Rent-A-Pal review – a compelling look at loneliness in thriller form Wesley Crusher’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rent-A-Pal is odd, no getting away from that. I like and admire odd films, but figured it’s best to warn
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Festivals
SXSW 2020: Make Up review – a discovering of the self by way of psychological horror
With her debut feature Make Up, writer/director Claire Oakley seems to posit that the most frightening yet fulfilling undertaking we
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SXSW 2020: The Surrogate review – making the audience embrace a taxing moral dilemma
The Surrogate is a portrait of the immense strain on our personal relationships when faced with a complex moral dilemma.
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SXSW 2020: The Carnivores review – two girls and their dog
The Carnivores is a movie about love on the rocks. There’s Brett (Lindsay Burdge) and her dog Harvie. Brett loves
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SXSW 2020: Crestone review – Soundcloud rappers make a home in the desert
The blurred lines between real life and performance in the internet age have become an increasingly potent topic to investigate.
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SXSW 2020: Lapsis review – an off-kilter drama for the working class
Ray keeps hearing that he should get a quantum computer. Set in what director Noah Hutton describes as a “parallel
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Sundance 2020: Nine Days review – Winston Duke stars in this magnetic, sweeping, high-concept drama
What if life wasn’t a preordained right? This question lies in the center of Edson Oda’s Nine Days, his feature
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Sundance 2020: Documentary Pairs – Acasa, My Home and malni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Both Acasa, My Home and malni–towards the ocean, towards the shore were seen at Sundance 2020. Check out all of
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Sundance 2020: Documentary Pairs – Crip Camp and Welcome to Chechnya
Both Crip Camp and Welcome to Chechnya were seen at Sundance 2020. Check out all of our coverage from the
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Sundance 2020: Palm Springs review – Andy Samberg leads the best, easiest comedy at Sundance Film Festival
In the midst of family dramas, character studies, and horror flicks, director Max Barbakow’s Palm Springs stood like a lighthouse,
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Sundance 2020: Minari review – a caring, thoughtful, personal look into one family’s American dream
Sometimes, you can feel that the movie you’re watching is special. The moving images on the screen displayed in front
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Sundance 2020: Kajillionaire review – an odd look at a scrapping family in flux and a reason to rejoice in Miranda July
Evan Rachel Wood stands emotionless in an office building with soap oozing from the walls. She wears a green and
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Sundance 2020: Luxor review – a quiet trip on the Nile down memory lane
There are certain places in the world that contain an element of past experiences, holy grounds that have been visited
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Sundance 2020: Uncle Frank review – a script that can’t match the performances
The newest addition to the road trip subgenre comes in the form of Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank, a tender film
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Sundance 2020: Whirlybird review – a look at the history of Los Angeles through the lens of breaking news and a breaking family
Even if you aren’t a native Los Angeles resident, you likely know its history. You know about the big wildfires
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Sundance 2020: Dinner In America review – messy, warm, and unapologetically punk
During the first 15 minutes of Adam Rehmeier’s Dinner in America, you think you understand what kind of movie you’re watching.
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Screening Rights Film Festival "Harnessing cinema to entertain, educate and inspire change..."
When we watch a film, how deeply do we think about the issues it presents? Those issues don’t affect us,
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After Midnight (Mayhem 2019) Review: Serious/Funny Drama About Love And Monsters It's all gonna be peaches and cream
After Midnight (previously called Something Else) surely crosses more genres than I’ve seen in any one single film before; and
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And Then We Danced (NewFest 2019) Review: A Gorgeous Tale of Tradition, Dance, and Family
The International Centerpiece at NewFest 2019 took me a few days to digest. Written and directed by Levan Akin, And
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Tu Me Manques (NewFest 2019) Review: Powerful in Concept, Yet Uneven in Execution
Writer-director Rodrigo Bellott’s new film Tu Me Manques is an exploration of Latin American ideas about homosexuality. Bellott pens a
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