If you're going to make a movie about the real life problems of a budding musician, it may not be a bad idea to cast an actual musician in the part. Real life singer/songwriter Goh Nakamura co-wrote, starred in and wrote music for Dave Boyle's third feature, Surrogate Valentine.
 Matt Patches
Former Contributor
British director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace) unearths true fear in his latest, Kill List, a film that could be classified as "horror" but looks and feels nothing like its contemporaries. The movie puts jump scares or silly, over-the-top violence aside in favor of an engrossing mystery that sucks you in. 
Weekend feels edgy with its presentation of the subject matter, but it's not -- and that's a compliment. It's an unpretentious film about love and it evens out the playing field from the saturated market of straight couple romances that flood multiplexes 
Actress Jodie Foster's third directorial effort is an engaging, tonally sporadic, occasionally overwrought and impressive little flick. The script is a risky work of art, the kind that rarely escapes the black hole of a Hollywood executives waste paper basket, let alone sees the green light of day. 
The Key Man, from first-time director Peter Himmelstein, assembles a top-notch cast of Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox, Jack Davenport and Judy Greer and drops them in a '70s crime drama with a brainer-than-norm throughline. Amazingly, the film is completely void of life. 
A behind-the-scenes look at Conan O'Brien's cross-country live tour may sounds like a hidden present under the Christmas tree for the late night renegade's devout fans. "Conan: Raw and Uncut?" Few propositions sound funnier. And it is. 
Those wondering if Kristin Wiig would be capable of jumping to leading lady from a comic chameleon on Saturday Night Live and hilarious supporting actress in movies like MacGruber and Paul, have no fear. Wiig's performance in Bridesmaids is a tour-de-force of comedic stylings. 
The midnight screening is a sacred ritual of South by Southwest. The festival is known for sniffing out movies with a strong visual flair and a penchant for cinematic geekery. British comedian/writer Joe Cornish's debut feature Attack the Block couldn't fit more perfectly into that mold. 
I had a chance to talk to her about the evolution of the film, the autobiographical elements of the story and discovering an amazing new talent in star Adepero Oduye |
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