I think we are more practiced in rejecting misogynistic interpretations of female characters than in rejecting misogynistic characters disguised as endearing, attractive love interests.

Every March, filmmakers, actors, critics, industry professionals, and most importantly, film lovers, flock to Austin, Texas, for 10 days to attend SXSW Film & TV Festival. This year’s festival (along with SXSW’s separate technology convention and music festival) took over the city during spring break (March 7-15), busying every street with a new adventure.

“Satisfaction” centers on the tense, unsteady relationship between Lola (Emma Laird) and Phillip (Fionn Whitehead), a married British couple working on a musical composition while staying on Antiparos, a beautifully chilling Greek island.

“Mickey 17” appears primed to weave its futuristic premise with clever commentary on the present. Ultimately, it fails as a nuanced and profound critique of the contemporary political climate because its themes are bogged down by an unfocused narrative and a hollow message.

From the streets of New York City rich with cultural Latino heritage, to the vibrant barrios of Cali, Colombia, director Juan Carvajal explores the journey of a genre. His directorial debut, “La Salsa Vive,” chronicles salsa in its music and dance forms as it traveled across the Americas.

Occurring between Jan. 23 and Feb. 2, the festival includes a selection of the top independent films produced over the past year. Films like “Opus,” “Atropia,” “Twinless,” “Lurker,” and so many more, were created by independent filmmakers seeking distribution into the Hollywood film industry. Every year, entertainment fanatics fly into Park City, Utah to witness utter filmmaking greatness.

On Sept. 13 and 14, the WashU Film Club hosted its inaugural Film Festival, where filmmakers showcased submitted short films. Audience members flocked to Simon Hall and Brown Hall, where WashU and non-WashU students alike presented narrative, documentary, and experimental films to an expectant crowd and judges. Student filmmakers were eligible to win six awards in the following categories.

“We are not.”  That phrase was the central idea of one of Adam Pendleton’s series featured in the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in a new solo exhibition, “Adam Pendleton: To […]

Ten years and three days ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed. People around the world woke up the next day to the start of the one of the largest global financial meltdowns in history. In the United States, millions of Americans lost their homes, their jobs, their sense of security and their faith.

If you’re like me, you’ve been watching A24 films for a while without realizing it.