SXSW

On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, we discuss our favorite pick me up movies and TV shows, the current state of entertainment, and the SXSW 2020 Film Festival.

A chronicle about surviving despite the odds and in face of the consequences, Critical Thinking reminds us all the importance of planning our next move. 

Jasmine Batchelor stars as a young surrogate dealing with the reality that her child might be born with Down Syndrome in Jeremy Hersh's The Surrogate.

Single is a fantastic ode to the unapologetic and confident women of the world who will accept nothing less than what they desire and transforms the narrative of disabilities. 

Gillian Jacobs stars an author who returns to her alma mater in I Used To Go Here, a charming exploration of rediscovering the young in all of us. Read on for our review.

A wide range of submitted questions from what it takes for us to walk out of a movie to remakes, from foreign language film favorites to a hypothetical Kurt Russell experience. Also this week: news roundup, including SXSW canceled, spoiler-free reviews of Spenser Confidential, Onward, and The Way Back, upcoming releases, The HO Teachable Minute, and spoilery-goodness on HBO's The Outsider.

Director Flavio Alves tells a story revolving around Tina, a trans woman contemplating the final stages of transitioning in The Garden Left Behind.

Teen Spirit is the epitome of today’s pop music: lacking in substance, but catchy as hell. Max Minghella lands a solid debut, while Elle Fanning soars.

Stephen King's iconic novel Pet Sematary is reborn as Jason Clarke takes on the role of Dr. Louis Creed, a man consumed with reanimating the dead.