SXSW Film Festival 2025: 42nd Street, The Spies Among Us, Make It Look Real
On three buzzed docs from this year’s fest.
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Can’t Stop the Vilanch: Legendary Comedy Writer Spills on the Creation of His Career’s Guiltiest Pleasures
An interview with the legendary Bruce Vlianch.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Redux Redux, Descendent, The Surrender
On three of the most-buzzed horror films from SXSW this year.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Are We Good?, I’m Carl Lewis!, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
On three profile docs from SXSW on Marc Maron, Carl Lewis, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Fantasy Life, Brother Verses Brother
Three of the more purely enjoyable films of this year’s SXSW are highlighted.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick
On three interesting AAPI films from this year’s Austin event.
Brian Tyree Henry Does His Best to Carry Apple TV’s Explosive “Dope Thief”
One can’t help but wonder what the 150-minute film version directed by Scott would have looked like.
Movies for the Freaks: Mark Anthony Green on “Opus”
An interview with the director of A24’s new thriller about his time at GQ and balancing genre thrills with heady themes.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Baltimorons, For Worse, Magic Hour
On three films from SXSW about the unpredictability of life, including the best of this year’s festival.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
On three very different films from this year’s SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Rivals of Amziah King, Hallow Road, The Dutchman
Three big swings from SXSW this year, including two standouts.
Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time” Finally Comes Into Its Own With Season Three
It finally feels like “The Wheel of Time” can become the show it was always meant to be.
Short Films in Focus: David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz on “A Lien”
A chat with the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated live-action short.
The Unloved, Part 135: A Dandy in Aspic
Celebrating Anthony Mann’s final film, a spy caper reflecting its own creator’s demise.
“Split Fiction” Has Compelling Gameplay Held Back By Pacing Issues
A video game review of the new co-op game from Hazelight and EA.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Ghost Boy, The Secret of Me, Take No Prisoners
On three strong docs from SXSW this year.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper
On three premieres from the first night of SXSW, including an early standout.
Women Writers Week 2025: Table of Contents
Links to all of our content from our event week this year.
The Sweet and Sour K-Drama “When Life Gives You Tangerines” Measures Life in Four Seasons of Love
One of the joys of stories like this is how it unfolds like the pages of a book; every episode is a chapter, revealing deeper meaning to scenes you previously thought were simple.
