SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Competition: We Don’t Deserve Dogs
We Don’t Deserve Dogs is a heartwarming documentary about how much of an impact dogs make on humans. Director, Matthew Salleh travels around the globe and finds such intimate stories about dogs and their owners. Dogs are such incredible animals and we don’t realize how selfless they are. Unless you are a pet owner or genuinely love animals, you won’t understand the beautiful connection that is … Continue reading SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Competition: We Don’t Deserve Dogs
SXSW 2020 (Documentary Spotlight): We Are As Gods
PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEWART BRAND DOC BY: Amanda Guarragi We Are As Gods is a documentary based on the legend Stewart Brand. Brand lived a very full life and began his journey at Stanford University, where he studied biology. During the late 1960s and early 70s, Brand developed the famous The Whole Earth Catalogue with the subheading, “access to tools”. The Catalogue is a publication that coincided with … Continue reading SXSW 2020 (Documentary Spotlight): We Are As Gods
SXSW 2020: I Will Make You Mine Review
| Header Courtesy of Gray Hat Productions | BY: AMANDA GUARRAGI Lynn Chen’s directorial feature debut, I Will Make You Mine is a film about three women at different stages of their lives. Erika, Rachel and Yea-Ming all have one thing in common and his name is Goh. It is also the final instalment of the Surrogate Valentine trilogy, written and directed by Dave Boyle. … Continue reading SXSW 2020: I Will Make You Mine Review
Swallow Review
BY: AMANDA GUARRAGI Swallow is a film about a young housewife named Hunter (Haley Bennett). She appears to be in a “perfect” marriage, with her new husband Richie (Austin Stowell) and she finds out that she is pregnant with their first child. Hunter is then haunted by her traumatizing past and goes on a journey of identifying who she truly is. Carlo Mirabella – Davis addresses … Continue reading Swallow Review
The Way Back Review
The Way Back is more than your average sports film. Yes, it feels all too familiar but what really makes it stand out, is the integration of Coach Cunningham’s backstory and how it affected his outlook when coaching. Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) used to play basketball in high school. He was the all star player and was at the top of his game. After a … Continue reading The Way Back Review
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