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South by Southwest · 2022

South by Southwest 2022

Feature Competition

Programme

9 films · 6 reviews

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It Is In Us All

Review preview for It Is In Us All

Jarvis' performance connects, or perhaps more accurately, carefully unhinges the dots of Hamish's unravelling.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man and a teenager are find themselves unexpectedly conneceted by a car crash.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Antonia Campbell-Hughes; Writer: Antonia Campbell-Hughes; Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Rhys Mannion, Claes Bang, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Lalor Roddy)

Full review See: Antonia Campbell-Hughes on her debut It Is In Us All

I Love My Dad

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One of the best things about cinema is that it encourages us to feel empathy for others, but in a case like this, one hopes that it will not contribute to gaslighting for people currently in vulnerable situations.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, a father impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with the boy. But things begin to spiral when his son falls for this imaginary girl.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: James Morosini; Writer: James Morosini; Stars: Patton Oswalt, James Morosini, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Ricky Velez, Lil Rel Howery, Amy Landecker)

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Linoleum

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By the time that West is ready to show his hand directly, most viewers will be so wrapped up in Linoleum that that details will scarcely matter.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When a satellite falls from orbit and crashes into the suburban home of a dysfunctional family in Ohio, the father seizes the opportunity to fulfil his dream of becoming an astronaut by re-building it into his own rocket ship. While his wife and daughter believe he's experiencing a midlife crisis, surreal events begin to unfold around him.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Colin West; Writer: Colin West; Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, Roger Hendricks Simon)

Full review See: Interview with Colin West about Linoleum

A Lot Of Nothing

A husband and wife react in very different ways when, watching the news one night when they see cell phone footage of their neighbour committing a crime.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mo McRae; Writer: Sarah Kelly Kaplan, Mo McRae; Stars: Y'lan Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Shamier Anderson, Lex Scott Davis, Justin Hartley)

Nika

A once famous child poet goes to drama school and tries to recapture the magic of her past. Based on a true story.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2022; Director: Vasilisa Kuzmina; Writer: Yulia Gulyan, Vasilisa Kuzmina; Stars: Elizaveta Yankovskaya, Anna Mikhalkova, Ivan Fominov, Vita Korneenko)

Seriously Red

A middle aged woman trades her nine to five career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Gracie Otto; Writer: Krew Boylan; Stars: Rose Byrne, Krew Boylan, Bobby Cannavale, Daniel Webber, Celeste Barber, Thomas Campbell)

Slash/Back

Review preview for Slash/Back

If you only see two films about young indigenous women fighting aliens this year, make sure that this is one of them.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A group of teenage girls living in the sleepy hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, discover an impending alien invasion and set out to defend their homeland.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Nyla Innuksuk; Writer: Nyla Innuksuk, Ryan Cavan; Stars: Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Wolfe, Chelsea Prusky, Frankie Vincent-Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth)

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Soft & Quiet

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The easy flow of de Araújo’s film and the intensity of its characters makes it easy to miss just what an impressive achievement it is at a technical level.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
An afternoon in the life of Emily, a female white supremacist and elementary school teacher.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Beth de Araújo; Writer: Beth de Araújo; Stars: Stefanie Estes, Olivia Luccardi, Eleanore Pienta, Dana Millican, Melissa Paulo, Jon Beavers, Cissy Ly)

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What We Leave Behind

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The pace is slow, in keeping with the rhythms of Julián’s life. Often the camera simply waits, taking in the changing light or the animals going to and fro.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
After a lifetime of bus rides to the US to visit his children, Julián quietly starts building a house in rural Mexico. In filming his work, his granddaughter crafts a personal and poetic love letter to him and his homeland.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: lIliana Sosa; Writer: Isidore Bethe, lIliana Sosa)

Full review See: Interview with Iliana Sosa about What We Leave Behind