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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ira Sachs’s Intimate Celebration of an Artist’s Bohemian Ethos
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Sach’s film attests Hujar’s devotion to exploring the relationship between high and low culture. The post ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ira Sachs’s Intimate Celebration of an Artist’s Bohemian Ethos appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sundance 2025 Review: THE LEGEND OF OCHI, Family-Oriented Fantasy-Adventure For the Win
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After two decades directing shorts, commercials, and music videos, writer-director Isaiah Saxon makes his official feature-length debut with The Legend of Ochi, a richly imagined, Amblin-influenced family-oriented fantasy-adventure set in a semi-contemporary mythical Eastern Europe.   Bolstered by  environmental themes,...
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HEART EYES Review: This Gooey Rom-Com Slasher Really Hits The Spot
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Love is in the air in Heart Eyes, the new Valentine's Day slasher from director Josh Ruben. Unfortunately for the cute couples of the world, this also means that a serial killer with a thing for young lovers is on...
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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: A Damning Look at the Consequences of Stand Your Ground Laws
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Geeta Gandbhir’s film is a trenchant indictment of laws that facilitate white vigilantism. The post ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: A Damning Look at the Consequences of Stand Your Ground Laws appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sundance 2025 Review: SORRY, BABY, Trauma Recovery Drama Elevated by Eva Victor’s Writing, Directing, Acting
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Nurtured by Pastel, Barry Jenkins’ production company, Eva Victor (Billions) wrote, directed, and stars in Sorry, Baby, one of the most remarkable, quite possibly extraordinary feature-film debuts in recent festival history.   To turn her screenplay into reality, Victor spent...
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Screambox in February: TERRIFIER 3… And Some Other Movies. But Also, TERRIFIER 3!
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Now, now. That headline is just a little joke. Anything else that is up against the streaming debut of horror giant Terrifiier 3 already knew they had an uphill battle for our attention.    Just in case the extreme horror and...
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Sundance 2025 Review: PLAINCLOTHES, Undercover Cop and Repressed Desire Are Combustible Elements
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Somewhere in the bowels of an upstate New York shopping mall circa 1997, the undercover cop, Lucas (Tom Blyth), in writer-director Carmen Emmi’s fascinatingly tense, engrossing character study, Plainclothes, sits quietly at a first-floor dining area, his eyes perpetually scanning...
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‘Last Days’ Review: Justin Lin’s Superficial Portrait of a Missionary’s Tragic Demise
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The film scatters itself across multiple plot angles that confuse more than clarify. The post ‘Last Days’ Review: Justin Lin’s Superficial Portrait of a Missionary’s Tragic Demise appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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GRACE POINT Exclusive Clip: Andrew McCarthy And John Owen Lowe Star in Psychological Thriller
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The psychological thriller Grace Point starring Andrew McCarthy (Pretty In Pink) and John Owen Lowe (Netflix: Unstable) is available now on Digital and VOD.   We have an exclusive clip to share with you. Check it out below.    The...
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2025 Sundance Film Festival: Hailey Gates’ Atropia is the Surprise Win for the U.S. Grand Jury Prize
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The acerbic war film comedy that doesn’t really take place in a war zone (Iraq) but instead, a manufactured training base landed the top honors at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Hailey Gates’ feature debut Atropia claimed the coveted US...
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