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Jeff Nichols’ ‘King Snake’ – Everything We Know So Far … (American Indie Edition)
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It’s been a thrill watching Little Rock, Arkansas native Jeff Nichols evolve into one of the defining voices in American independent cinema. He announced himself with the slow-burning powder keg that was Shotgun Stories (Sundance passed on the film, the...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Her Private Hell”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago, and Larry Fried join me to review and discuss the first feature film from Nicolas Winding Refn in a decade, “Her Private Hell,” starring Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth,...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: BEASTS CLUTCHING AT STRAWS, A Sack Of Cash Causes Problems In This Black Comedy Thriller
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A desperately unpopular streamer with a dementia-stricken mother, a crooked cop, a duplicitous femme fatale, and a sack full of money collide in director Jojo Hideo's Beasts Clutching at Straws, an adaptation of the Sone Keisuke novel previously filmed by...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: INSECTASY, Are You Into Bugs?
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Sadie is horny. Really horny. She has let real life, either working at the walk-in-clinic as a receptionist, or hanging out with her friends, fade into the background like radio-static, only half awares and mostly filtered out. She only thinks...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: LEVITATING, Get Swept Up In This Ecstatic Vision Of Folk Cinema
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The drums pound, the guitar drones, the flute splashes a chaotic layer of color over it all as the guru chants, the spirit addicts undulate, enraptured by their ecstatic trance, directed by the spirits of the Indonesian jungle. This vision...
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Géla Babluani’s ‘Young Stalin’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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Son of acclaimed Temur Babluani, Georgian-French filmmaker Géla Babluani blasted out of the gates when his feature debut 13 Tzameti traveled to the Venice Film Festival winning Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future for Best First Feature in 2005...
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“MATAPANKI”
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THE STORY – A punk kid gets superpowers from alcohol and tries to reshape society, but a violent error sparks global tensions with him at the center. THE CAST – Diego Bravo, Ramón Gálvez, Rodrigo Lisboa, Antonia Mccarthy, & Rosa...
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What Could Have Been: Kaylee Hottle (2007-2026)
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From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as audiences had begun to appreciate how much they had achieved at a young age, and what incredible...
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A Conversation with Nicolas Winding Refn (HER PRIVATE HELL)
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Nicolas Winding Refn has been one of my favorite filmmakers since I first saw Drive as a kid. In the years since, I have watched every Refn picture across every format he has worked in, from the grainy Copenhagen of...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: FERINE, A Stunning Feature Debut From Andrea Corsini
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Motherhood is a beast in first time feature filmmaker Andrea Corsini’s lush Italian psychological horror stunner, Ferine, celebrating its international premiere at this year’s Fantasia. Bolstered by a captivating lead performance from Oddity’s Carolyn Bracken and an unforgettable score from...
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