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Down with the King | Review

King Without a Crown: Ongaro Crafts a Rap Trap in Portrait of Creative Crisis Fifteen years ago, Jay-Z defiantly declared “Thirty’s the new twenty” in...

Swallow | Review

On Body and Soul: Mirabella-Davis Gets Squeamish with Formidable Debut As much as it speaks to contemporary understandings of female agency, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ astute directorial...

Swallow | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Tough to Swallow, in a Good Way: Davis Offers Big Gulp Feminist Thriller Carlo Mirabella Davis’ debut feature Swallow is a haunting study in gender politics in...

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Interview: Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)

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2025 Sundance: Hailey Gates, Katarina Zhu & Eva Victor in U.S. Dramatic Comp

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2025 Sundance: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Masterwork ‘April’ Selected for Spotlight Section

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2025 Sundance: Laura Casabé, Flora Lau, Vladimir de Fontenay & Chloé Robichaud in World Cinema Dramatic Comp

The long-awaited film by Flora Lau (LUX), Chloé Robichaud's...