Loser City continues its tradition of gonzo SXSW reporting with a preview of our most anticipated films at this year’s SXSW Film festival. The selections run the gamut from magical realist Polish films to documentaries on tech pirates and KKK-befriending black musicians. In a Valley of Violence What It Is: Minimalist horror auteur Ti West […]
Go Home, Kid: Why Boyhood Deserved Its Best Picture Loss
I begin this column with the fear that the above headline has not yet cost me a sufficient number of friendships. Let’s see if this next sentence does the trick. I do not merely believe that Boyhood deserved to lose the Best Picture Oscar because it wasn’t the strongest of this year’s nominees; I believe […]
Nostalgia Road Trip: Boyhood is a Masterpiece of Cinematic History
There has never been and will never be another film quite like Boyhood. That much is certain. Shot over a period of twelve years with the same cast, at any moment such a bold project could have turned disastrous. Central star Ellar Coltrane could have grown from precocious young boy to hideous hoodlum, funding for […]