Film Review: ‘Becoming Bond’
An Australian car mechanic turned male model, George Lazenby had the hardest job of any James Bond actor: He had to follow Sean Connery. Lazenby made just one 007 movie, 1969's "On Her Majesty's…
SXSW Film Festival
Film Review: ‘Infinity Baby’
As another in-joke whose punchline probably wouldn't be that funny even if there was one, it's unlikely to expand the director's small coterie of admirers.
SXSW Film Review: ‘The Work’
Locked away in Folsom State Prison, the tough, tattooed men seen in "The Work" are serving heavy-duty time, in some cases multiple life sentences, for violent crimes. Most will never be released, and…
SXSW Film Review: ‘Bill Nye: Science Guy’
"Bill Nye: Science Guy" is an efficiently thought-provoking study of what it means to be a rational and analytical advocate for science in an age when deniers of evolution and climate-change often…
SXSW Film Review: ‘Mayhem’
If you can imagine a multi-movie-mashup of boardroom suspenser, "Die Hard" redux and zombie apocalypse — well, too bad, director Joe Lynch and scripter Matias Caruso have already beat you to the…
Film Review: ‘Walking Out’
Crafting a convincing tale of survival against steep odds in a harsh, unforgiving landscape would seem to be out of the reach of most low-budget independent filmmakers. Fortunately for twin-brother…
SXSW Film Review: ‘M.F.A.’
Whatever its flaws, Natalia Leite's "M.F.A." certainly doesn't suffer from timidity. Offering an unapologetically feminist, female-centric take on the oft-problematic (and oft-male-gaze-dominated)…
SXSW Film Review: ‘Most Beautiful Island’
In Ana Asensio's Big Apple-set "Most Beautiful Island," a cash-strapped but model-gorgeous undocumented immigrant agrees to attend a dangerous party for rich and ruthless New Yorkers. For…
SXSW Film Review: ‘Life’
Why is it that practically every time sci-fi characters discover evidence of extraterrestrial life, they are just as swiftly confronted with creative new ways to die? As "we are not alone" scenarios…
SXSW Film Review: ‘A Bad Idea Gone Wrong’
The quirkiness quotient is sufficiently elevated to provide modest amusement in "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong," a lightweight comedy that, with only minor tweaking, could be reverse-engineered into the kind…
SXSW Film Review: '68 Kill'
Not everyone will enjoy this slide down a narrative garbage chute lined with thorns, but those with a taste for midnight-movie outrageousness will cotton to its bad-taste absurdism.
