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SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
SXSW 2026 Review: BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET Explores the Life of Artist David Greenberger
In documentaries like Welcome to the Club and The Winding Stream, director Beth Harrington celebrates the work of outsider artists, pinpointing their importance in culture. Beyond the Duplex Planet covers David Greenberger, more overlooked rather than an outsider. For years...
SXSW 2026 Review: MAM, Making a Dream Come True Is Hard Work
Director Nan Feix tells an irresistibly charming story of a cook and a waitress.
SXSW 2026 Review: THEIR TOWN, Walking and Talking. And Making a Connection.
Ora Duplass and Chosen Jacobs star, Katie Aselton directed, Mark Duplass wrote.
SXSW 2026 Review: SPARKS, Time Travel Could Be Fun
Elsie Fisher leads a talented ensemble in writer/director Fergus Campbell's charming adventure.
SXSW 2026 Review: THE ASCENT, Climb Every Mountain
Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, and Francis Cronin direct the documentary, which follows one woman's brave journey through trauma and up a mountain, while the night she lost her legs becomes a true-crime story.
SXSW 2026 Review: AND HER BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, What's Love Got to Do With It
Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks scripted and star; Polaris Banks directed.
SXSW 2026 Review: THE MAN WITH THE BIG HAT, Digging Up a Quietly Influential Musician
Singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz's roots go deep and his influence goes wide.
SXSW 2026 Review: SUMMER 2000: THE X-CETRA STORY, Three Chords and the Truth
Actress/director Ayden Mayeri's surprising documentary celebrates life, friendship and the ties that bind. Which is still only half the story. Because there's also the music!
SXSW 2026 Review: GRIND, The Gig Economy Is Killing Gen Z. Literally.
The gig economy is killing Gen Z, and Grind has something to say about it. This anthology film from directors Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), and Ed Dougherty explores the unique and exquisite pains of making...
SXSW 2026 Review: Aussie Horror DEAD EYES Is A First Person Nightmare
A weekend couples’ excursion the Australian woods goes hellishly awry in director Richard E. Williams’s experimental POV horror, Dead Eyes, premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Sean (Rijen Laine) and his fiancée Grace (Ana Thu Nguyen) are meeting...
SXSW 2026: Another Programming Wave Brings More Than 50 Additions
"Five ballerinas, stranded in a remote forest ... must weaponize!" If that partial quote, borrowed from a film below, doesn't get you excited for SXSW 2026, I don't know what will, my friends. We've already covered the opening night film...
SXSW 2025: How Theaters Are Eventizing the Moviegoing Experience
Before I watched anything at SXSW this year, I began Friday, March 7, by attending a panel entitled "How Theaters Are Eventizing the Moviegoing Experience." Much of the discussion centered around how individual theaters and local cinema chains have made...
SXSW 2025: CORINA, NIRVANA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, and More Win Audience Awards
For reasons I cannot fully explain, I an unreasonably happy that director Urzula Barba Hopfner's Corina won the Audience Award in the Global section at SXSW 2025. I love the movie. That is all. Matt Johnson's Nirvana the Band the...
SXSW 2025 Wrap: All Our Reviews, Interviews, and More
The sound of silence is deafening. SXSW 2025 has concluded this year's edition. Last week the jury and special awards were announced. Updated 5/23/25: Our coverage is now complete. We saw a lot of films we loved and liked in...
SXSW 2025 Review: CAPER, Toxicity Does Not Pay
Dan Imperial's comedy is a bitter pill to swallow for six New York City men.
SXSW 2025 Review: FLIGHT 149: HOSTAGE OF WAR, Flown into a War Zone
Directed by Jenny Ash, the film asks why civilian passengers were used as pawns by powerful forces.
SXSW 2025 Review: LIFEHACK, Raw Humanity, Vibrant Storytelling
Ronan Corrigan's crime thriller is like a buzz haircut.
SXSW 2025 Review: $POSITIONS, Money Changes Everything
Brandon Daley's wildly funny film stars Mike Kunicki, Vinny Kress, Trevor Dawkins, and Kaylyn Carter in a compelling tale of friendship, obsession, and a p--- bomb.
