Deadstream, 2022.Written and Directed by Joseph Winter and Vanessa Winter. Starring Joseph Winter and Melanie Stone.SYNOPSIS:A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.About the […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Pez Outlaw
The Pez Outlaw, 2022.Directed by Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel. Starring Steven J. Glew.SYNOPSIS:Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare Pez dispensers into the U.S. from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident, decided to destroy him.Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel’s deliriously entertaining documentary digs […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Unknown Country
The Unknown Country, 2022.Written and Directed by Morrisa Maltz. Starring Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Devin Shangreaux, Jasmine “Jazzy” Bearkiller Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Dale Leander Toller, Florence R. Perrin, and Scott Stampe.SYNOPSIS:An invitation to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family launches a grieving young woman on an unexpected road […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – Master
Master, 2022.Written and Directed by Mariama Diallo. Starring Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Amber Gray, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Ella Hunt, Noa Fisher, Kara Young, Bruce Altman, Jennifer Dundas, Joel de la Fuente, and Anna Van Patten.SYNOPSIS:Two African American women begin to share disturbing experiences at a predominantly white college in New England.It’s tough to call […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – The Prank
The Prank, 2022.Directed by Maureen Bharoocha. Starring Rita Moreno, Kate Flannery, Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Keith David, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak, Betsy Sodaro, and Romel de Silva.SYNOPSIS:Ben and his slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school physics professor. When she fails them on a test, they teach the demanding instructor […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, 2022.Written and Directed by Teemu Nikki. Starring Petri Poikolainen, Marjaana Maijala, Hannamaija Nikander, Matti Onnismaa, Samuli Jaskio, Rami Rusinen, and Lassi Poikolainen.SYNOPSIS:Jaakko is a blind man who is confined to a wheelchair. He is in love with Sirpa, with whom he has had a long-distance […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Deadstream
Deadstream, 2022.Written and directed by Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter. Starring Joseph Winter and Melanie Stone.SYNOPSIS:A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.Braced somewhere […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – Women Do Cry
Women Do Cry, 2022.Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva. Starring Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Diana Spasova, Bilyana Kazakova, Dobriela Popova, Rositca Gevrenova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, and Katia Kazakova.SYNOPSIS:A family full of women in a society where “gender” is not a familiar word.Based on real-life interactions and stories from writers and directors Vesela Kazakova […]
