{"id":520821,"date":"2026-03-13T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520821\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:38:09","slug":"i-love-boosters-kicks-up-zany-opening-night-at-sxsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520821\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Love Boosters’ Kicks Up Zany Opening Night at SXSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSXSW<\/a> was in its traditional wild form on opening night with Boots Riley\u2019s upcoming NEON movie I Love Boosters<\/a>, a psychedelic, absurdist caper about a group of fashionista shoplifters who steal from a fashion icon only to sell her line on discount. <\/p>\n

\n\tPlenty of laughs, some standing ovation \u2014 it\u2019s everything a studio craves when they launch a movie in the Lone Star State\u2019s capital city at its Paramount Theatre filled with cinephiles. <\/p>\n

\n\tKeke Palmer plays Corvette, an aspiring fashion designer, who has her own boosters store (stolen fashion goods that are sold in the neighborhood at a much lower cost). Her posse which also includes Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, and ultimately Poppy Liu target specifically a corrupt fashion designer, Christie Smith, played by Demi Moore. Smith, aside from gouging prices and stealing others\u2019 designs (specifically a flappy pocket suit designed by Corvette, is wrecking further havoc over in a mainland China clothing factory where workers are coming down with lung cancer due to her use of a sawdust-like fabric. Revenge is the only option for Corvette. LaKeith Stanfield plays a guy (with another agenda) who keeps popping up and having the hots for Corvette. Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez is a stoner punk retail worker who becomes an ally to the women in their takedown of Smith, but also a sage when it comes to explaining time travel. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen it came to I Love Boosters, it was more me thinking about specifically fashion, which is though of as an artistic endeavor. What is behind art? You can put that with everything. How does it get made? What puts the value on it?\u201d explained the ten-gallon-plus hat filmmaker about his upcoming heist comedy. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe idea that so many people want to be involved with art; they\u2019re in that conversation, but it cost so much,\u201d Riley explained about the satirical takedown of capitalism, the 1% and the backs on which they stand. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s interesting because someone who does a PA announcement in the film, Kate Berlant, she has a stand-up bit that make should be free for women. They should be able to steal it. Without it, you can\u2019t get a job, you can\u2019t be a member of society,\u201d he emphasized about one of his points in the fashion comedy. <\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Palmer about Riley \u201che knows how it will tie-in together, even the different color mapping,\u201d the pic filled with yellows, reds, greens and more. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s different every time I watch it. I watched it so many times. I usually don\u2019t watch myself: \u2018Hey, put on that Keke Palmer movie.\u2019 The reward is I keep seeing the different layers of things.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhether you\u2019re Latin, Black or Asian American, we\u2019re dealing with some crazy struggles. (We need to) stop fighting our own independent fights \u2014 that\u2019s the situation accelerator,\u201d said Palmer referring to one of the teleports in the movie which aids the women in their swift heists of a couture retail chain. <\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Gonzalez about the nose-ring nerd that she plays, \u201cAs a Mexican woman playing this character, it means a lot. She\u2019s someone who wants to raise her voice to the world. She\u2019s brilliant, a vaping weed brainiac. I love that he thought of me for a character like this. It\u2019s not something I\u2019m thought of or. We need more directors who take risks and don\u2019t put you in a box.\u201d Gonzalez is doing double-duty at this year\u2019s SXSW with another movie making its premiere at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, March 14, Hulu\u2019s action movie Mick & Nick & Nick & Alice. <\/p>\n

\n\tLiu said that the cast lived in a hotel in Atlanta for two-and-half months were they fostered a \u201ccircadian rhythm which was only matched to each other and no one else.\u201d <\/p>\n

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