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The Apprentice | Review

The Devil and Donald Trump: Abbasi Reconstructs the Rise of a Crony Capitalist Among the many wise observations written by nineteenth century Englishman Lord Acton,...

You Won’t Be Alone | Review

Practical Magic: Stolevski Impresses with Eloquent Folk Horror Trauma Nature and Nurture are the affixed ingredients in a codependent dance swirling under the surface of...

Wolf [Video Review]

Oddly aggressive therapy tactics are the antagonist forces in a coming-of-ager drama that looks at a particular mental health disorder that is steeped in...

2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone

Cranking out a ton of short films for over a decade, Australian/Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski saw his 2018 short Would You Look at Her...

Kindred | Review

Gaslight of My Life: Marcantonio Debuts a Familiar Slice of Maternal Psychodrama “She giveth life and take it away” could have been a fitting tagline...

Amulet | Review

The Lying Nun: Garai Sways Scary with Stimulating Debut Indeed, the female of the species is more deadly than the male even in the realm...

Video Interview: Peter Strickland – In Fabric

We sat with filmmaker Peter Strickland following the premiere of his latest film In Fabric at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Strickland shares...

In Fabric | Review

Dress to Kill: Strickland Strikes Again in Luscious Homage to 70s Cinema “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Silas Howard’s A Kid Like Jake

A busy bee as of late directing notable television gigs such as Hudson Valley Ballers and Transparent, Silas Howard premiered his debut film at...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #75. John Michael McDonaugh’s War on Everyone

War on Everyone Director: John Michael McDonaugh Writer: John Michael McDonaugh The McDonaugh brothers have been showcasing their particular penchant for dark comedy over the past decade,...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Michael McDonagh’s War On Everyone

Littered with an international cast comprised of Theo James, Stephanie Sigman, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Tessa Thompson and Caleb Landry Jones, while John Michael...

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