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SXSW 2026 Review: AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE, Grief Does Strange Things To Two Women With Mommy Issues

Down on her luck Sarah (Hailley Laurén) has returned to her hometown to take possession of the decrepit family home left behind by her deceased mother. Meanwhile, her nosy, unstable neighbor Sandy (Kelsey Pribilski) is insistent that Sarah continue her...

SXSW 2026 Curtain Raiser: 21 Films To Get Excited About At This Year's Festival

Spring has nearly sprung, and in the film world that means that SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally upon us! 2026 marks the festival's 40th edition, and we've got a bumper crop of films to choose from. Screen Anarchy...

THE BUILDOUT Review: Friendship, Grief and Self-Narratives Collide

Writer/director Zeshaan Younus' feature debut flirts with genre in the same way Tarkovsky and Malick flirt with genre.  The film follows two friends as they venture into the mysterious remote area in a vast Southern California desert that a religious...

COUNTRY GOLD Trailer: Mickey Reece's Comedy in Cinemas Next Week

Starting next Friday in New York and progressing throughout the U.S. until the end of the month you may be able to catch Mickey Reece's Country Gold in cinemas before its bow on Fandor on April 4th.    Be sure...

COUNTRY GOLD: Cinedigm Acquires Mickey Reece's Music Comedy For North America

Mickey Reece's latest, the music comedy Country Gold, has been acquired by Cinedigm for a theatrical and digital release. Their plan is to give Country Gold a limited theatrical release in March then premiere it on Fandor, their indie discovery...

Fantasia 2022 Review: COUNTRY GOLD, The Second Best Legend After Johnny Cash

Mickey Reece, prolific indie filmmaker, is no stranger to tackling stories of famous musicians (according to my partner, Reece's film Alien is a far superior look at the life of Elvis than the recent Baz Lurhmann film). After his previous...