“John Wick” writer Derek Kolstad and “Hardcore Henry” director Ilya Naishuller team up for an amusing action ride that wraps its bloody violence in air quotes.
Imagine if “Zodiac” were about Notorious B.I.G, and instead of Jake Gyllenhaal it starred Johnny Depp, and instead of being good it was bad.
Chris McKim’s “F**k You F*ggot F**ker” is a fittingly angry tribute to a polarizing yet vital artist, and a portrait of AIDS in America.
SXSW: Charli XCX writes an entire album over Zoom in a 67-minute documentary about pop music’s enduringly connective power.
SXSW Review: “The Hunt for Planet B” shows why searching for life on other planets is worth the effort.
SXSW Review: Justine Bateman’s directorial debut follows a Hollywood exec who finally shuts up the pernicious voice in her head. Munn makes it real.
SXSW Review: Filmmaker and star Leah Purcell has adapted Henry Lawson’s short story in multiple mediums, but the film version offers the least enlivening one yet.
SXSW Review: Global crisis liberates director Floyd Russ in a bold experiment about an actress finding her footing in an unsteady world.
SXSW Review: This wildly entertaining documentary about an amateur stage production of “Alien” plays like a lost Christopher Guest film.
SXSW Review: “Swan Song” is appointment viewing for fans of Udo Kier, who gives a career-best turn as a retired hairdresser making peace with the past.
SXSW Review: Maybe the only COVID comedy we’ll ever need, Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek’s “Recovery” manages to be funny without feeling glib.
SXSW Review: “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free” offers a hazy profile of an artist in pain and on the verge of a breakthrough.
