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South by Southwest · 2019

South by Southwest 2019

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Alice

Review preview for Alice

The script is sharp, witty and not afraid to ask awkward questions.

Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
Alice, a happy and perfect wife and mother has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.

(Country: Australia, France; Year: 2019; Director: Josephine Mackerras; Writer: Josephine Mackerras; Stars: David Coburn, Chloé Boreham, Martin Swabey, Etienne Guillou-Kervern)

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Extra Ordinary

Rose, a small-town driving instructor, must use her supernatural talent to save a local teenager from a washed-up rockstar who is using her in a Satanic pact which he hopes will reignite his fame.

(Country: Ireland, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman; Writer: Mike Ahern, Demian Fox; Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte)

Go Back To China

When spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business.

(Country: US, China; Year: 2019; Director: Emily Ting; Writer: Emily Ting; Stars: Anna Akana, Richard Ng, Lynn Chen)

Mickey And The Bear

Faced with the responsibility of caring for her addict, veteran father, a teenager who has the opportunity to leave for good must choose between familial obligation and personal fulfillment.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Annabelle Attanasio; Writer: Annabelle Attanasio; Stars: Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield)

Ms White Light

The story of a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients who have trouble letting go but is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Paul Shoulberg; Writer: Paul Shoulberg; Stars: Roberta Colindrez, Zachary Spicer, John Ortiz, Carson Meyer)

Pig Hag

A woman in her mid-thirties is anxious to find a partner and have children. When she attends a Guns N' Roses concert she thinks she may have met a potential suitor, but he suddenly cuts off contact.

(Year: 2019; Director: Sam Probst, Colby Holt; Writer: Colby Holt; Stars: Anna Schlegel)

Porno

Review preview for Porno

Smart, deceptively sophisticated and beautifully crafted, this is artisan cheese.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When five teenage employees at the local cinema in a small Christian town discover a mysterious old film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education written in blood.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Keola Racela; Writer: Matt Black, Laurence Vannicelli; Stars: Evan Daves, Larry Saperstein, Jillian Mueller, Glenn Stott, Katelyn Pearce, Robbie Tann, Bill Phillips)

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Saint Frances

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As the sunny days pass and Bridget finds herself sinking into the job of caring for Frances more than she imagined, the warmth trickles into the corners of the film leaving cynicism no place to lurk.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Alex Thompson; Writer: Kelly O'Sullivan; Stars: Kelly O'Sullivan, Jim True-Frost, Francis Guinan, Mary Beth Fisher, Max Lipchitz)

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South Mountain

When her husband reveals that another woman has just given birth to his child, an unhappy woman tries to deal with her conflicting emotions through a friendship with a younger man.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Hilary Brougher; Writer: Hilary Brougher; Stars: Talia Balsam, Scott Cohen, Midori Francis)

Yes God Yes

After an innocent AOL chat turns racy, a Catholic teenager in the early 00s discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Karen Maine; Writer: Karen Maine; Stars: Natalia Dyer, Alisha Boe, Timothy Simons, Donna Lynne Champlin)