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2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Riley Stearns’ Dual

Riley Stearns headed to the Nordic country for his latest feature. Filmed during the pandemic, the shot in Finland Dual should have had enough...

I Used to Go Here | Review

Going, Going, Gone: Rey Finds Solace in Regression with Idle Dramedy As a framing device, nostalgia has the slant of a moral lesson gleaned from...

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...

Bel Canto | Review

Music Makes the People Come Together: Weitz Hits False Notes in Hostage Drama If ever an aria could conjure the essence of camp, it would...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #97. Justin Kelly’s Welcome the Stranger

Welcome the Stranger Currently sitting on a pair of feature film items waiting for a film festival release, filmmaker Justin Kelly had his feature debut...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Justin Kelly’s Welcome the Stranger

With a breakneck pace output, filmmaker Justin Kelly hasn't wasted much time between features since premiering his debut feature at I Am Michael (review) at...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden

The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition...

Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...