The lineup for the 31st edition of NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ film festival has been announced, with 160 films from 32 countries. This year’s festival will be taking place from October 23 – 29.
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Auggie broaches the issue of A.I. relationships with the diminutive, surface-level approach of a bad “Black Mirror” episode.
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The strong script and deliciously deranged performances, coupled with its intriguing premise, ultimately redeem the film from a disappointing ending that unfortunately doesn’t amount to much.
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Deerskin is one or two expertly told absurdist jokes whose repetition comes close to tedium.
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As a self-criticising exploration of travelogue shows and the internal biases that structure them, To the Ends of the Earth is an enlightening dialogue about being feeling lost in a foreign country.
The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival is coming to an end and with that the awards for this year’s edition have been announced.
Take a look below for the full list of winners and for more information, head over to
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Preying on the anxieties over religious zealotry, Saint Maud is an auspicious horror debut that burns with a quiet terror.
The final set of titles have been revealed for this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and what a lineup it is. You have VFW from Joe Begos, whose previous film Bliss hasn’t even come out yet (does this guy sleep??),
The final set of films has been revealed for this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, which will be taking place from September 19 – 25. A few highlights include Jérémy Clapin‘s I Lost My Body (which involves a severed hand going
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It is not everyday you walk away from a film and think the 30-minute, one-take aspect is the least interesting about it, but it is rings true for Ueda's layered horror comedy experience.
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This genre-bender is the type of movie best seen cold, with no knowledge of any plot details beforehand, in order to truly benefit from its wild thematic shifts.
Here’s a clip for Ordinary Love, which is premiering at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn and starring Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson, the film takes a look at a loving couple whose devotion for
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In the best Frankenstein-like story since the unironically great Frankenhooker, Larry Fessenden’s first directorial effort since 2013’s Beneath marks his most ferociously entertaining feature to date.
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Completely over the top in the best ways imaginable, Chelsea Stardust’s Satanic Panic is a gore-soaked camp-fest that is chock full of fun and consistently entertains from beginning to end.
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Another poorly executed, found-footage movie that adds to an already-overflowing pile of forgettable titles just like it.
The first wave of titles has been revealed for this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, taking place from October 17 – 24. Adam Egypt Mortimer‘s Daniel Isn’t Real has been chosen as the Centerpiece Film, with some other highlights including
