SXSW Film Festival 2025: Fu*cktoys, $Positions, Idiotka
On three of the most out-there titles to hit this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
Festivals & Awards
SXSW Film Festival 2025: 42nd Street, The Spies Among Us, Make It Look Real
On three buzzed docs from this year’s fest.
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.
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.
Clown in a Cornfield
Clever and thrilling enough in bloody spurts, even if it never quite reaches its true potential.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
On three very different films from this year’s SXSW.
Ash
Sometimes it’s just fun to watch someone know and deliver exactly what they want to give you, and do so with flying colors—bisexual lighting and all.
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Rivals of Amziah King, Hallow Road, The Dutchman
Three big swings from SXSW this year, including two standouts.
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.
International and Indie Cinema on the Rise: A Report from the 97th Academy Awards
A RogerEbert.com contributor reports from this year’s Oscars.
Anora’s Real-Life Fairytale: Five-Oscar Victory for Indie Film
A recap of this year’s Academy Awards.
True/False 2025: The Track, Writing Hawa, Make It Look Real
These deeply personal works are all defined by the dogged, hopeful pursuit of dreams: sports, education, and aspirations—that feel especially heartening right now.
True/False 2025: WTO/99, Family Album, Land With No Rider
Our second dispatch of the documentary film festival tackles public protest, trans stories, and life on the frontier.
True/False 2025: Seeds, River of Grass, How Deep Is Your Love
On three docs from the year’s prestigious non-fiction film festival.
