EXCLUSIVE: Appian Way has signed on as an exec producer on Snow Leopard Sisters. The feature doc premiered at SXSW and follows snow leopard conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama as she mentors 17-year-old Tenzin Bhuti Gurung. Set against the backdrop of an isolated corner of the Himalayas, the film is billed as a story of an…
Although the Hollywood strikes in the Season 3 premiere of The Comeback are fake, the support was absolutely real. While visiting Deadline’s SXSW Studio last weekend, the cast and creators of the HBO show had a laugh about the mass confusion they incited while re-creating the 2023 Hollywood strikes for a scene in front of…
The sisterhood of the Satanic cults reached its conclusion at SXSW with the world premiere of They Will Kill You on Tuesday night, closing out the festival with an “eat the rich” mentality. Co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov, with co-writer Alex Litvak, the bloody action-packed thrill ride follows a fun theme of sisters taking…
You have to wonder how Britt Lower keeps her sanity. On top of the star’s Emmy-winning role in Severance, she now has followed it up with a truly bizarre psychological mind trip about, well, boxes, both in our homes and in our heads. Russell Goldman‘s feature film debut is as intriguing as it gets, a…
If you see one spicy depraved satirical thriller this year that’s a cross between “Mean Girls” and “The Craft” and something far darker, by all means make that movie “Forbidden Fruits.” It’s an agreeably sharp-witted black-as-midnight comedy about four young women from Texas who work in a clothing-and-knickknack boutique at the Highland Place mall. They…
No amount of extreme wind gusts could shake the tremendous talent performing Sunday night at the De Los showcase at the South by Southwest music festival. Five acts took over the rooftop of Mala Fama in downtown Austin and braved the 30 mph winds. Nezza, Eddy, Tropa Magica, Vanita Leo and Hermanos Espinoza each brought…
A queer coming-of-age story set in rural New Zealand, Paloma Schneideman’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” is a fantastic feature debut atypical of films on awkward adolescence. Unfolding during an overcast December summer in the mid-2000s, its intentional plotless-ness comes wrapped in harsh moods and distinct visual palettes, complemented by a gentle (albeit unflinching) approach to…
Curry Barker’s buzzy horror Obsession made the jump from TIFF to SXSW tonight with one change – a few less head smashes in what may be the film’s goriest scene and biggest jump scare. In Toronto, where Obsession screened at the Midnight section, “there was about six or seven more smashes. And we were getting…
Between exploring new interests, engaging with new styles and making new friends, our young years are a searching pursuit of identity, and thus one of cinema’s enduring topics. That quest is very much at the heart of director Katie Aselton’s lovely coming-of-age drama “Their Town,” a familiar yet cozily comforting film about the soulful kinships…
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas have released their heartwarming, yet uneven cinematic duet with Power Ballad, which premiered Saturday at SXSW. In the John Carney-helmed film, which he co-wrote with star Peter McDonald, Rick (Rudd) is a wedding band frontman living in the quaint, picturesque setting of Ireland, where he settled down with a wife…
