“Big Ass Spider” may be the talk of SXSW courtesy of that outrageous title and downright wild central concept, but the film also sends a strong message to budding filmmakers…
As though being front and center in a film from beginning to end isn’t challenging enough, “Loves Her Gun” star Trieste Kelly Dunn filmed every single scene of the SXSW…
Youssef Delara and Victor Teran gave themselves quite the challenge with “Snap.” Not only does the story have roots in disturbing true events and a touchy mental condition at the…
Tree rape, facial mutilation, self-amputation and more – director Fede Alvarez quite literally put his cast through hell so we can revel in the horrifying and surprisingly gorgeous show of…
The idea of a woman giving her own baby to a friend who so desperately wants one, but can’t conceive sounds like a weighty core concept through and through, but…
Air sex. Yes, air sex. It’s a real thing and the SXSW entry “The Bounceback’s” got it. But the Austin-based movie is also about more than that. It features Ashley…
Film school student one day, one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch the next. Rebecca Thomas took the plunge, committed to making her first feature film and the risk paid…
Whether you’re making a studio blockbuster, a modest independent film or even a short film, moviemaking comes with a big price tag – unless you do it Lee Hardcastle-style. Hardcastle…
Thanks to her iconic chilling backbend, Ashley Bell’s been permanently engrained in our minds ever since Eli Roth and co. unleashed the very first poster for “The Last Exorcism.” Since,…
