WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, 2021.Directed by Jed Rothstein.SYNOPSIS:Explores the rise and fall of one of the biggest corporate flameouts and venture capitalist bubbles in recent years – the story of WeWork, and its hippie-messianic leader Adam Neumann.The latest documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jed Rothstein (Killing in the Name) […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Not Going Quietly
Not Going Quietly, 2021.Directed by Nicholas Bruckman.SYNOPSIS:An intimate, inspiring look at activist and loving father Ady Barkan, diagnosed with ALS at age 32 and who, in spite of declining physical abilities, embarks on a nationwide campaign for healthcare reform.It’s no secret to anyone with their eyes open that the American healthcare system continues to be one […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, 2021.Directed by Kier-La Janisse.SYNOPSIS:Woodlands Dark Days and Days Bewitched is the first feature-length documentary on the history of folk horror, from the 1960s to today.There are few major film genres, if any, as stratified as horror, such that even the most diffuse of subgenres can […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Lily Topples the World
Lily Topples the World, 2021.Directed by Jeremy Workman. Featuring Lily Hevesh.SYNOPSIS:Follows 20-year-old Lily Hevesh – the world’s most acclaimed domino toppler and the only woman in her field – in a coming-of-age story of artistry, passion, and unlikely triumph.“If you have an odd interest, keep doing it,” are the wise words uttered by world-renowned 22-year-old domino […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – See You Then
See You Then, 2021.Co-written and directed by Mari Walker. Starring Pooya Mohseni and Lynn Chen.SYNOPSIS:A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to catch-up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris’ transition.Mari Walker’s feature debut offers a perceptive – if slight – window into the difficulties faced by trans people, with […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Sasquatch
Shaun Munro reviews the SXSW premiere of Hulu’s documentary series Sasquatch…This Duplass brothers-produced true crime series from documentarian Joshua Rofé (Lorena) attempts to bring truthful resolution to an eerie murder-mystery which has hounded a man for almost three decades. And so while Sasquatch – a three-part docu-series premiering on Hulu on April 20th – can […]
