SXSW 2020: Midnighters, Festival Favorites, More Announced
Lots more movies were announced today as part of the 2020 SXSW lineup, including my personal favorite section, Midnighters.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
Sundance 2020: GIVING VOICE Wins Festival Favorite Award
The final award from this year’s Sundance Film Festival has been announced, with James D. Stern and Fernando Villena‘s Giving Voice winning the Festival Favorite Award. The film follows six students who are competing in the August Wilson Monologue Competition in
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COME TO DADDY Review
Beginning as a somber reunion of father and son and ending in a gore-filled bloodbath, Timpson’s first foray in the director’s chair is anything but a forgettable experience.
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Sundance 2020: Award Winners Announced
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close Sunday (Feb. 2) and tonight the award winners for this year have been announced. Lee Isaac Chung‘s Minari won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, with Massoud Bakhshi‘s Yalda, a Night
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Slamdance 2020: Award Winners Announced
Slamdance 2020 is winding down and with that the award winners for this year’s festival have been revealed. Heather Young‘s wonderful Murmur won the Jury Award for Narrative Feature, with Hasan Oswald‘s Higher Love winning the Jury Award for Documentary
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Slamdance 2020: SHOOT TO MARRY Review
A lovelorn filmmaker attempts to use his craft to find the love of his life in a pathetic, creepy and pitiable act of desperation.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
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Slamdance 2020: SANZARU Review
Although it nearly doesn’t stick the landing, with things culminating abruptly and ending with less gravitas than the build-up had me anticipating, Sanzaru remains a thoughtfully crafted story that combines dread with melodrama to deliver a creepy, nuanced horror tale.
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Slamdance 2020: JASPER MALL Review
Jasper Mall takes you inside the titular mall in Alabama to witness the slow, monotonous process of its closing down.
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Slamdance 2020: Documentary JASPER MALL Gets a Teaser Trailer
A new teaser trailer has been released for the documentary Jasper Mall, which will be premiering this weekend at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Produced and directed by Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb, the film follows the denizens of the
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Slamdance 2020: SANZARU Trailer
Ahead of its premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, a trailer has been released for Sanzaru, written and directed by Xia Magnus. This horror film involves a young woman moving in as a caretaker for a dementia patient only to find
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Slamdance 2020: Documentary HIGHER LOVE Gets a Trailer
A new trailer has been released for Hasan Oswald‘s documentary Higher Love ahead of its premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival. The film follows a man desperately trying to save his pregnant girlfriend from the grip of addiction.
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SXSW 2020: Features and Episodic Lineups Announced
SXSW 2020 is gearing up to kick off March 13 – 22 in Austin and today the bulk of the feature film lineup has been revealed. 102 features and episodics are included in this announcement, with a couple highlights being
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Sundance 2020: Feature Lineup Announced
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,
Posted by: Adam Patterson
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KNIVES AND SKIN Review
Reeder has developed a unique vision with Knives and Skin; it’s just a bit cloudy.
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KNIVES OUT Review
Knives Out is an intricate murder mystery that revels in delightful menace while constantly subverting your expectations.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
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CROWN VIC Review
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.
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