SXSW 2025 Review: DEATH OF A UNICORN, A Killer Cast Fights Unconvincing FX In This Disappointing Fantasy
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Elliott (Paul Rudd) really needs a win. Still struggling to get his life together after his wife has died of cancer, he’s bringing his teenage standoffish daughter Ridley (Jenna Ortega) on a work retreat at the wildlife preserve sponsored by...
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Sound And Vision: The Big Joseph Kahn Interview, Part One
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Joseph Kahn is one of the big music video directors of the nineties and early two thousands. He was present with his new monster movie Ick at the Film Festival of Rotterdam. ScreenAnarchists Ard Vijn and Theodoor Steen had the...
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SXSW 2025 Review: MIX TAPE, Love, Music, and the Gulf Between Them
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Jim Sturgess and Teresa Palmer star in the music-themed romantic-drama series. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: GOVERNMENT CHEESE, Nothing Cheesy About It
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David Oyelowo stars in the surreal comedy series, debuting globally on Apple TV+. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: SPREADSHEET CHAMPIONS, The Thrill and the Agony of Numbers
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Director Kristina Kaskov's engaging documentary follows six young competitors from around the world. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: TAKE NO PRISONERS, Get Our Son Out of There!
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Directors Adam Ciralsky and Subrata De peer beyond ace hostage negotiator Roger Carstens as he aims to help the family of Eyvin Hernandez, held in Venezuela. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: SURVIVING EARTH, Joyful, Loving, Complex
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Slavko Sobin stars in Thea Gajić's empathetic tale of a musician with a troubled past. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Berlinale 2025 Review: REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND Dissects the Eurospy Genre
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Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani continue their deconstruction of genre cinema in a visual rollercoaster, consisting of formal pyrotechnics and a disorienting narrative. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Pretty Packaging: ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 Haunts Harder
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Back in 2021, writer-director Kier-La Janisse released Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, a great 3-hours-(and-14-minutes)-long documentary about witchcraft and mysticism around the world, especially as seen in films. That documentary didn't just get a special release on Blu-ray, it basically...
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SXSW 2025 Review: CORINA, Style Corrector of Her Own Life
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Naian González Norvind and Cristo Fernández star in Urzula Barba Hopfner's directorial debut from Mexico, a gentle and affecting story. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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