SXSW Review: ‘Boyz in the Wood’ shows the darker Scottish Highlands

Editor’s Note: Vanyaland’s Nick Johnston is down in Texas all week long covering the South-By-Southwest’s 2019 Film Festival; click here for our continued coverage from SXSW and also check out our official preview. The premise of Ninian Doff’s directorial debut, Boyz in the Wood, is blessedly simple at first blush. A group of delinquent boys — ringleader Dean (Rian Gordon), doofus Duncan (Lewis Gribben), and wannabe hip-hop superstar DJ Beatroot (Viraj Juneja) — are required to do a nature hike … Continue reading SXSW Review: ‘Boyz in the Wood’ shows the darker Scottish Highlands