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CAMP First Look: Dark Sky Films Acquires US Distribution Rights to Avalon Fast’s Fantastic Fest Entry
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Avalon Fast's sophomore film, Camp, had its world premiere at Fanstastic Fest yesterday. Prior to that the folks at Dark Sky Films announced they had secured US distribution rights to the film. They released a first look clip for the...
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‘Black Phone 2’ Review: An Eerie, Tactile Plunge into the Realm of Dreamscapes
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The film collapses dreams, reality, past, and present into a singular cinematic haunted space. The post ‘Black Phone 2’ Review: An Eerie, Tactile Plunge into the Realm of Dreamscapes appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Busan 2025 Review: THE GREAT FLOOD, Thrilling Disaster Drowns in Confounding Sci-fi
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Following Omniscient Reader this summer, Director Kim Byung-woo returns with his second effects-heavy tentpole this year, the Netflix original The Great Flood, an ambitious film that dazzles and confounds in equal measure. The Witch star Kim Da-mi plays An-na, a...
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‘Primate’ Review: Johannes Roberts’s Killer Ape Movie Is a Slick, Pathos-Free Throwback
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It’s telling that Primate is high-strung in its eagerness to get down to the carnage. The post ‘Primate’ Review: Johannes Roberts’s Killer Ape Movie Is a Slick, Pathos-Free Throwback appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Low-Key Journey Through the Venetian Countryside
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This gene splice of road movie and coming-of-age story is as whimsical as it is disjointed. The post ‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Low-Key Journey Through the Venetian Countryside appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Busan 2025 Review: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, Social Stigma of Suicide Takes Center Stage in Measured Korean Indie
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Indie cineaste Lee Kwang-kuk returns to Busan with his fifth film, Beautiful Dreamer, a sensitive tale of social stigma that dials down the wry humour that marked earlier works such as A Matter of Interpretation and A Tiger in Winter....
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‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Ferociously Farcical Skewering of Capitalism
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Across Park’s film, “no other choice” becomes a kind of disingenuous mantra. The post ‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Ferociously Farcical Skewering of Capitalism appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Busan 2025: NO OTHER CHOICE, Park Chan-wook’s Delirious Dark Comedy is a Twisted Delight
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After losing his job of 25 years, an increasingly frustrated family man is driven to the brink in his efforts to protect his comfortable life in Park Chan-wook’s outrageous black comedy, No Other Choice. After debuting at Venice the film...
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TIFF Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza
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In January 2024, the Palestine Red Crescent Society received an emergency call from Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl traveling in a car with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Gaza City. The Israeli army fired upon their vehicle and killed...
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Busan 2025 Review: FUNKY FREAKY FREAKS, Korean Teens Put Through the Wringer in Livewire Debut
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Han Chang-lok announces himself as a talent to watch with the grungy and livewire debut Funky Freaky Freaks, one of the titles duking it out in Busan's revamped competition section this year. This Korea National University of Arts (K'Arts) feature...
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