This body horror-comedy premiered at SXSW last week.
The movie, based on a Colleen Hoover book, is an unabashed tear-jerker. Terrific lead actors Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers make it work.
This body horror thriller, about a Chinese American girl who undergoes a surgery to appear white, relies on dated tropes to construct a pale genre pastiche.
With no big stars, no flashy elevator pitch, and no provocative title, A Safe Distance might well get overlooked at its world premiere out of the 2026 SXSW film festival. And that would be the world's ...