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South by Southwest · 2026

South by Southwest 2026

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I Love Boosters

Review preview for I Love Boosters

I suspected there'd be ideas introduced that lesser films would attempt to spin out while this grabbed another and another and another, and so it came to pass.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Boots Riley; Writer: Boots Riley; Stars: Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Demi Moore)

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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Two gangsters and the woman they love try to survive the most dangerous night of their lives, with a time machine.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: BenDavid Grabinski; Writer: BenDavid Grabinski; Stars: Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza González, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro, Stephen Root, Lewis Tan, Ben Schwartz, Emily Hampshire, Arturo Castro)

Over Your Dead Body

Jealousies swirl around a beautiful young theatre actress starring in a classic ghost story, with bloody consequences.

(Year: 2014; Director: Takashi Miike; Stars: Ko Shibasaki, Ebizo Ichikawa, Miho Nakanishi, Hideaki Ito, Hitomi Katayama)

Pretty Lethal

Five ballerinas, stranded in a remote forest, take shelter at an unsettling roadside inn. They must weaponise years of brutal training, turning grace, discipline, and even pointe shoes into tools for survival.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Vicky Jewson; Writer: Kate Freund; Stars: Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler, Uma Thurman)

Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come

Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett; Writer: Guy Busick, R Christopher Murphy; Stars: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood)

They Will Kill You

A young woman must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult's lair.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kirill Sokolov; Writer: Kirill Sokolov, Alex Litvak; Stars: Zazie Beetz, Myha'La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, Patricia Arquette)