SXSW Interest List 2019
It's SXSW time and unfortunately due to a heavy travel schedule and the timing, I cannot attend this year. This has not stopped me from creating a list of great SXSW movies to catch elsewhere.
The list is in alphabetical order after the opening movie, Us (2019). I will move titles over to my SXSW viewed list as I watch them across the year.
The list is in alphabetical order after the opening movie, Us (2019). I will move titles over to my SXSW viewed list as I watch them across the year.
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- DirectorRichard WongStarsGrant RosenmeyerHayden SzetoRavi PatelThree young men with disabilities hit the road with a jaded nurse driver to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs. Remake of the acclaimed Belgian film 'Hasta La Vista'.
- DirectorEmily TingStarsAnna AkanaRichard NgLynn ChenWhen spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business.
- DirectorNuma PerrierStarsTiffany TenilleNuma PerrierBrett GelmanIn the last days of her mother's life, 19-year-old Tiffany crashes with five family members in a Las Vegas studio apartment. To make ends meet, her older sister, a phone-sex operator, introduces her to the world of internet fetish-cam girls. Tiffany becomes popular as the only "live black model" at the new adult site and soon becomes too close to one of her frequent callers. Dynamics shift in the sister relationship as each woman explores and exploits her sexuality, using their created fantasy worlds as an escape from the realities of their challenging real-life circumstances. This bizarre coming-of-age story depicts sisterhood in a most unusual way.
- DirectorAnnabelle AttanasioStarsCamila MorroneJames Badge DaleCalvin DembaFaced with the responsibility to take care of her addict, veteran father, headstrong teen Mickey Peck keeps her household afloat.
- DirectorKestrin PanteraStarsKestrin PanteraBreeda WoolMilana VayntrubThe millennial children of a groovy 70s burnout come home to do right by a mom who always did them wrong. Based on true lies, it explores the "OK, Boomer" relationship between the free love generation and those left to clean up the mess.
- DirectorPaul ShoulbergStarsJudith LightJohn OrtizRachel MatthewsMs. White Light is the story of Lex Cordova, a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When Valerie, a sharp-tongued free spirit who simply has no time for her own mortality, refuses to play by Lex's rules, Lex is forced to question her own decisions, and must decide if the business of dying is truly worth it...even at the cost of living her life.
- DirectorJeremy TeicherStarsNick KrollAlexi PappasGus KenworthyIn the Olympic Athlete Village, a young cross-country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor after her competition ends.
- DirectorKeola RacelaStarsEvan DavesLarry SapersteinJillian MuellerWhen five teen employees at the local movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious old film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education...written in blood.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRoby AttalLauren HatfieldSteve BrudniakBased on the research hospital where Robert Rodriguez sold his body to pay for 'El Mariachi'. 'Red 11' is the shirt color and number he was assigned.
- DirectorRicky TollmanStarsBen PlattMena MassoudDamian LewisAn emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper.
- DirectorHilary BrougherStarsTalia BalsamScott CohenAndrus NicholsLila (TALIA BALSAM) has built a fragile tranquility in the Catskill mountain home she shares with her husband Edgar (SCOTT COHEN) and their teen daughters. Soon after the girls leave for summer adventures, Edgar reveals the birth of a child with another woman leaving Lila to a season of explosive loss and reconfiguration. Lila lashes out - exploring the light and dark corners of grief, anger, and desire through her friendship with a younger man (MICHAEL OBERHOLTZER). As Lila's world overturns, those who count on her likewise come undone.
- DirectorGrace GlowickiStarsGrace GlowickiBen PetrieA desperate man seeks refuge from the predators hunting him by befriending a cheerful intruder.
- DirectorDan BerkRobert OlsenStarsBill SkarsgårdMaika MonroeBlake BaumgartnerAfter a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out.
- DirectorZachary CotlerMagdalena ZyzakStarsJackson RathboneEsai MoralesMarisol SacramentoA wealthy Mexican-American family decides to build a wall around their ranch to stop townspeople from stealing their well water, which is rumored to have unusual properties.