SXSW 2021 Day 3 This was my third and final day of movies at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) virtual festival. I’ve watched and reviewed 16 movies in 60 hours, and remarkably, there wasn’t one clunker in the bunch. Day 3 for me included a documentary, a comedy,...
SXSW Documentary Review: ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil’
Review by James Lindorf The opening night headliner for SXSW Online 2021 is “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” a new documentary about the former Disney star turned pop icon. In 2018 Demi was in the midst of her “Tell Me You Love Me World Tour” and making a...
SXSW Film Reviews: ‘WeWork: Or The Making And Breaking Of A $47 Million Unicorn’, ‘Here Before’, ‘Language Lessons’, ‘The Fallout’, ‘Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free’ And ‘Offseason’
This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is being held completely online, and of course a virtual festival lacks the oh-so-enjoyable elements of long lines, rude people, bad weather, and rushed fast food. Sure the excitement and energy of an audience is missing,...
SXSW Film Reviews: ‘Hysterical’, ‘Dear Mr. Brody’, ‘Introducing Selma Blair’, ‘The End Of Us’ And ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil’
SXSW 2021 Day 1 This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is being held completely online, and of course a virtual festival lacks the oh-so-enjoyable elements of long lines, rude people, bad weather, and rushed fast food. Sure the excitement and energy of an...
SXSW Documentary Review: ‘Potato Dreams Of America’
Review by James Lindorf The focus of our latest coverage from SXSW Online 2021 is “Potato Dreams of America'' which is making its world premiere at the film festival. This feature-length film is an extension of the short film “Potato” which won the Grand Jury Award...
SXSW: Watch Trailer For ‘I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking)’ And Listen To Interview With Producers Kelley Kali And Deon Cole
We are officially one week out from SXSW Online 2021, the film festival runs from March 16th - 20th. Much like last year SXSW will be a completely online event due to the ongoing pandemic but the show includes 75 features, including 57 world premieres, 3 international...
Newport Beach Film Festival Review: ‘The Estate’
Greetings again from the darkness. I’ll admit that during the pandemic, I haven’t been as selective on the movies I choose to watch as during “normal” times. Heck, I have more available time and I enjoy watching movies, so why not relax the standards a bit? This...
Boston Film Festival Review: ‘The Girl Who Wore Freedom’ Documentary
Greetings again from the darkness. I watch dozens of documentaries each year, and I always learn something from the best ones. However, I don’t recall ever being so emotional over a documentary as I was while watching this one from Christian Taylor. Ms. Taylor...
Boston Film Festival Review: ‘Paper Spiders’
Greetings again from the darkness. There are many reasons that might force a kid to grow up too fast. But when it’s in conjunction with having to care for a parent, we can consider it ill-fated. Director Inon Shampanier co-wrote the script with his wife, Natalie...
Boston Film Festival Review: ’25 Tony Conigliaro’ Documentary
Greetings again from the darkness. Fairy Tales traditionally have happy endings so that our kids form an optimistic view of the world. Unfortunately, director John Ippolito brings us a real life baseball fairy tale with a tragic ending. Tony Conigliaro and his...