned director Giancarlo Esposito (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials). It seems he wants to challenge
SXSW2017 opened with Austin legend Terrence Malick’s latest “cinematic poetry”, or at least that’s the positive spin fans used to describe it. When asked about working with the complicated, misunderstood and elusive Texan director, Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) described the experience as “rough”. Fassbender (Steve Jobs) explained how difficult it was working with
Rainbow Time, written, directed, produced and starring Linas Phillips, is a mess in picturing a dysfunctional family using measures that serve to increase problems rather than solve them. Shonzi (Phillips)—because his name is Shaun and he loves Fonzi—is a sex-obsessed young man with no social skills and a ton of rage. He had a
Writer/director Greg Kwedar takes a very specific look at border control along the Arizona border. The focal point of Transpecos centers around three US Border Patrol agents who find themselves in manipulated circumstances. Exploring subject matter that has dominated the presidential race, Transpecos covers so many points of view within these three characters. Kwedar’s script