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
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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
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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Grace Glowicki (DIANA), Ben Petrie (HOMER), © 2025 Cat People
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
2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards Full Nominations List Revealed
The nominations for the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards are here. The 41st edition of the awards will once again spotlight the best in independent film and television, with this year’s ceremony set for Sunday, February 15, 2026.
December 3, 2025
25 CUFF Docs Hearse Chasing | Courtesy of the Calgary Underground Film Festival
Hearse Chasing: Cassidy Waring and Teresa Alfeld on Facing Trauma
Screening at CUFF.Docs in Calgary this week, Hearse Chasing follows singer-songwriter Cassidy Waring as she comes back to the city she grew up in to unpack a childhood marked by addiction, loss, and unanswered questions.
November 20, 2025
Tamara Kotevska on The Tale of Silyan: Storks, Migration, and Life in Macedonia
The Tale of Silyan is the latest feature from Tamara Kotevska, whose breakout with Honeyland announced a filmmaker with a rare eye for intimate, lived-in portraits.
November 14, 2025