It's March, my peoples, so we've fled the icy confines of Boston to the balmy and beautiful climes of Austin for the South-By-Southwest Film Festival. It's our third time covering the fest, and this one looks like the best we've been to yet. From new films by Jordan Peele, Harmony Korine, and Riley Stearns, to comedies from Kumail Nanjiani and the Superbad gang, there's just so much to see and do in Austin throughout the next week.
We've been fortunate enough to check out some of the biggest hits screening at the festival already: Little Monsters, Teen Spirit, The Inventor, and Greener Grass, and you should go check those reviews out if you're interested in seeing them. Otherwise, here are our picks for the five movies we absolutely cannot wait to check out at SXSW this year.
Good Boys
Every generation gets its own Superbad, so it’s fitting that Superbad writers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (who will be also starring in the romantic comedy Long Shot which premieres at the festival) would produce this tale of three best friends in trouble after they destroy a drone they’re not supposed to. The catch? The kids are all actual kids — sixth graders, to be exact — and they’ll have to endure a wild afternoon of cut class and crazy-ass hijinks in order to make it to their first kissing party. Starring Room‘s Jacob Trembley and directed by Gene Stupnitsky, we’re pumped to check out another wild time from the Superbad and Sausage Party gang when it hits SXSW screens on Monday night.
