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When documentaries center on one person, breadth is often sacrificed for depth. Thankfully, for the most part, three docs at this year’s SXSW are structured less in a way to speedily run through the greatest hits but to create a space for their subjects to meditate and ponder at their leisure. Some are more successful…

Three of the more purely enjoyable films to play at this year’s SXSW didn’t premiere with star-studded red carpets at the Paramount, launching at other venues around the wonderful city of Austin. You’re going to want to watch for all three of them. After the premiere of Matt Johnson’s wonderful “Nirvanna the Band the Show…

Links to all of our coverage this year, separated by author, in order of publication: BRIAN TALLERICO It Ends The Threesome Caper Another Simple Favor The Accountant 2 Death of a Unicorn O’Dessa Ghost Boy The Secret of Me Take No Prisoners Holland Drop The Rivals of Amziah King Hallow Road The Dutchman Clown in…

At this year’s SXSW, I’ve found that it’s easier to spot the thematic throughlines across projects. It’s a testament to the programmers for creating a line-up where the films feel in conversation with each other. Where else do you get films like “Together” and “Friendship,”–both of which explore the physical and mental toll of codependency–have…

Man, Brian Tyree Henry can do anything. The star of “Atlanta,” “Causeway,” “Widows,” and “The Fire Inside” has become legitimately one of the best actors of his generation, and he furthers that kind of hyperbole with what is arguably his most demanding role to date in Apple’s “Dope Thief,” an adaptation of the novel of…