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Movie review: Cooper Raiff’s Sundance darling ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ benefits from compelling character moments

The first feature film from writer-director-actor Cooper Raiff, “S—house,” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2020, the effort winning the Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature. In it, he portrays Alex, a college freshman navigating the challenges of that time in a person’s life.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

A return to Italy for Alison Brie, Jeff Baena in the SXSW premiere ‘Spin Me Round’

AUSTIN, Texas — In their fourth collaboration, “Spin Me Round,” which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on Saturday, actor Alison Brie and director Jeff Baena follow the manager of an Olive Garden-esque restaurant in Bakersfield, California, on an immersive retreat to Italy.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 16, 2022

Inside Ti West and Mia Goth's already filmed secret prequel to A24 slasher 'X'

LOS ANGELES — Late Sunday night after the SXSW Film Festival world premiere of the gory new A24 slasher "X" — about a 1970s porn crew terrorized by an elderly couple on a rural Texas farm — writer-director Ti West dropped one more juicy plot twist: a follow-up to the…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2022