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2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Unknown Country

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The Unknown Country, 2022. Written and Directed by Morrisa Maltz. Starring Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Devin Shangreaux, Jasmine “Jazzy” Bearkiller Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Dale Leander Toller, Florence R. Perrin, and Scott Stampe. SYNOPSIS: An invitation to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family launches a grieving young woman on […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Deadstream

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Deadstream, 2022. Written and directed by Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter. Starring Joseph Winter and Melanie Stone. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for […]

Movie Review – The Changed (2021)

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The Changed, 2021. Co-written and directed Michael Mongillo. Starring Tony Todd, Clare Foley, Erik Bloomquist, Nina Wisner, and Jason Alan Smith. SYNOPSIS: A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbours. Executing high-concept sci-fi horror on a low budget isn’t easy, and […]

Movie Review – The Pink Cloud (2021)

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The Pink Cloud, 2021. Written and directed by Iuli Gerbase. Starring Renata de Lélis and Eduardo Mendonça. SYNOPSIS: After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appears, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected. Though it’s surely inevitable that the next […]

Movie Review – Gasoline Alley (2022)

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Gasoline Alley, 2022. Directed by Edward John Drake. Starring Devon Sawa, Bruce Willis, and Luke Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A man implicated in the triple homicide of three Hollywood starlets begins his own investigation. Needing assistance, he enlists the two detectives on his tail in order to expose a conspiracy more explosive than any of them imagined. […]

Movie Review – Hall (2020)

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Hall, 2020. Co-written and directed by Francesco Giannini. Starring Carolina Bartczak, Yumiko Shaku, Mark Gibson, Julian Richings and Bailey Thain. SYNOPSIS: When a debilitating sickness spreads across a long hotel hallway, a few scattered victims fight for survival, and try to escape from the dark narrow stretch of isolated carnage. There are two kinds of […]

Movie Review – King Knight (2021)

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King Knight, 2021. Written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Aubrey Plaza, Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery. One of the stranger entries on this year’s Frightfest docket […]

Movie Review – The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

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The Real Charlie Chaplin, 2021. Co-written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966. BAFTA-nominated filmmakers Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness) return with a less-innovative though […]

Movie Review – Petite Maman (2021)

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Petite Maman, 2021. Written and directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, and Nina Meurisse. SYNOPSIS: Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. […]