The Infinite Husk falters under the weight of its big philosophical ambitions, leaning too far into the pessimism of the human condition without actually exploring what it means to live and move through the world’s structures.
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Following its first screening, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie proved itself as the SXSW breakout of the year, with the word-of-mouth buzz resulting in a frenzy around the film’s second showtime.
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Friendship, which had its Texas Premiere at SXSW in 2025, is all about the strange amorphous heartbreak when a (mostly) heterosexual male friendship is ended. It’s also about star Tim Robinson continuing his streak of ego-less humiliation comedy.
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Slanted does well to avoid the pitfall of many modern satires by avoiding an explicit morality tale or an ending that ties everything up with a bow and a preachy monologue.
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Arrest The Midwife is a powerful reminder that we are all we have, that our similarities are more striking than our differences, and that the people we’ve helped can and will go on to help others.
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The Trip can be enjoyed because we should be able to enjoy a film for exactly what films are at their core: visually stimulating moving pictures that we resonate with.
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Before Eyes of Fire almost became a forgotten piece of occult Vestron Video ephemera, some of the Southern U.S. populace got their minds fried in a theater by what has since become recognized as a cornerstone in the nature-is-out-to-kill-us genre.
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A classic riff on The Dirty Dozen, the film follows a ragtag group of undocumented Chinese-Americans who are offered US citizenship in exchange for dropping into the jungle to destroy a cache of American weapons before the Viet Cong can find them.
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The Brother from Another Planet is John Sayles’ socially-conscious science fiction tale of immigration and citizenship status.
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Shuffle adeptly straddles the line between documentarian and subject while uncovering a deep web of fraud and scams at the heart of addiction treatment.
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Bunny (Mo Stark, also co-writer), the titular lead of the dramedy Bunny, which premiered at SXSW 2025, is the sort of guy you’d want for a neighbor.
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I Come in Peace feels like the culmination of 80s action schlock dialed to eleven and engineered to do nothing but simply entertain our lizard brains with mesmerizing action, cheesy comebacks, and gargantuan muscles.
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By focusing so much on the imagined perfection of a non-existent project, Zodiac Killer Project loses focus on its own best qualities.
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Reeling is filmmaker Yana Alliata’s first narrative feature, and it’s a strong debut and a worthy feature at SXSW 2025.
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Despite the occasional lapse in focus, Spreadsheet Champions offers a fascinating look at an under-discussed subculture.
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Nicole Kidman is excellent in Holland, the new mystery-thriller from director Mimi Cave (who previously directed Fresh)… However, a stellar performance and quirky setting don’t make up for the fact that Holland has little to say.
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Eyes Wide Shut has a fascinating legacy where the conversation went from "is it any good?" to "this movie is the skeleton key for unmasking the sex crimes of the elite."
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This week in Austin screenings, 3/14-3/20.
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Fandoms are unhinged. Celebrity culture is surreal.
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Paul Michael Glaser’s The Running Man bottles up all the absurdity lovingly found in any great ‘80s action flick, but uncorking it almost 40 years later proves that some of the absurdity has matured into a shockingly accurate dystopian satire.
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