Welcome to the home of The Cinema Spot’s South by Southwest reviews! Browse our collection of reviews direct from SXSW21! Written by top-tier critics, The Cinema Spot is covering nearly all of the films debuting and showing at the annual film festival that typically takes place in Austin, Texas. With the current state of the world, SXSW 2021 will be held virtually, and The Cinema Spot will be there every step of the way!
| Critic | Our Reviews | About | Published On | |
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| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Witch Hunt’ (SXSW 2021) Non-Spoiler Review | Elle Callahan’s ‘Witch Hunt’ premiered at #SXSW in March and does “a great job of walking around any budgetary issues”. Our full review! | May 19, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Violet’ (SXSW 2021) – Non-Spoiler Review | #Violet, @JustineBateman’s directorial debut, premiered at #SXSW last month. It is “an experimentative study of characters” worth watching! | April 15, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Made For Love’ – Pilot Review (SXSW 2021) | HBO Max’s #MadeforLove pilot premiered at #SXSW last month. It is “exciting, darkly funny, and at times, infuriating to watch.” | March 31, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Alien On Stage’ Documentary (SXSW 2021) Review | #AlienOnStage screened at #SXSW last week. The documentary is “a great mood-lifting remedy we all deserve after such a horrible year.” | March 25, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘The Hunt For Planet B’ (SXSW 2021) Review | #TheHuntforPlanetB was screened at #SXSW last week. What’s offered in the film is “something deeper than a traditional science documentary”! | March 25, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Play It Safe’ (SXSW 2021) Spoiler Review | Mitch Kalisa’s dramatic short film #PlayItSafe released at #SXSW last week and showed us the liminal spaces worth breaking through! | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Love Is Just A Death Away’ (SXSW ’21) Spoiler Review | Bára Anna Stejskalová’s #SXSW stop-motion animated short film #LoveisJustaDeathAway succeeds in its unique storytelling techniques! | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Here Before’ (SXSW 2021) Non-Spoiler Review | Stacey Gregg’s mysterious drama-thriller ‘Here Before’ premiered at #SXSW last week. The film properly takes us through the stages of grief. | March 23, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Sound of Violence’ (SXSW 2021) Spoiler Review | Alex Noyer’s #SoundofViolence premiered at #SXSW this past week. The film is a creative combination of ‘Crank’ and ‘Peeping Tom’! | March 21, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘Luchadoras’ (SXSW 2021) Documentary Review | Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim’s #Luchadoras premiered at #SXSW this past week. The documentary sheds light on violence towards Mexican women. | March 21, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’: An Emotional Journey of the Human Spirit | “‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ is a fantastic documentary enough for anyone to feel inspired by how amazing one person’s human spirit can be.” | March 18, 2021 | |
| Jordan Simmons | ‘Potato Dreams of America’ (SXSW Review) | ‘Potato Dreams of America’ sounds like a fascinating story, but can be overshadowed by a lacklustre script and clumsy direction. | March 18, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | Hannah Bang’s ‘SOAK’ (SXSW ’21) Short Film Review | Hannah Bang’s MFA thesis short film ‘SOAK’ premieres at SXSW 2021 this week, and it captures the raw emotion often found in drama narratives! | March 17, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | ‘The Thing That Ate The Birds’ (SXSW ’21) Review | Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham’s short film ‘The Thing That Ate The Birds’ premieres this week at SXSW 2021, and it’s absolutely terrifying. | March 17, 2021 | |
| John Daniel Tangalin | Polaris Banks’s ‘Reklaw’ (SXSW ’21) Short Film Review | Reklaw premieres next week at SXSW 2021, and the short film is a perfect blend of crime, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy! | March 9, 2021 |
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