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Seance [Video Review]

The Girlfriend Experience: Barrett Mines B-Movie Tropes in Hybrid Throwback There’s no greater hotbed of dysfunction and perversity than the homosocial staples of either the...

2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Simon Barrett’s Seance

A writer on horror items such as Horrible Way to Die (201), You're Next (2011), three segments in the V/H/S projects and another Adam...

Capone | Review

Gonzo Fonzo: Trank Returns with Tone Poem Portrait of a Monster The figure of Chicago mobster Al Capone has long been a mythical figure resurrected...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #27. Josh Trank – Fonzo

It's time to say goodbye to the De Niro Capone touch from The Untouchables. A meatier, bulkier project that would certainly rev up Sundance audiences,...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark

A filmmaker we've been keeping tabs on since the late naughts when his Slamdance/SXSW preemed 2007's Murder Party dropped, Jeremy Saulnier played a significant creative role with...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

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.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...