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South by Southwest · 2019

South by Southwest 2019

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9 films · 4 reviews

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7 Reasons To Run Away (From Society)

The family, the tenant, the wedding, the businessman, the neighbors, the poor child and the run over. 7 black comedy stories about a dysfunctional society.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Esteve Soler; Writer: Gerard Quinto, Esteve Soler; Stars: Alain Hernández, Sergi López, Emma Suárez, Lola Dueñas, Alex Brendemühl, Núria Gago, David Verdaguer)

Body At Brighton Rock

Wendy, a part-time summer employee at a mountainous state park, takes on a rough trail assignment at the end of the season, trying to prove to her friends that she's capable enough to do the job. When she takes a wrong turn and ends up deep in the backcountry, she stumbles upon what might be a potential crime scene - which she is then asked to guard overnight.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Roxanne Benjamin; Writer: Roxanne Benjamin; Stars: Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily Althaus)

Boyz In The Wood (Get Duked!)

Review preview for Boyz In The Wood

It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
An anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit shites, set in the highlands of Scotland.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Ninian Doff; Writer: Ninian Doff; Stars: Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthriw, Jonathan Aris, Alice Lowe)

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Daniel Isn't Real

Review preview for Daniel Isn't Real

Schwarzenegger handles his role with a restraint unusual in actors his age, so that even viewers with a strong sense of what's coming will warm to him or wonder how bad he can really be.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer; Writer: Brian DeLeeuw, Adam Egypt Mortimer; Stars: Miles Robbins, Sasha Lane, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Mary Stuart Masterson, Hannah Marks)

Full review See: Interview with Sasha Lane about Daniel Isn't Real

Darlin'

Review preview for Darlin'

Lauryn Canny is stunning in the central role, easily adopting the same body language that Mcintosh has used continually to break away from conditioned patterns of movement and take up space.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A sequel to The Woman in which a feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic care and prepared for her First Holy Communion.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Pollyanna McIntosh; Writer: Pollyanna McIntosh, Jack Ketchum; Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Cooper Andrews, Nora-Jane Noone, Eugenie Bondurant, Brian Batt, Lauren Ashley Carter)

Full review See: Interview with Pollyanna McIntosh about Darlin

Girl On The Third Floor

Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Travis Stevens; Writer: Travis Stevens; Stars: CM Punk, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Sarah Brooks)

I See You

Strange occurrences plague a small town detective and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Adam Randall; Writer: Devon Graye; Stars: Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Judah Lewis, Owen Teague, Libe Barer)

Tales From The Lodge

Review preview for Tales From The Lodge

A solid little film which delivers well within the scope of its simple ambition.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
When a group of old friends spend the night telling stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions they soon become aware of another tale unfolding around them. And this one is real.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Abigail Blackmore; Writer: Abigail Blackmore; Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson, Johnny Vegas, Kelly Wenham)

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Tone-Deaf

A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who struggles to hide his pyschopathic tendencies.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Richard Bates Jr; Writer: Richard Bates Jr; Stars: AnnaLynne McCord, Amanda Crew, Robert Patrick, Kim Delaney)