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South by Southwest · 2025

South by Southwest 2025

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Hallow Road

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Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.

(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Babak Anvari; Writer: William Gillies; Stars: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Paul Tylak, Megan McDonnell, Stephen Jones)

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The Home (Hemmet)

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The real candy is the omnipresent densely uncomfortable atmosphere that comes on top of the richly detailed observations and conclusions in the film's lower layers.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
Many years after leaving, Joel returns home to move his mother Monika to a care facility for the elderly struggling with dementia. But as she starts to have terrifying visions, he begins to suspect something supernatural is at work.

(Country: Sweden, Iceland, Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Mattias Johansson Skoglund; Writer: Mattias Johansson Skoglund, Mats Strandberg; Stars: Gizem Erdogan, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Malin Levanon, Lottie Ejebrant, Lily Wahlsteen, Ayan Ahmed, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Caisa Ankarsparre, Emil Brulin, Janna Granström, Peter Jankert)

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The Surrender

When the family patriarch dies, a grieving mother and daughter risk their lives to perform a brutal resurrection ritual and bring him back from the dead.

(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2025; Director: Julia Max; Writer: Julia Max; Stars: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Chelsea Alden, Vaughn Armstrong, Riley Rose Critchlow)