Mad Monkey selections, part two: now I’m actually trying.
Lovingly hand crafted, artisan picks and notes about the slate of eye-tainment available at the 2015 SXSW Film festival. Even the ones that didn’t have official trailers. Either that or a pile 24fps poo that I flung at the screen — you decide.
Beware the simian wit below…
- The Visit
- Director/Screenwriter: Michael Madsen — Festival Favorites
- Monkey says: the Monkey is a sucker for fake first-contact documentaries
- Human Highway (Director’s Cut)
- Director: Dean Stockwell, Neil Young — Special Events
- Monkey says: bizzare characters, weird events and spaceships – sold
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
- Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos — Special Events
- Monkey says: the actual fan-made film from Raiders!
- The Road Warrior
- Director: George Miller — Special Events
- Monkey says: Mel. Gibson. Road. Warrior – be there
- Trainwreck (Work in Progress)
- Director: Judd Apatow, Screenwriter: Amy Schumer — Special Events
- Monkey says: Apatow, Schumer, Bill Hader, Colin Quinn — probably worth a look
- A Wonderful Cloud
- Director/Screenwriter: Eugene Kotlyarenko — Visions
- Monkey says: let this be the one “raw, eccentric romantic comendy” I let in this year
- The Little Death
- Director/Screenwriter: Josh Lawson — Narrative Spotlight
- Monkey says: edgy suburban sex comendy, about Australians
- The Final Girls
- Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson —Narrative Spotlight
- Monkey says: retro-horror-comeday, from the director of A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
- Excess Flesh
- Director: Patrick Kennelly — Midnighters
- Monkey says: obsession setup with a horror punchline, interesting
- Createive Control
- Director: Benjamin Dickinson — Narrative Competition
- Monkey says: VR obsession from the ad exec’s perspective – How to Get Ahead in Advertising meets Her?
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
- Director: Alex Gibney — Headliners
- Monkey says: Jobs documentary from the director of Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
- The Nymphets
- Director: Gary Gardner — Visions
- Monkey says: “a night of provocation and cruelty,” worth a peek
- GTFO: Get The F% Out
- Director: Shannon Sun-Higginson — Documentary Spotlight
- Monkey says: women in gaming, can the assholes be stopped?
- Ex Machina
- Director: Alex Garland — Headliners
- Monkey says: sexy thinking robot gone wrong
- Moonwalkers
- Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet — Narrative Spotlight
- Monkey says: alternate-history 60s + Ron Perlman, go see it
- Deathgasm
- Director: Jason Lei Howden — Midnighters
- Monkey says: heavy meatal slasher horror
- Love & Mercy
- Director: Bill Pohlad — Headliners
- Monkey says: John Cusak as Brian Wilson, bonus Paul Giamatti
- Babysitter
- Director: Morgan Krantz — Visions
- Monkey says: had me at “Wiccan-practicing babysitter”
- The Sandwich Nazi
- Director: Lewis Bennett — Documentary Competition
- Monkey says: always down for unique characters
- Best of Enemies
- Director: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon — Festival Favorites
- Monkey says: Gore Vidal v. William F. Buckley, hipsters learn your history