#SkyKing will premiere on Hulu<\/a>\u201d on April 14.<\/p>\n\t#WhileBlack<\/p>\n
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\n\tDirected by Jennifer Holness and Sidney Fussell, \u201c#WhileBlack\u201d \u2014 a sales title at the festival \u2014 tells the parallel stories of Darnella Frazier, who in 2020 (at age 17) filmed George Floyd\u2019s murder, and Diamond Reynolds, who in 2016 went on Facebook Live just as her boyfriend Philandro Castile had been killed by police. While the video evidence of these deaths exposed police officers\u2019 crimes for the world to see, the documentary simultaneously indicts the social media platforms that profit from Black pain. The ideas in \u201c#WhileBlack\u201d will stay with you long after the documentary ends.<\/p>\n
\tMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/p>\n
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\n\tFrom A24 and David E. Kelley comes an adaptation of Rufi Thorpe\u2019s bestselling novel, \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles.\u201d The comedic family drama follows aspiring writer Margo, played by Dakota Fanning, who must find a way to support herself after unexpectedly getting pregnant. Leaning on her mother, an ex-Hooters waitress played by Michelle Pfeiffer, and her absentee father \u2014 Nick Offerman as a former pro wrestler \u2014 she searches for ways to pay her bills. Expect an OnlyFans storyline you never saw coming and entertaining appearances by Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano, Nicole Kidman, Rico Nasty and Lindsey Normington. The first three episodes debut on April 15 on Apple TV with weekly drops to follow.<\/p>\n
\tThe Audacity<\/p>\n
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\n\tJonathan Glatzer, best known for writing and producing on \u201cSuccession,\u201d \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d and \u201cBad Sisters,\u201d created the new Silicon Valley drama, set to debut on AMC and AMC+ on April 12. Led by Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg and Zach Galifianakis, the series takes a look inside \u201cthe warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future.\u201d It sounds like the perfect time for more jaded billionaires back on TV. Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, Rob Corddry and Meaghan Rath also star, with Randall Park in a guest role. Glatzer will debut the series at SXSW with Magnussen and director Lucy Forbes.<\/p>\n
\tOver Your Dead Body<\/p>\n
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\n\tA toxic couple takes a trip together to a remote cabin \u2014 each believing the other is there to try and reconnect, each with their own plan: kill the other. The dark comedy thriller, filmed in Finland, comes from The Lonely Island\u2019s Jorma Taccone; this marks his first time directing since 2016\u2019s \u201cPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.\u201d Samara Weaving and Jason Segel lead with Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle and Keith Jardine in supporting roles. After its March 14 debut at SXSW, \u201cOver Your Dead Body\u201d hits theaters April 24.<\/p>\n
\tPretty Lethal<\/p>\n
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\n\tWhile the industry debates whether or not ballet is dead as an art form, writer-director Vicky Jewson\u2019s \u201cPretty Lethal\u201d sees a group of ballerinas fight to evade a more literal death. This headliner stars a \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of Gen Z actresses \u2014 Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika and Maddie Ziegler \u2014 as dancers who get stranded in a remote forest and rely on their training to make it out alive. Judging by the blood-soaked leotards and the sinister grin on Uma Thurman\u2019s face in the first look photos, it\u2019s the kind of thriller that SXSW lives and dies by. (And the rest of the ballet enthusiasts out there can join the party when the film is released on Amazon Prime Video on March 25.)<\/p>\n
\tThe Sun Never Sets<\/p>\n
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\n\tDakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith make up the corners of a messy love triangle involving divorce, kids and unexpected reunions in \u201cThe Sun Never Sets,\u201d written and directed by SXSW darling Joe Swanberg. The 2005 edition of the festival featured Swanberg\u2019s directorial debut, \u201cKissing on the Mouth,\u201d alongside titles from Andrew Bujalski, the Duplass brothers and others who were later crowned as pioneers of American cinema\u2019s \u201cmumblecore\u201d movement. Like his colleagues, Swanberg continued finessing his style over the years, returning to Austin with standouts like \u201cHannah Takes the Stairs\u201d (2007), \u201cNights and Weekends\u201d (2008) and more. With \u201cThe Sun Never Sets,\u201d his 10th SXSW premiere, Swanberg is poised for a triumphant homecoming.<\/p>\n
\tThe Dads<\/p>\n
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\n\tWhen Netflix debuted the documentary short film \u201cThe Dads\u201d in 2023, viewers were touched by the five titular fathers\u2019 deep care and affection for their transgender children. The same will be true of the feature-length version directed by Luchina Fisher, but with an unfortunately necessary change in tone. Three years later, the United States is wading through a second Trump presidency that is systematically dismantling the legal protections and social acceptance trans people rely on. This Dwyane Wade-produced doc gives an intimate, verit\u00e9-style look at not only a community in pain, but the families doing their best to make it hurt less.<\/p>\n
\tFamily Movie\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe family that makes scary movies together, stays together? In a very meta twist, Kevin Bacon directs and stars opposite his wife (Kyra Sedgwick) and kids (Sosie Bacon, Travis Bacon) in the story of The Smiths, who use their farm to shoot low-budget horror movies. But things \u201con set\u201d get downright dysfunctional when a real dead body shows up. It\u2019s a chance for the Bacons to become the Barrymore\u2019s of slasher flicks.<\/p>\n
\tReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe 2019 original was a deliciously demented riff on \u201cThe Most Dangerous Game,\u201d one that served up searing socio-economic critique, as well as blood-drenched hide-and-seek. Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) may have survived her fianc\u00e9e and his family\u2019s attempts to murder her in the first film, but she\u2019s not out of danger yet. In the \u201cReady or Not\u201d sequel, Grace is once again forced to break out her shotgun after her sister is targeted by a cabal of wealthy elite who believe that hunting the siblings for sport is the best way to preserve their riches. Let\u2019s just hope the tech bros and one-percenters out there don\u2019t watch this movie and get any ideas.<\/p>\n
\tI Love Boosters\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tBoots Riley, the rapper and filmmaker behind 2018\u2019s delightfully absurdist \u201cSorry to Bother You,\u201d slides behind the camera for this satire about a group of shoplifters who keep hitting a chain of high-end stores. Keke Palmer stars as an aspiring designer who turns to crime when the fashion world shuts her out, leading a cast of heavyweights that includes Naomi Ackie, Don Cheadle, Demi Moore and Will Poulter. In a recent Variety cover story, Palmer said the film was a more hopeful riff on the 1996 crime classic \u201cSet It Off.\u201d We\u2019re here for it!<\/p>\n
\tPower Ballad\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tWhen Paul Rudd was in acting school, he made a few extra bucks as a bar and bat mitzvah DJ. In \u201cPower Ballad,\u201d Rudd \u2014 one \u201cClueless\u201d and several \u201cAnt-Man\u201d adventures later \u2014 draws on his experience getting the party started to play Rick, a middle-aged wedding singer. A chance encounter with struggling boy-band star, Danny (Nick Jonas, playing on his image) leads to a late-night jam session. But things get messy when Danny steals one of Rick\u2019s songs and it becomes a chart-topper. John Carney, whose music-centered films like \u201cBegin Again\u201d and \u201cOnce\u201d hit all the right notes, directs this comedy.<\/p>\n
\tForbidden Fruits\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tGet ready for your next cult horror favorite. \u201cForbidden Fruits\u201d follows\u00a0Apple (Lili Reinhart), a mall store employee, who leads her co-workers (Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp) in an after-hours\u00a0coven. But their witchy fun is disrupted with the arrival of a new salesperson, Pumpkin (Lola\u00a0Tung).\u00a0The\u00a0whole thing\u00a0sounds like \u201cThe Craft\u201d\u00a0for\u00a0Gen Z.\u00a0\u00a0They need this. <\/p>\n
\tLove Language<\/p>\n
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\n\tAfter a long period of yearning, it\u2019s been a good few years for rom-com fans, and that shows up at festivals as much as at the box office. Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz leads Joey Power\u2019s \u201cLove Language\u201d in a role that might have gone to Jennifer Garner or Kate Hudson 20 years ago, playing Lou, who writes other people\u2019s wedding vows for money. Soon, though, she realizes one of the speeches she\u2019s penning is meant to be read to her former best friend and crush (Manny Jacinto). Let \u201cLove Language,\u201d with its ensemble cast that also features Anthony Ramos, Isabel May, Lukas Gage, Billie Lourd, Chloe Fineman and Bobbi Althoff, be the balm you turn to in between all those classic SXSW horrors and thrillers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of year again, when Hollywood descends upon Austin for a week of exciting new film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,39565,282],"class_list":["post-342893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sxsw","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}