Cinemaniax Episode 204 is now up. It’s on the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival, and my guest is film critic Tina Kakadelis. We discuss our favorites from the March event and more. Our picks include the following (I link to my review if it exists):
- Basic
- Brian
- Drag
- Eructation (a documentary short and winner of a Special Jury Award)
- First They Came for My College
- Serling
After our conversation, we cut to excerpts from three separate interviews I conducted at the festival, with directors Maya Annik Bedward (Black Zombie), Gloria Mercer (A Safe Distance), and Emily Robinson (Ugly Cry). Each of the film titles in the previous sentence are hyperlinked to the transcriptions of the full interviews at Hammer to Nail.
Check out the episode on YouTube, or, if you want an audio-only experience, on Podbean.
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