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Two of the films I saw at SXSW this year focus on the high school experience and the ways art can transform and heal. Though Edie Arnold is a Loser leans into punk‑rock comedy and Dead Deer High approaches grief through drama and slam poetry, both films share a setting

This article contains Project Hail Mary spoilers. The hype around Project Hail Mary was building for quite a while before its release. Fans of Andy Weir’s bestselling sci-fi novel were very excited to see its big-screen adaptation, which also marks the first feature film directed by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The braintrusts that have presided over SXSW since nearly its inception have always smiled on the festival for its contrasts. It’s a fest where south meets west, and music meets film, meets technology, meets comedy, meets plain ol’ innovation. And in no other year has that felt more like a

Two of my favorite films of the festival were stories that balanced the wonderful line between comedy and horror, the absurd and the terrifying. Grind, an anthology film that has four interconnecting stories within the world of gig jobs, is directed by Ed Dougherty, Brea Grant, and Chelsea Stardust. The

Death once had a near-Chuck experience. So goes one of the best Chuck Norris facts, an online repository of tall-tales about the bearded action star. Since 2005, Chuck Norris has been defined less by his ’80s action movies, his incredibly popular TV show Walker, Texas Ranger, or his conservative politics,