SXSW

Let’s get into the best SXSW 2025 events that looked to highlight new programming but also give festival-goers a fun time.

The Surfer (2025) is a hell of a ride, taking audiences through a ridiculous rivalry between a man who just wants to surf and the men who refuse to let him do so.

GG Hawkins’ sophomore film, I Really Love My Husband, is simple and slow, excelling in capturing a real messy paradise.

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a laugh riot that takes Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s brainchild to new, legally dodgy heights.

Universal’s Drop shows that once again, Christopher Landon can turn a narrative gimmick into a gold medal genre thrill ride.

Clown In A Cornfield is a great stab at the early aughts sensibilities, aesthetics, and comedy that we haven’t seen executed this well in a while.

Night Fight is admirable in its ambition and scope but far too scattered in its execution to come together as a cohesive work.

Friendship is bizarre, unsettling, and, for the right audience, one of the funniest movies to come out in quite some time.

The Accountant 2 is a more mature film than its original that doesn’t distance itself from the concept that has been raked over the coals.

Sadie Sink leads O’Dessa, an original rock opera that spans music genre and packs every frame with excess.