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“COOKIE QUEENS”
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide. THE CAST – N/A THE TEAM – Alysa Nahmias (Director/Writer)...
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“ZI”
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night — and possibly her life. THE CAST – Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson & Jin...
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Rotterdam 2026 Review: THE NIGHT Holds Horrors And Wonders
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has started its 2026 edition. And even though the festival slants towards arthouse as always there are plenty of genre films to enjoy as well. Case in point: Paul Urkijo Alijo's Gaua a.k.a. The Night,...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Send Help” Director Sam Raimi
by admin|5 months ago|Next Best Picture
“Send Help” is an American survival horror film produced and directed by Sam Raimi and written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as an employee and her boss, respectively, who become stranded...
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TEACHER’S PET Review: Listening to Your Teacher Is Not Always a Good Idea
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Michelle Torian, Luke Barnett, and Barbara Crampton star in writer/director Noam Kroll's unsettling, slow-burn psychological drama. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Scare Out Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Spy Thriller Starring Jackson Yee Arrives This Month
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
After directing six (!) new films between 2020 and 2024, Zhang Yimou took a bit of a breather last year, but he’s now back this month with a new spy thriller. The Chinese director’s latest feature Scare Out stars Jackson...
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Opening This Week: Luc Besson’s DRACULA, Renny Harlin’s THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Plus: Aaron Silverstein's 'The Infinite Husk,' Alexander Skarsgard in 'Pillion,' Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in 'Jimpa.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Sundance 2026 Wrap: We Came, We Saw, We Reviewed
by admin|5 months ago|Screen Anarchy
As our own Ryland Aldrich noted in his wonderful essay, Ryland's Musings From Two Decades of Sundance, the Sundance Film Festival celebrated its final edition in Park City, Utah, with a bang -- and with an announcement about their annual...
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Sundance Review: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is David Wain’s Hilarious Ode to LA
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
As the world continues fermenting its vile culture, the gang behind The State and Wet Hot American Summer is back to save you from the merciless onslaught of bad news. At least for 90 minutes. The dynamic duo of director...
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Sundance Review: If I Go Will They Miss Me Finds Poetic Beauty in Coming of Age
by admin|5 months ago|The Film Stage
Finding poetic beauty in the quotidian, Walter Thompson-Hernández’s If I Go Will They Miss Me centers on coming of age in housing projects of southern Los Angeles. It’s a way of life often depicted with a grittiness that favors do-or-die...
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