The 2020 Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner and today the full list of feature films has been revealed for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight,
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Reeder has developed a unique vision with Knives and Skin; it’s just a bit cloudy.
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Knives Out is an intricate murder mystery that revels in delightful menace while constantly subverting your expectations.
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More than just a Training Day clone, Crown Vic is an at-times-thrilling police story that acutely conveys both the physical and emotional turmoil police officers must contend with every night that they take out that squad car.
Manchester’s Grimmfest has wrapped its eleventh edition, and with that the award winners for this year’s festival have been announced. Kirill Sokolov‘s Why Don’t You Just Die! won Best Feature, Sokolov also won Best Director, and the Audience Award went to
Doc NYC has announced the full lineup of films ahead of their 10th edition, running from November 6 – 15. Boasting more than 300 films and events, this is the biggest year yet for New York’s preeminent documentary film festival.
The 26th annual Austin Film Festival will be running October 24 – 31 and today Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy has been announced as the closing night film. Two additional titles, Scandalous and Last Week At Ed‘s have also been added
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Parasite is a defiant piece of class critical cinema which features a director in obstinate control of his message, vision and artistry.
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If you’re looking to expand your knowledge of ’80s horror, looking for some good recommendations, or just wanting to feel nostalgic, this documentary has you covered, and it will certainly be one I revisit again in the future.
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1BR is a great concept held back by the mishandling of its characters, but it still manages to deliver a worthwhile thriller that is both engrossing and, at times, unsettling.
New York’s Nordic International Film Festival is running from October 16 – 20 and the full lineup has been announced. The Opening Night Film has been selected as Anna Odell‘s X&Y. This year’s festival features 50% of the films directed
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Fabián Velasco and Miloš Mitrovič have little to offer in Tapeworm except for layered miserablism.
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Narratively speaking, there isn’t much going on in Killer Queen for me to latch on to, and the story left me a bit wanting.
The 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival is gearing up to kick off beginning October 30th and today the full lineup has been announced. Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet has been selected as the Opening Night film, with a few other highlights being
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Danny Ryder's intimate confessionals are assembled into a moving tribute of introspection in the face of death.
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Harpoon is a surprisingly refreshing film; with its smart script and devilishly dark story, it’s far more substantive than what you might come to expect from a typical containment thriller.
