Top 5 Films from SXSW 2026
Top 5 Films from SXSW 2026 The SXSW Film & TV Festival remains one of the more exciting early checkpoints in the film year because it brings together so many…
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March 24, 2026
Bethany Brown and Tandia Mercedes in A Safe Distance | Photo Credit: Devan Scott
A Safe Distance Interview | Gloria Mercer, Aidan West, Cody Kearsley, and Tandia Mercedes on SXSW, Intimacy, and Building a Feminist Thriller
A Safe Distance had its world premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival on Thursday, March 12, and it is a film that naturally invites conversation. Directed by Gloria Mercer, the Canadian feature follows Alex, a woman abandoned in the forest by her boyfriend, who soon finds herself pulled into the orbit of a fugitive couple living off the grid.
March 22, 2026
The Sun Never Sets Review | Joe Swanberg Returns With One of His Most Complete Films Yet
There is something fitting about seeing Joe Swanberg back at SXSW with a full-length feature. For a certain generation of American independent film, Swanberg was one of the defining architects of a loose, intimate, improvisation-driven style that would eventually get folded into the ever-clumsy label of mumblecore.
March 17, 2026
I Love Boosters Review | Boots Riley Delivers Another Wild, Unruly Work of Art
I Love Boosters opened the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival with its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre, and it felt exactly like the kind of film you would want to launch a festival with: loud, unruly, politically charged, funny, abrasive, beautifully designed, and impossible to confuse with anyone else’s work.
March 16, 2026
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Review | A Bigger, Bloodier, Crowd-Pleasing Sequel
Certain films are built for a packed theatre, and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is absolutely one of them. I caught the film at its SXSW premiere at the Paramount Theatre, where it played as a Headliner screening, and it felt like one of the marquee crowd events of the festival.
March 15, 2026
Claire Foy in H is for Hawk | Roadside Attractions
Writer Emma Donoghue on Her Latest Film, H is for Hawk: “Film is Always a True Collaboration”
My introduction to Emma Donoghue’s screenwriting was a memorable one: watching Room in a confined space—in my case, the middle seat of an aircraft—and realizing mid-flight that it would be an uphill battle to not let out an ugly cry surrounded by strangers.
January 24, 2026
Jake Holley and Connor Storrie in RILEY | Image Courtesy of Windsor Film Company
Essential Connor Storrie Viewing: Why ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fans Need to Watch ‘Riley’ Immediately
Connor Storrie is currently monopolizing a specific corner of the cultural conversation via Heated Rivalry. While his portrayal of Ilya Rozanov is the catalyst for this recent attention, viewing it in isolation ignores the groundwork laid by his earlier indie appearances. To understand the mechanics of Storrie’s current performance, one needs to look back at Benjamin Howard’s 2023 drama, Riley.
January 23, 2026
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Honey Bunch Film Review: A Meta Relationship Thriller
Honey Bunch Film Review: A Meta Relationship Thriller Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli are the filmmaking duo best known for their uncompromisingly brutal debut, Violation, which premiered at TIFF and…
January 21, 2026
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Sleepwalker Film Review: Out on VOD January 9th
Sleepwalker Film Review: Out on VOD January 9, 2026 Sleepwalker, written and directed by Brandon Auman, stages a familiar horror proposition with immediate formal confidence: trauma rendered as an invasive…
January 9, 2026
Points of Review - Top 25 Films of 2025
Top 25 Films of 2025
Another year, another “best of” list. These are the movies that hit me hardest in 2025 — the ones that will stick, formally and emotionally, long into 2026.
December 31, 2025