Believe it or not, Slamdance 2019 is fast approaching and today they announced the lineups for their competition and inaugural breakout programs. This year’s competition lineup will feature 11 narrative and 9 documentary features, 18 of which are premieres, including 10 World, 4
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The Favourite is a film that combines a brilliant script with a visionary director and employs the talents from an incredible cast to coalesce into a filmgoing experience I won’t soon forget and one of my favorites this year.
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Jonathan and Jon have a unique living situation in that they’re brothers, roommates and share a name, yes, but they happen to also live in the same body.
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It’s a compelling narrative driven by a solid performance from Madeline Brewer that becomes only more intriguing as Alice dives deeper into this strange technical nightmare she begins living.
A trailer for the upcoming documentary See Know Evil has been released ahead of its DOC NYC premiere this Friday. Directed by Charlie Curran, the film tells the story of Davide Sorrenti, a prolific photographer and artist in NYC who was tragically diagnosed with
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Though a tad too long, coming in at two hours, the standout performances from Worthy (along with all the rappers involved), the fantastic script, and Joseph Kahn’s music video-esque visuals make Bodied not one to miss.
With the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival recently wrapping, the award winners from this year’s edition have been announced. Guto Parente‘s Cannibal Club won Best Feature in the Horror program, with Veronica Kedar‘s Family winning Best Feature in the Head Trip program.
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The Dark is a disturbing, yet oddly touching, feature debut from Justin P. Lange, and while it comes dangerously close to becoming dull at a few spots, it never completely loses its connection with the audience and deftly delivers a tragic, hopeful story about the resilience of human beings and the healing power of the positive connections we have to one another.
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Told over the course of one harrowing evening in Denmark, Gustav Möller’s The Guilty presents a tense thriller while keeping the viewers, and our protagonist, Asger (Jakob Cedergren), fixed in one location.
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It’s a polarizing film that some like myself will love and find to be brilliantly funny and others will just find it too weird and annoying to get on board with. Whichever side you land on, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn is a movie you won’t forget experiencing anytime soon.
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Soon after the death of Freddie Gray, at the hands of the Baltimore Police Department, is where documentary filmmaker Marilyn Ness places herself for her latest film, Charm City.
The full lineup for this year’s Doc NYC has been announced, revealing an obscene amount of documentaries, many of which are world and U.S. premieres. There will be over 300 films and events at this year’s festival, which will be taking
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The story of loveable outcasts finding their niche, in part on a wacky road trip to a climactic shining moment, may not be new, but this journey is a unique and entertaining one.
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Playing out like a darker, more twisted version of Home Alone, Michael Peterson’s Knuckleball pits a clever little kid against a sadistic killer in a bloody game of cat and mouse.
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The serious, real-life cruelties occurring at America’s southern border, and the encroaching darkness of the last couple of years, make this an apt time for genre films to add to the discourse and perhaps provide some escape.
Fantastic Fest in Austin is beginning to wrap up its 2018 season, and today this year’s award winners have been announced. Tim Sutton‘s Donnybrook took home Best Picture, with Peter Strickland winning Best Director for In Fabric in the Main Competition section.
