SXSW was in its traditional wild form on opening night with Boots Riley’s upcoming NEON movie I Love Boosters, a psychedelic, absurdist caper about a group of fashionista shoplifters who steal from a fashion icon only to sell her line on discount.
Plenty of laughs, some standing ovation — it’s everything a studio craves when they launch a movie in the Lone Star State’s capital city at its Paramount Theatre filled with cinephiles.
Keke Palmer plays Corvette, an aspiring fashion designer, who has her own boosters store (stolen fashion goods that are sold in the neighborhood at a much lower cost). Her posse which also includes Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, and ultimately Poppy Liu target specifically a corrupt fashion designer, Christie Smith, played by Demi Moore. Smith, aside from gouging prices and stealing others’ designs (specifically a flappy pocket suit designed by Corvette, is wrecking further havoc
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