SXSW Film Festival 2025: Table of Contents
Links to all of our coverage this year, separated by author, in order of publication: BRIAN TALLERICO It Ends The Threesome Caper Another Simple Favor The Accountant 2 Death of…
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Movies for the Freaks: Mark Anthony Green on “Opus”
Director Mark Anthony Green’s “Opus” is a cautionary tale for an increasingly online world that conflates obsession with genuine connection. The film focuses on a legendary pop star, Alfred Moretti…
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Fantasy Life, Brother Verses Brother
Three of the more purely enjoyable films to play at this year’s SXSW didn’t premiere with star-studded red carpets at the Paramount, launching at other venues around the wonderful city…
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Are We Good?, I’m Carl Lewis!, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
When documentaries center on one person, breadth is often sacrificed for depth. Thankfully, for the most part, three docs at this year’s SXSW are structured less in a way to…
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Red Meat: Steak ‘n Shake Goes Nazi
“Steak ‘n Shake has gone Nazi” isn’t a sentence I ever expected to see, much less type. But here we are. On Friday, the social media account of the fast-food…
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Ghost Boy, The Secret of Me, Take No Prisoners
The doc program at SXSW reflects the left-of-center tone of both the festival and the city of Austin. Where else would you find documentaries about The Butthole Surfers and Carl…
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NBC’s “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” Fails to Grow Much of Interest
In a time of great international anxiety, the television ground seems fertile for a bit of soapy escapism. Enter NBC’s highly-promoted “Grosse Pointe Garden Society,” which may not exactly wither…
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Talkin’ About His Generation: New Book Chronicles the Making of Millennial Touchstone “Superbad”
Andrew Buss was 14 when he, his father, and grandfather went to see “Superbad” at the Regal Cinema in Lake Zurich, Illinois. He has two memories of that night. The…
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Pixar’s Charming But Compromised “Win or Lose” Catches A Few Foul Balls
Pixar Animation Studios has finally stepped up to the TV plate with their first original series, “Win or Lose.” The Disney-owned animation studio previously produced television specials, miniseries, and shorts,…
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NBC’s “The Americas” is a Gorgeous but Shallow Look at the Natural World
By the end of its first episode, NBC’s “The Americas,” the 10-part Tom Hanks-narrated wildlife docuseries, already feels like a missed opportunity. A co-production between NBCUniversal and the BBC, the…
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