SXSW

SXSW 2024: Interview With Editor Lucas Harger

Film Inquiry spoke with editor Lucas Harger, who had two films recently premiere at SXSW!

SXSW Film Festival 2024: AN ARMY OF WOMEN & WE WERE DANGEROUS
SXSW Film Festival 2024: AN ARMY OF WOMEN & WE WERE DANGEROUS

In this SXSW report, we take a look at two female-driven titles: An Army of Women and We Were Dangerous.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: BIRDEATER
SXSW Film Festival 2024: BIRDEATER

A skill that speaks to a seasoned directing team, but as a debut feature Birdeater tests and tortures, and doesn’t waver.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: ROAD HOUSE, MONKEY MAN & THE FALL GUY
SXSW Film Festival 2024: ROAD HOUSE, MONKEY MAN & THE FALL GUY

Three of the biggest headliners this year’s SXSW Film Festival are action movies, featuring some of the craziest fist fights seeen on the big screen.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: DESERT ROAD

Desert Road is what indie cinema should be. It’s ambitious, beautifully shot, and entertaining in all the right ways.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: MY SEXTORTION DIARY
SXSW Film Festival 2024: MY SEXTORTION DIARY

My Sextortion Diary, the hour-long documentary that arose from Franquesa’s harrowing experience with digital blackmail.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT
SXSW Film Festival 2024: THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT

This thriller is confidently executed enough to swing for the fences with metaphysical lore that’s either complex enough to unpack with friends.

SXSW Film Festival 2023: SEW TORN
SXSW Film Festival 2023: SEW TORN

Admirably, Sew Torn remains winningly earnest in its treatment, aiming for Edgar Wright’s shaggy dogs over Nolan’s smooth criminals.

SXSW Film Film Festival 2024: SECRET MALL APARTMENT
SXSW Film Festival 2024: SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Like any really good yarn, Secret Mall Apartment has one truly weird story to tell you.

Interview With Tomás Gómez Bustillo Writer/Director of CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
Interview With Tomás Gómez Bustillo Writer/Director of CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT

Film Inquiry spoke with writer/director Tomás Gómez Bustillo for Chronicles of a Wandering Saint!

SXSW Film Festival 2023: LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, FRY BREAD FACE AND ME & FURIES
SXSW Film Festival 2023: LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, FRY BREAD FACE AND ME & FURIES

In her final report from the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, Kristy Strouse reviews Furies, Fry Bread Face and Me and Late Night with the Devil!

SXSW Film Festival 2023: PAY OR DIE
SXSW Film Festival 2023: PAY OR DIE

Pay or Die chronicles the battle to improve insulin costs and the healthcare system, capturing the grief of those lost but also showing hope and resilience.

SXSW Film Festival 2023: FUCK ME, RICHARD, SCOTTY’S VAG & I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE TELLING YOU THIS
SXSW Film Festival 2023: FUCK ME, RICHARD, SCOTTY’S VAG & I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T BE TELLING YOU THIS

SXSW 2023 delivers three short films directed by women that examine female, Gen Z/millennial characters struggling to be seen and understood.

SXSW Film Festival 2023: PEAK SEASON: A Lost In Translation Tale In Jackson Hole
SXSW Film Festival 2023: PEAK SEASON: A Lost In Translation Tale In Jackson Hole

Peak Season is no reinvention of the wheel here, but there are things to recommend.

SXSW Film Festival 2023: CATERPILLAR, HUNG UP ON A DREAM, & ART FOR EVERYBODY
SXSW Film and TV Festival 2023: CATERPILLAR, HUNG UP ON A DREAM, & ART FOR EVERYBODY

In this report, I talk about three documentaries. While they differ in subject matter, they each resemble some stage of a quest for a dream.