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Tribeca 2025 Review: THE TRAVEL COMPANION, The Unbearable Lightness of Being an Indie Filmmaker
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The Travel Companion, a feature debut made by a creative duet of Alex Mallis and Trevor Wood, continues to explore the topic that was prominent at last year’s Tribeca Festival (and showcased in such films as Adult Best Friends and...
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‘Sex’ Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Funny, If Digressive, Look at Male Sexuality
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The film is most convincing in its depiction of an ongoing struggle to define oneself. The post ‘Sex’ Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Funny, If Digressive, Look at Male Sexuality appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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First Teaser for Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus Sets Matthew McConaughey on a Heroic Mission
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Since his acclaimed 2013 drama Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass has had a bit of a rocky career. There was an unnecessary return to the Bourne franchise, the misstep that was 22 July, and the pandemic-hobbled release of News of the...
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‘Best Wishes to All’ Review: Shimotsu Yûta’s Eerie Evocation of a Happiness Epidemic
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The film is comic yet vicious and cynically bleak in its portraiture of Japan’s silent plague. The post ‘Best Wishes to All’ Review: Shimotsu Yûta’s Eerie Evocation of a Happiness Epidemic appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Review: An Implication-Rich Drama About Hiding a Genocide
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Rithy Panh’s film is hard-hitting yet illusive, much like the story its characters are hunting. The post ‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Review: An Implication-Rich Drama About Hiding a Genocide appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Echo Valley’ Review: Michael Pearce’s Rushed and Schematic Psychological Thriller
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Very little about this murkily shot film generates much in the way of thrills or emotion. The post ‘Echo Valley’ Review: Michael Pearce’s Rushed and Schematic Psychological Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Tribeca 2025 Review: QUEENS OF THE DEAD, A Next Gen Romero Spawns A Drag Zombie Winner
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A struggling drag club transforms into ground zero for a group of plucky survivors during a zombie infestation in Tina Romero’s fantastic debut feature, Queens of the Dead. Dre (Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding) is desperate. Their drag club had...
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Giacomo Abbruzzese’s ‘Disorder’ – Everything We Know So Far…
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After cutting his teeth on the short form for the decade prior it was a long process for Giacomo Abbruzzese to push out his feature debut. Among the standout Golden Bear competition films at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival (it...
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A Conversation with Sam Pollard, Daniel Junge & Wellington Love (I WAS BORN THIS WAY)
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With it’s Tribeca debut serendipitously falling within Pride Month, the documentary I Was Born this Way is a beaming celebration of identity – in all shapes, sizes, colors, forms, and fonts. The film, an exploration into the life of the...
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THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT: First Look at Creepy Thriller
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We're most of us hard up for money these days, so much so that we're willing to compromise a little in order to earn a little, for some basic survival or to hold on to our housing. But maybe some...
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