by elinkstoday | May 20, 2026 | Music, Music Festival
SXSW 2026 took place from March 12–18, a seven-day format due to renovations at the Austin Convention Center, consolidating music, film, and tech programming. Music showcases were available seven consecutive days and nights, in multiple downtown venues. Among the many...
by elinkstoday | May 20, 2026 | Film, Film Festival, Music
There were so many films to select from at this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival, but I knew that the one I did not want to miss was Los Lobos: Native Sons. I was elated to see that the film was to have the first screening at the Paramount Theater on the 15th, but...
by elinkstoday | May 18, 2026 | Film, Film Festival
The Opening Night Film for the 28th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival was American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez by filmmaker David Alvarado (Bill Nye: Science Guy, The Immortalists). Joining Mr. Alvarado on the red-carpet festivities was...
by elinkstoday | May 14, 2026 | Film, Film Festival
Power Ballad made its North American Premiere at SXSW on Saturday, March 14, and it was among the TOP 10 of films I viewed during the SXSW Film & Television Festival. I have been a fan of Paul Rudd’s work, usually seen in many comedic roles. Without providing any...
by elinkstoday | May 13, 2026 | Film, Film Festival
Comedians Susan Kent (“Trailer Park Boys”) who also wrote the script, Robin Duke (“Saturday Night Live”, Groundhog Day), Dan Petronevic (“Letterkenny”), and Emma Hunter (“The Beaverton”), star in director Jenna...
by elinkstoday | May 11, 2026 | Film
A Great Awakening (Available on EST & PVOD May 5, 2026) SYNOPSIS: From Sight & Sound Films comes the true story of the unlikely friendship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin, and the defining role it played in the American Revolution....
by elinkstoday | May 7, 2026 | Film
The Sheep Detectives is based on Leonie Swann’s 2005 German-language novel “Three Bags Full,” adapted by screenwriter Craig Mazin (Chernobyl, “The Last of Us,” and the latter two Hangover films). It is a mix of a shepherd who loves his flock, an Agatha Christie–style...
by elinkstoday | May 1, 2026 | Film
What the public reads on the synopsis for this film below does not even capture the amount of “danger and chaos” in small town Ohio. Speaking for myself, there was nothing in the early scenes in the film that indicate what kind of danger is forthcoming after the...
by elinkstoday | Apr 30, 2026 | Film
Directed by Renny Harlin (The Strangers: Chapter 1,2,3, Die Hard 2) from a screenplay written by Pete Bridges (“Two Years Later” TV series) and John Kim (Bait), Deep Water is a basic story of damage to a plane during an international flight and it having to land in...
by elinkstoday | Apr 28, 2026 | Film
SYNOPSIS: Ten-year-old Aurora has an intriguing neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters – a hit man for hire. When Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her family, she procures his services. Suspecting that her parents may have...
