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The Greek philosopher Aristotle defined tragedy as an action “that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude.” But in the United States, there...
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The Greek philosopher Aristotle defined tragedy as an action “that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude.” But in the United States, there...
Full disclosure: while running an Olympic-themed movie competition in 2024, your humble FOG! correspondent was pleased (and a bit confused) to discover the surprisingly...
With the notable exceptions of Witness and Kingpin (and, more recently, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking), big screen depictions of the stubbornly old school, modernity-eschewing...
It shouldn’t be all that surprising that the big money multimedia hype bomb of a festival responsible for the world’s largest Doritos vending machine...
While the historical-clips-plus-talking-heads style of this documentary may be conventional, its subject was anything but: namely FLOTUS Lady Bird Johnson’s indomitable press secretary, Mary...
“You can’t stop the production just because somebody dies.” So says Pinny Grylls, co-director of the singular (and 2024 SXSW Documentary Feature Competition Jury...
From the earliest Gen Con wargaming clubs in the 1960s to the Freaks and Geeks and Stranger Things kids rolling 20-sided dice in suburban...
Though not technically a musical, writer/director Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams is peppered with engaging song and dance numbers (both in the...
It was love at first sight in 1990 when I first began visiting (and occasionally living in) Austin, TX — and then a year...
There are only so many hours in a day — especially when Daylight Savings springs forward right in the middle of the SXSW Film & TV...
Founded in 1987 as a music festival, the Austin, TX event known as South by Southwest (a.k.a., SXSW) added films to the mix in...
There are various traditions film lovers enjoy at the start of each new year, like applauding the Oscar nominations we approve of while complaining...
As always, it was impossible to see everything at the 2022 edition of the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, TX — especially...
March 8th was International Women’s Day and there really isn’t a better time to talk about a film that was ahead of its time....
In 2020, the cancellation of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas was an early indication that COVID-19 was just about to bring the entire...
Even at a safe social distance, through the prism of phone, tablet, and laptop screens, the virtual 2021 edition of the South by Southwest...
In 1994, Tom Petty broke away from his long-time backing band The Heartbreakers to make what would become his best-selling solo album, “Wildflowers,” which...
Jakob’s Wife puts a very funny, original spin on the vampire comedy and provides a terrific vehicle for horror icon Barbara Crampton who, like...
As part of SXSW 21, several upcoming pilots were presented. Of the three I saw, only one really stood out as awful and the...
In Ursula Macfarlane’s riveting “stranger than fiction” documentary, a man who was kidnapped as a baby and found two years later starts to question...
Genuine chemistry is what elevates a good performance to a great one. So often, that chemistry is judged on romantic relationships or same sex...
Prolific horror director Mickey Keating has a reputation for riffing on other filmmakers and styles in his work, from his Roman Polanski homage Darling...
Nick (Ben Coleman) is an aspiring actor/musician & Leah (Ali Vingiano) is a non-specific business person. As far as couples go they are generally...
Defined by the Mayo Clinic, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is, “a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).” With no...