South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Like a dream, within a dream, within a dream, Gaia (2021) is an Afrikaans/English-language film that is some truly surreal eco-horror. Directed by Jaco Bouwer, Gaia boasts beautiful special effects that are as mesmerizing as they are memorable, something I would liken to what I saw in Midsommar [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - In the early 90s, Drag Queen Joan Jett Blakk started her political career. Ms. Blakk is the drag persona of Terence Alan Smith, an African American actor, writer, and begrudging but inspired political candidate. The Beauty President highlights Blakk’s run for presidential candidacy in 1992. The Beauty President reflects [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Per an introduction message from its creator, writer, and producer Little Marvin, Them (2021) will be a TV show available through Amazon studios that tells a frightening tale of the disenfranchised in America and their lack of access to homeownership. Directed by Nelson Cragg, this tea of horror [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Executive Produced by Jessica Biel, the new show Cruel Summer will be available through Freeform beginning April 20th, 2021. For now, this 45-minute piece will be screening its first episode through SXSW Online 2021 within its "Episodic Premieres" category, offering some crime investigation and teen melodrama to this [...]

Of course we're all interested in the film side of SXSW-- that's where the horror is, after all! Still, we'd be remiss not to take the opportunity to enjoy some of the music featured at the festival, and what better way to merge those interests than by taking a look at the submissions for the [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - In space, no one can hear you scream. Thankfully, when a determined group of bus drivers from Dorset decide to put on Alien as their annual pantomime, they get more than their fair share of screams, cheers, laughter, and applause… after a few tries, a big move to [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Though our present seems pretty dystopian already, in an alternate dystopian present-day created by writer/director Elle Callahan, her new film, Witch Hunt (2021) explores a society that feels plagued by witches. Set to screen as part of SXSW Online 2021's section titled "2020 Spotlights," Witch Hunt is surprisingly [...]