Film Festivals

We head to South by Southwest for this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, as we take you along for our 5th annual deep dive into the heart of the SXSW Film Festival, and even further into the films themselves.

A Bluebird in My Heart follows Danny, an ex-con (Roland Møller), as he adjusts to life on the outside, and a young woman whose own assault threatens to force Danny to face his inner demons.

Ethan Hawke stars as a reverend assisting a grieving widow, just as his own personal religious conflicts begin to arise in Paul Schrader's First Reformed.

Jessica Barden stars as a college student experimenting with dating for gifts in the new rom-com with a modern twist, The New Romantic.

The arthouse sci-fi thriller Perfect delves into what could be a future that we are not far from seeing. Read on for our review.

Neurotic Quest for Serenity follows an actress as she battles OCD and love triangles while searching for the solution to happiness before she loses her dream part.

Enough lights in the sky to call it sci-fi, but a slow story doesn’t propel First Light enough to be more than an afternoon streaming session.

A Vigilante overcomes its blemishes by delivering an artistic Death Wish, carried by Olivia Wilde's haunting performance as a woman righting society's wrongs.

Clayton and Shane Jacobson star as brothers plotting a family murder in Brother's Nest. A slow build gives way to a fiery conclusion as the film proves a slow burn thriller must-see.