SXSW Film Festival 2025: Fu*cktoys, $Positions, Idiotka | Festivals & Awards
Annapurna Sriram’s feature debut “Fu*cktoys,” about a sex worker earning a living while undoing a curse, is farce, psychodrama, theological inquiry, softcore, satire, and tragedy, all at the same time. And in an era when nearly everyone has gone digital, it’s been shot on 16mm color film by Cory Fraiman-Lott
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Table of Contents | Festivals & Awards
Links to all of our coverage this year, separated by author, in order of publication: BRIAN TALLERICO It Ends The Threesome Caper Another Simple Favor The Accountant 2 Death of a Unicorn O’Dessa Ghost Boy The Secret of Me Take No Prisoners Holland Drop The Rivals of Amziah King Hallow
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Are We Good?, I’m Carl Lewis!, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror | Festivals & Awards
When documentaries center on one person, breadth is often sacrificed for depth. Thankfully, for the most part, three docs at this year’s SXSW are structured less in a way to speedily run through the greatest hits but to create a space for their subjects to meditate and ponder at their
Official Trailer for ‘Desire: The Carl Craig Story’ Techno DJ Doc Film
Official Trailer for ‘Desire: The Carl Craig Story’ Techno DJ Doc Film by Alex Billington March 14, 2025Source: YouTube “Needs to be heard big and loud.” Sovereign Film in the UK has unveiled the trailer for a documentary film titled Desire: The Carl Craig Story, a biopic doc profiling the
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick | Festivals & Awards
At this year’s SXSW, I’ve found that it’s easier to spot the thematic throughlines across projects. It’s a testament to the programmers for creating a line-up where the films feel in conversation with each other. Where else do you get films like “Together” and “Friendship,”–both of which explore the physical
An Admirably Abrasive Film With a Blistering Hero at the Helm
Pet Shop Days, written by Jack Irv, Olmo Schnabel, and Galen Core and directed by Schnabel in his debut, features a protagonist so unlikable, so emotionally ugly it’s almost to be admired. Alejandro (Darío Yazbek Bernal) is a rich Mexican kid and poster child for Freud: he hates his father
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Baltimorons, For Worse, Magic Hour | Festivals & Awards
Filmmakers often underestimate how important it can be to feel their love for their characters. When a writer/director sees the people on-screen as three-dimensional people with hopes, dreams, and fears instead of just cogs in the machine of their plot, it’s much easier for us to do the same. For
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Rivals of Amziah King, Hallow Road, The Dutchman | Festivals & Awards
A film finally hit this year’s relatively down SXSW like a bolt of lightning, producing multiple in-film applause breaks and a standing ovation at the end. Andrew Patterson’s “The Rivals of Amziah King” is a crowd-pleasing wonder, a new classic of the American South that hums with earnest adoration for
Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film
Sister Midnight review – a droll, strange, cool freak of a film About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as
Watch: ‘Noggin’ – Clever Stop-Motion Animated Short Film About MS
Watch: ‘Noggin’ – Clever Stop-Motion Animated Short Film About MS by Alex Billington March 10, 2025Source: Vimeo “You see, you’ve got a problem with the electricity in your noggin. I know it’s confusing, but try not to flip out or anything.” This creative short film created by Case Jernigan is
