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What happens when you combine a fleet of public transportation employees, a stage, a classic sci-fi horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and an endless spark of creative ingenuity? You get the West End production of “Alien…on Stage,” an amateur, from-scratch stage
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Sometimes nuance and subtext are the strongest methods in reaching an audience, allowing them to organically discover the meaning behind specific themes and attributes of a film. Other times, using a proverbial sledgehammer to bash the viewer over the dome is the
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There is an enthralling line of dark-web, creepypasta intrigue running through Jacob Gentry’s Broadcast Signal Intrusion. which starts his sleek conspiracy thriller off on some strong footing. Set in the late ’90s, when the broadcast airwaves were unruly and full of potential
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It is the film’s personal, maternal angle that makes I Am A Cliché anything but.
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In the economically bizarre world we live in – where the sizable population of the super-ultra rich could collectively cure world hunger multiple times over but have just decided not to – we have been programmed to view the very idea of
Yellow Veil Pictures has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming animated dark fantasy film The Spine of Night, which is set to premiere at SXSW Online beginning next week.
The film, which is hand-rotoscoped, is written and directed by Philip
Ahead of its premiere at this year’s SXSW, a new teaser trailer has been released for the trippy looking horror film Gaia, which involves a park ranger who discovers a man and his son living in the forest, but also something much
A new trailer has been posted for Drive All Night, which is set to premiere virtually at this year’s Cinequest Film Festival. The film is directed by Peter Hsieh and stars Yutaka Takeuchi and Sarah Dumont.
Cinequest runs online from March 20
A new teaser trailer has been released for the coming of age drama The Fallout, written and directed by Megan Park. The film stars Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, and Shailene Woodley and
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Fires on the Plain sees Tsukamoto apply his signature style to a classic of Japanese cinema.
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The wonted familial deceit that props up Lying to Mom belies the uneven and bloated melodrama of its plot.
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Lapsis is the perfect type of science fiction, which draws unmistakable parallels to our current society and nudges it ever so slightly beyond where we are now but cautiously predicts where we could go if trends continue.
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A manic meta-comedy of immense proportions, Red Post on Escher Street pokes fun at the chaos of film production with equal parts absurdity and empathy.
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The laid-back approach in Mori, the Artist’s Habitat works well for such a terminally breezy subject.
The film lineup for this year’s SXSW has been revealed, with 75 features comprised of 57 world premieres. This will be the first year SXSW has gone virtual, with the entire slate of titles streaming online for fans to enjoy in the
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Night of the Kings deftly celebrates the power of storytelling and myth-making when one’s freedoms are limited.
