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DOWN RIVER Clip: Shep Shootout
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Arriving tomorrow on digital and on Demand, Down River is described as a Southern Gothic thriller. My colleague Andrew Mack posted the trailer last month, along with a batch of images, and now we have a clip to share that...
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RETURN TO REASON Blu-ray Review: The Dizzying Avant Garde of Man Ray
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The first years of cinema, the seventh art was treated more as a technological marvel than a device with which to tell stories. Even when the technology progressed and storytelling took over, artists still found ways to explore the medium...
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Tallinn 2025 Review: THINK OF ENGLAND Dramatizes Britain’s Attempt to Boost Morale with State-Mandated Porn Films
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Richard Hawkins' film moves from period workplace comedy, rooted in the absurdities of producing a pornographic film for the war effort, toward a psychological drama shaped by mounting instability. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: STAGE TO SCREEN
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[Assorted quotes included herein, below, from teenage actor Kaison Marlow Eaves. Beyond the nepotism, a talented thespian in his own right (recently, Orpheus in HADESTOWN and Hamlet in, well, HAMLET).] Dreams don’t die. Keep an eye on your dream. Merrily...
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Tallinn 2025 Review: BLINDSIGHT Retools the Amnesia Narrative Through Immersive Experience and Storytelling Rug Pulling
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Adrian Sitaru´s latest work employs first person immersion to build a narrative puzzle that shifts into the register of a Black Mirror episode, revealing a film with far more layers than its early realism and family drama implied. [Read the...
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HBO’s “Heated Rivalry” is the Sexiest and Most Significant Queer Show of the Year
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A review of the Canadian drama, now a hit on HBO Max.
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A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories
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Robert Grainier lives a narrow life of hard work and sudden, inexplicable tragedy. As played by Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams, he’s someone who looks on from afar, who watches rather than participates.  Based on a novella by Denis Johnson,...
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The 2026 Golden Globe Award Nominations
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The nominations for the 83rd annual Golden Globe Award nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced on January 11th, 2025. Here are this year’s nominees… BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident The Secret...
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Cinema Is My Church: Rian Johnson on “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
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An interview with the writer/director of the Knives Out movies.
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Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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In a year that’s felt defined by a sense of hysteria and confusion, the only thing I truly wanted from a film festival was escape. I’m over cinema that tries to posture itself as a force of political change. Genuine...
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