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Pretty Lethal: Action With A Killer Pointe | SXSW 2026
Do I think Pretty Lethal is especially spectacular? Not really, but I also recognize that it doesn't need to do anything more than what it sets out to do. It's a grisly, solid genre film that lets ballerina girls go apeshit. Sometimes that's enough. The added Uma Thurman doesn't hurt either.
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Erupcja: Volcano, So Erupting | SXSW 2026
The film's chimeric construction is as much an asset as it is a weakness; you're never really sure what these characters are gonna do next because, well, neither are the actors. Erupcja doesn't encourage spontaneity; it lives in it, which makes it propulsive but voids it of detail.
Marty Supreme Symposium (ft. @amaris_Simone) | Sophisticulture
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