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SXSW 2025 Review: DROP, A Terrifically Taut Techno-Thriller From Christopher Landon
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Young widow Violet (Meghann Hahy) is finally ready to get back into the dating game, but while out with hunky photographer Henry (Brandon Sklenar), she is targeted with a series of increasingly frightening anonymous drops to her phone. When the...
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ANDOR: Watch The First Three Episodes of Season One on YouTube Now
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In a shrewd move to get more folks subscribed to Disney+ in time for the second season premiere on April 22nd, the first three episodes from season one of Andor are now streaming on their YouTube channel. They will give...
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SXSW 2025 Review: DEATH OF A UNICORN, A Killer Cast Fights Unconvincing FX In This Disappointing Fantasy
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Elliott (Paul Rudd) really needs a win. Still struggling to get his life together after his wife has died of cancer, he’s bringing his teenage standoffish daughter Ridley (Jenna Ortega) on a work retreat at the wildlife preserve sponsored by...
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SXSW Review: The Threesome is an Ambitious, Flawed Rom-Com From Chad Hartigan
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A big swing and nearly a miss, Chad Hartigan’s The Threesome is not without its charms even as it can overstay its welcome. A rom-com that offers a more serious tone for characters either in a state of arrested development...
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SXSW Review: Rodney Ascher’s Ghost Boy is a Moving, Philosophical Documentary About Being Trapped
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Directed by Rodney Ascher, best known for his horror-focused documentaries Room 237 and The Nightmare, Ghost Boy approaches its subject Martin Pistorius from, at times, the same perspective of his last feature A Glitch in the Matrix: locked in an...
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Sound And Vision: The Big Joseph Kahn Interview, Part One
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Joseph Kahn is one of the big music video directors of the nineties and early two thousands. He was present with his new monster movie Ick at the Film Festival of Rotterdam. ScreenAnarchists Ard Vijn and Theodoor Steen had the...
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Sex Work in 1970s Japan Gets the Spotlight in Exclusive Trailer for Noboru Tanaka’s Newly Restored The Oldest Profession
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After Sean Baker’s sex work dramedy Anora won top honors at the Oscars last week, a Japanese landmark feature from Roman Porno master director Noboru Tanaka exploring the profession has been restored and is getting a U.S. release. The Oldest...
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7 Films to See at MoMI’s First Look 2025
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A snapshot of the most exciting voices working in American and international cinema today––and with a strong focus on newcomers––the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival returns this week, taking place March 12-16.  As always, the festival brings together...
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The Unloved, Part 134: A Dandy in Aspic
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Celebrating Anthony Mann's final film, a spy caper reflecting its own creator's demise.
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“Split Fiction” Has Compelling Gameplay Held Back By Pacing Issues
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A video game review of the new co-op game from Hazelight and EA.
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