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KVIFF 2024: Wrap-up and Awards
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I love film festivals. It’s as simple as that. You go, usually to a far-flung location, a place on a map that appears unreal at first, to see movies before anyone else. Some are big titles starring glitzy names made...
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KVIFF: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Stranger, Rude to Love
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No matter how many films I see at a festival, I almost always miss the big prize winner. It’s almost as if the jury is purposefully picking the one film I either haven’t seen or had never heard until their...
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The Secret Art of Human Flight
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Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah (Reina Hardesty) died suddenly, leaving him in a state of shock. He forgets to eat, he forgets to sleep. Stuck in a neverending stupor, he forgets to take...
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THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT Review: Indie Dramedy About Grief, Hope and Effective Techniques for Alienating Neighbours
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Directed by H.P. Mendoza, the film stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Maggie Grace, Lucy DeVito, and Sendhil Ramamurthy. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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JUNE ZERO Review: Never Again, and Yet
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This is a good movie, objectively. The shots are creative, the actors talented, the story heavy. What do I mean by that? That at one point the carpet becomes a film reel, that June Zero weaves together three different perspectives,...
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BiFan 2024 Review: BASE STATION, Paranoia Reigns in Dystopian Indie Sci-fi from Talent to Watch
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After impressing many viewers and critics two years ago with his wildly original debut film The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, Park Syeyoung returns to BiFan with his second feature, Base Station, which he co-directed with artist and filmmaker Yeon Yeji, who...
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Brad Pitt Gets in Gear in First Trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s F1
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After his blockbuster behemoth Top Gun: Maverick, Joseph Kosinski went quite a bit smaller scale with his little-discussed Netflix release Spiderhead release just a month after his Tom Cruise vehicle, but he’s now back next year with one of the...
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BiFan 2024 Review: IDIOT GIRLS AND SCHOOL GHOST: SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY, Lo-Fi Horror Comedy Lovingly Lampoons Far East Asian Horror Tropes
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Combining The Ring and the Whispering Corridors series, the giants of J- and K-horror, and stirring the pot with tongue firmly planted in cheek, the low-budget horror spoof Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary lovingly pokes fun at the...
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Interview: Oz Perkins and Maika Monroe on ‘Longlegs’ and Their Freeing Collaboration
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Perkins and Monroe discuss working with Nicolas Cage, the film’s influences, and more. The post Interview: Oz Perkins and Maika Monroe on ‘Longlegs’ and Their Freeing Collaboration appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Longlegs’ Review: Oz Perkins’s Riveting, If Rarely Revelatory, Serial Killer Chiller
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This is a sturdily constructed horror film with a foundation sneakily built on shifting sands. The post ‘Longlegs’ Review: Oz Perkins’s Riveting, If Rarely Revelatory, Serial Killer Chiller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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