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Cha Cha Real Smooth, Normalises Diversity And Redefines The Male Gaze

Cinematic polymath Cooper Raiff (director, writer, actor, producer), is currently part of Variety’s List Of New Directors To Watch In 2022. After his breakout film S#!%house — that was the recipient of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film — he returns with another compassionate cross-section of contemporary society. Raiff’s…

EarthX Film Festival: Fire Of Love, An Alchemic Eruption Of The Volcanic Couple

Fire of Love is a documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Sara Dosa, that had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival — where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary category. It also also screened at South by Southwest and it is currently part of the EarthX…

Film Review – ‘Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood’ is an Intoxicating Ode to Another Time

It’s difficult to fully capture the excitement and energy of the space race in the present moment. Scientific advancements have reached a certain point that the idea of traveling outside of the orbit of our planet doesn’t feel that outside the realm of possibility, though it’s also not the focus of those working on the…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Ahsen Nadeem on Seeking Answers at a Japanese Monastery in ‘Crows are White’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Filmmaker Ahsen Nadeem has embarked on a strange journey throughout his life. online pharmacy lipitor with best prices today in the USA Born to Muslim parents in Saudi Arabia who later moved to Ireland, Nadeem met a woman who wasn’t Muslim and kept the…

SXSW Film Festival Review – ‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’ is a Powerful Testament to a Survivor

There are few lawmakers who have been targeted for death and survived. Among the most inspiring stories is that of Gabby Giffords, a congressman from Arizona who was shot in the head during a “Congress on Your Corner” event she was hosting in 2011. Since undergoing her incredible recovery, Giffords has made preventing future gun…

SXSW Review: The Kids in the Hall- Comedy Punks

My parents raised me on a steady helping of genius material. When it came to comedy, I was introduced to the likes of Monty Python and SCTV at a very young age. So, when The Kids in the Hall popped up on my TV screen in the late 80s/early 90s not only was I all…

SXSW Film Festival Review: Folk Singer Suzanne Vega Emotionally Embodies Novelist Carson McCuller in ‘Lover, Beloved’

Innovative folk singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has long been determined to showcase the importance of women breaking traditional boundaries and championing their independence. So she decided to adapt her acclaimed one-woman stage show about the life of celebrated 20th-century American novelist Carson McCullers for the big screen with the new emotionally gripping film, Lover, Beloved. The…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Rose Byrne and Krew Boylan Discuss the Relevance of Dolly Parton’s Music in “Seriously Red”

Finding and immersing themselves in a community that truly embraces them for their true personalities is a powerful, life-affirming journey for many creative people who feel as though they don’t necessarily fit into society’s typical norms. Actress Krew Boylan’s titular protagonist of the new musical comedy-drama, Seriously Red, Raylene ‘Red’ Delaney, embarks on such a…

WeCrashed / Exclusive Interview: Anne Hathaway Describes Her Character As Sweet, But Ambitious

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway says she felt a keen responsibility playing Rebekah Neumann, a contemporary real-life actress and entrepreneur, in the Apple TV+ limited series, WeCrashed. The eight-part, fact-based dramedy is based on a podcast that followed the rise and fall of WeWork, Rebekah’s husband Adam’s wildly successful office-sharing startup company. Co-starring Jared Leto, Kyle…

SXSW Film Festival Review – ‘The Cow’ Brings Audiences on a Weird and Winding Journey

Movie characters always seem to think that it’s a good idea to head into the middle of the woods late at night. No one expects that will lead to their eventual death at the hands of a deranged serial killer or their sacrifice to the devil, to name a few possibilities, but it still doesn’t…

SXSW Review: Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Serena Williams, Tom Brady; every sport has a figure everyone around the world can say they know, even if they have no knowledge of the sport in the first place. When it comes to skateboarding, it’s undeniable that Tony Hawk is that recognizable figure. Though the world knows his…