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Death is an inevitability, Alexis Franco affirms in his documentary Donde Los Árboles Dan Carne (Where the Trees Bear Meat). Shown during Austin Film Society’s annual Doc Days, Franco’s film is an intimately quiet portrait of the modern Argentine gaucho shaped by the slow destruction of climate change.
Read MoreRegardless of your relationship with the 90s, you will feel nostalgic for your own youth while watching Middletown, the third directorial collaboration between spouses Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, following the lauded Boys State (2020) and Girls State (2024).
Read MoreA film no one has heard of starring people no one has seen since. But Matthew is in it, so it qualifies for Day 29 of McConaugheMay.
Read MoreLove On A Leash exists in that space between a movie that shouldn’t have been released and one that should be seen by anybody with the patience for something truly weird.
Read MoreThe only recent rewatch on this month’s list. Day 28 of McConaugheMay brings us Surfer, Dude.
Read MoreIf you ask someone for a recommendation for a “sciency” film you usually get one of two types of recommendations: “experiments gone wrong,” or “scientific exploration.” The second often falls in line with the notion of Scientific Fiction.
Read MoreYet another documentary that Matthew McConaughey barely appears in? Hold your surprise for Day 27.
Read MoreHey, is that Alfred Molina playing a French pervert? It is! Wow! This is Day 26 of McConaugheMay.
Read MoreFor his tenth feature film (eleventh if you count his student featurette, Xiaoshan Going Home), Jia Zhang-ke has made what is perhaps his most ambitious project yet.
Read MoreUh oh, a comedy movie from 2008? Does it hold up or is it incredibly offensive? Find out in Day 25 of McConaugheMay.
Read MoreLast year, Ziah couldn’t stand Sing and moved it off his list. This year, he finally watched it. Is it good? This is McConaugheMay Day 24.
Read MoreWe Are Marshall and you are reading Day 23 of McConaugheMay. The journey continues.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 5/23-5/29.
Read MoreToday, we got the opportunity to speak to Hannia Yeverino about her film Punks, which played this year at the Houston Latino Film Festival.
Read MoreA nature documentary that doesn’t even feature Matthew McConaughey onscreen is Day 22’s offering. We really are experiencing the dregs of his filmography, folks.
Read MoreLike a well-mixed but not particularly innovative cocktail you might order at a chain restaurant in the suburbs, this movie goes down easy but doesn't linger long in the memory.
Read MoreIf you saw the title and got Lady Gaga stuck in your head, you’re not alone. Day 21 of McConaugheMay barely features the man of the month.
Read MoreAfter viewing this groan- and grin-inducing film, I sat down with my old friend and one of the stars of Final Destination Bloodlines, Richard Harmon, to discuss the family dynamic, how he pulled off each impossible stunt, and his experience working alongside the late, great Tony Todd.
Read MoreDay 20 of McConaugheMay is not a real movie, but it does remind one of a real movie (Interstellar).
Read MoreAnother Richard Linklater documentary rounds out today’s McConaugheMay installment. Is McConaughey in much of this? Find out in Day 19.
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