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2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Eli Stern’s California King

A comedy-caper flick that could easily end up at Sundance, SXSW or even Tribeca, California King comes from prod company Vanishing Angle folks and...

Becky | Review

But When She Was Bad, She Was Awful: Milott & Murnion Subvert Allegiances in Violent Thriller The innocuously titled Becky is the third feature...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #76. Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation

Assassination Nation Sam Levinson offered us one of the best films of 2011 with his directorial debut --- we called it “a bitter, nasty, angry film about...

Sundance ’18: Wash Westmoreland, Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant & Zellner Bros. In Premieres Section

Despite not expecting the Premieres sections to be drop today, several of the narrative items below were on our radar and make for what...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation

It's been a long seven years between features for Sam Levinson. Having started his film career with one of the best films from 2011...

Adult Beginners | Review

Arrested Development: Katz’s Debut an Affectionate Familial Dramedy A familiar yet generally charming vehicle that impressively utilizes a pair of actors known mostly from a...

A Merry Friggin’ Christmas | Review

Blight Christmas: Shapeero’s Debut is Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year There’s a reason why Tristram Shapeero’s film debut A Merry Friggin’ Christmas...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.