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Sundance 2025 Review: OPUS, Even Demented Malkovich Can’t Save Cult Horror Entry
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Q: “What’s the difference between a religion and cult?”  A: “Time.”   There’s cult horror — as in horror that develops an offscreen cult following — and cult horror – as in a horror film about a cult. First-time writer-director...
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Johnnie To Will Direct Tony Leung in Gangster Feature Eyeing 2027 Release
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Though once wildly, dizzyingly prolific, Johnnie To has only debuted three features in the last ten years, and recent interviews have left him sounding less-than-optimistic about a new project––be that the years-gestating Election 3 or otherwise. (No word in the...
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COMPANION Review: A Fun, Twisty Debut Techno-Thriller From Drew Hancock
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Sophie Thatcher plays ingenue girlfriend to Jack Quaid’s very bad boyfriend in Drew Hancock’s Companion, a twisty thriller with plenty of surprises up its very bloody sleeves. Josh (Quaid) and his girlfriend Iris (Thatcher) are heading up to a woodsy...
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EFM 2025: Indigenous Cinema Alliance Marks 10-Year Milestone
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  The Indigenous Cinema Alliance will celebrate its tenth year as "... a coalition of international Indigenous partners, including film festivals, commissions, and institutes. Our mission is to promote Indigenous cinema globally, create culturally safe spaces for Indigenous professionals, and develop...
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Rotterdam 2025 Exclusive: PRIMITIVE DIVERSITY Poster Debut
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Ahead of its World Premiere at the Harbour section of International Film Festival Rotterdam next week, we are pleased to unveil the official poster of the upcoming film Primitive Diversity by director Alexander Kluge, featuring artwork by Otterhellmann (Instagram.) Here's...
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Sundance 2025: Lurker; Free Leonard Peltier; Oh, Hi
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On three Sundance premieres, including a fest stand-out.
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Sundance 2025: Big Swings Pay Off in the Episodic Program
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One of our TV critics looks at the entire episodic program from Sundance 2025.
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Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) | 2025 Sundance Film Festival Review
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Ripe Fruits: Kanawade Taps the Bittersweet Rind of Going Home Again While there’s been an uptick in contemporary LGBTQ+ films from India over the past two decades, many have maintained a low international profile with the exception of a few...
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Sundance Review: 2000 Meters to Andriivka Captures Impossible Resilience in War
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In 2000 Meters to Andriivka, we are thrown headfirst into war. From a first-person point of view, we live with a brigade of Ukrainian soldiers as they make their way to liberate the village of Andriivka, which is occupied by...
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Sundance 2025: Come See Me In The Good Light, Move Ya Body, Deaf President Now!
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Three documentaries premiering at the year's film festival marry the personal with the political.
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