The Cinema Spot is back at the South by Southwest Film Festival this year with more coverage than ever! Check out all of our ever-growing catalogue of coverage from the festival. From reviews of features, shorts and more, to interviews with actors, directors, and writers, we have the latest coming from the Austin, Texas-based festival for you right here! Find our first reaction for the FX series Atlanta and the premiere of Paramount+’s HALO series here! Check back daily for more reviews and interviews.
SXSW 2022 Reviews
| Critic | Our Reviews | About | Published On | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Simmons | ‘The PEZ Outlaw’ (Documentary) Review | SXSW 2022 | We got to see ‘The PEZ Outlaw’ at SXSW last month, and its story will “keep you invested in the cartoonish mania of [Steve] Glew’s business”! | April 4, 2022 | |
| Sarah Taylor | ‘My Year of Dicks’ Episode 1 – ‘The Vampire’ (SXSW) – Non-Spoiler Review and Interview with Writer/Creator Pamela Ribon and Director Sara Gunnarsdóttir | A unique journey thats as strangely nostalgic as it is entertaining. A Must watch for all! Check out our review of the premiere and interview with Creator Pam Ribon and Director Sara Gunnarsdóttir here: | March 22, 2022 | |
| Sarah Taylor | ‘Sell/Buy/Date’ (SXSW 2022) Documentary Review – The Conversation We Should Be Having | Sarah Jones’s SXSW documentary, ‘Sell/Buy/Date’, is an emotional exploration of a difficult topic, with a personal twist! | March 21, 2022 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Atlanta’ Season 3 Premiere (SXSW 2022) Non-Spoiler Review – “Three Slaps” & “Sinterklaas Is Coming To Town” | Do you think you are ready for the return? You are not. Read our early non-spoiler review on the two-part ‘Atlanta’ Season 3 premiere! | March 19, 2022 | |
| Sarah Taylor | ‘Seriously Red’ (SXSW 2022) Non-Spoiler Review – Discovering Your True Self | We got to see Gracie Otto’s #SXSW comedy-drama, ‘Seriously Red’, and it is a delightful journey to finding who you are — the Dolly way! | March 18, 2022 | |
| Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Premiere (SXSW) Non-Spoiler Review – “Contact” & “Unbound” | We got to see Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ series premiere at #SXSW, and it “takes many risks to deviate a lot from the source material”! | March 16, 2022 | ||
| Sarah Taylor | Andrew Dominik’s ‘This Much I Know To Be True’ (SXSW 2022) Documentary Non-Spoiler Review – Making The Music | A simple yet enticing look into the world of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ musical genius with the #SXSW film, ‘This Much I Know To Be True’! | March 15, 2022 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | Gillian Jacobs’s ‘More Than Robots’ (SXSW 2022) Documentary Non-Spoiler Review – How To Make A Change Through Post-Human Machines | Gillian Jacobs’s #SXSW documentary, ‘More Than Robots’ comes to Disney+ this week and suggests that “we all have a part in society”! | March 15, 2022 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Wild Bitch’ (SXSW 2022) Short Film Spoiler Review – Ecosophy Versus Evil | “Johnson and Nash do well together in their fight for a common cause” in their #SXSW short film, ‘Wild Bitch’! | March 12, 2022 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Local Middle Schooler’ (SXSW 2022) Short Film Spoiler Review – Who Gets The Last Lash? | Bharadwaj’s ‘Local Middle Schooler,’ is “a lovely comedy short film [at #SXSW] about what happens when you take advantage of your gifts.” | March 10, 2022 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Horse Brothers’ (SXSW 2022) Short Film Spoiler Review – A Breaking-Up Of Reality | Velasco and Mitrovic’s short film ‘Horse Brothers’ premieres at #SXSW next week. It separates our reality from the fragmented pseudoworld! | March 7, 2022 |
SXSW 2022 Interviews
| Interviewer | Our Interviews | About | Published On | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘More Than Robots’ (SXSW 2022) Interview With Producer Jason Sterman, FIRST Founder Dean Kamen, & Director Gillian Jacobs | Read our SXSW interview with Gillian Jacobs and others from Disney+’s ‘More Than Robots’, where we discuss becoming a global community! | March 23, 2022 | |
| Sarah Taylor | ‘My Year of Dicks’ Episode 1 – ‘The Vampire’ (SXSW) – Non-Spoiler Review and Interview with Writer/Creator Pamela Ribon and Director Sara Gunnarsdóttir | A unique journey thats as strangely nostalgic as it is entertaining. A Must watch for all! Check out our review of the premiere and interview with Creator Pam Ribon and Director Sara Gunnarsdóttir here: | March 22, 2022 | |
| Sarah Taylor | ‘Seriously Red’ (SXSW 2022) Interview With Writer/Actor Krew Boylan And Actor Daniel Webber | We got to sit down with Krew Boylan and Daniel Webber from their #SXSW film ‘Seriously Red’, where we paid tribute to the best! | March 18, 2022 | |
| Carter Solomon | ‘Radical Honesty’ (SXSW) Short Film Interview With Writer/ Actor Allison Goldfarb And Director Bianca Poletti | We got to speak with writer/ actor Allison Goldfarb and director Bianca Poletti for their upcoming #SXSW comedic short film, ‘Radical Honesty’! | March 9, 2022 |
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Check out some of our pieces from 2021’s SXSW Film Festival!
2021 SXSW Pieces
| Critic | Our Reviews | About | Published On | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Witch Hunt’ (SXSW 2021) Non-Spoiler Review | Elle Callahan’s ‘Witch Hunt’ premiered at #SXSW in March and does “a great job of walking around any budgetary issues”. Our full review! | May 19, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Violet’ (SXSW 2021) – Non-Spoiler Review | #Violet, @JustineBateman’s directorial debut, premiered at #SXSW last month. It is “an experimentative study of characters” worth watching! | April 15, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Made For Love’ – Pilot Review (SXSW 2021) | HBO Max’s #MadeforLove pilot premiered at #SXSW last month. It is “exciting, darkly funny, and at times, infuriating to watch.” | March 31, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Alien On Stage’ Documentary (SXSW 2021) Review | #AlienOnStage screened at #SXSW last week. The documentary is “a great mood-lifting remedy we all deserve after such a horrible year.” | March 25, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘The Hunt For Planet B’ (SXSW 2021) Review | #TheHuntforPlanetB was screened at #SXSW last week. What’s offered in the film is “something deeper than a traditional science documentary”! | March 25, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Play It Safe’ (SXSW 2021) Spoiler Review | Mitch Kalisa’s dramatic short film #PlayItSafe released at #SXSW last week and showed us the liminal spaces worth breaking through! | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Love Is Just A Death Away’ (SXSW ’21) Spoiler Review | Bára Anna Stejskalová’s #SXSW stop-motion animated short film #LoveisJustaDeathAway succeeds in its unique storytelling techniques! | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Here Before’ (SXSW 2021) Non-Spoiler Review | Stacey Gregg’s mysterious drama-thriller ‘Here Before’ premiered at #SXSW last week. The film properly takes us through the stages of grief. | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Sound of Violence’ (SXSW 2021) Spoiler Review | Alex Noyer’s #SoundofViolence premiered at #SXSW this past week. The film is a creative combination of ‘Crank’ and ‘Peeping Tom’! | March 21, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Luchadoras’ (SXSW 2021) Documentary Review | Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim’s #Luchadoras premiered at #SXSW this past week. The documentary sheds light on violence towards Mexican women. | March 21, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’: An Emotional Journey of the Human Spirit | “‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ is a fantastic documentary enough for anyone to feel inspired by how amazing one person’s human spirit can be.” | March 18, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Potato Dreams of America’ (SXSW Review) | ‘Potato Dreams of America’ sounds like a fascinating story, but can be overshadowed by a lacklustre script and clumsy direction. | March 18, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | Hannah Bang’s ‘SOAK’ (SXSW ’21) Short Film Review | Hannah Bang’s MFA thesis short film ‘SOAK’ premieres at SXSW 2021 this week, and it captures the raw emotion often found in drama narratives! | March 17, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘The Thing That Ate The Birds’ (SXSW ’21) Review | Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham’s short film ‘The Thing That Ate The Birds’ premieres this week at SXSW 2021, and it’s absolutely terrifying. | March 17, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | Polaris Banks’s ‘Reklaw’ (SXSW ’21) Short Film Review | Reklaw premieres next week at SXSW 2021, and the short film is a perfect blend of crime, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy! | March 9, 2021 |