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Linoleum – Interview with Writer/Director Colin West

Heartfelt science fiction drama film Linoleum (2022) follows a failing children's science host Cameron (played by Jim Gaffigan), and the ... READ MORE

Interview with 'A Little White Lie' Director Writer Michael Maren

A Little White Lie – Interview with Writer/Director Michael Maren

The comedy feature film A Little White Lie (2023) follows a New York handyman who attends a literary festival as a famous author named Sh... READ MORE

Calvaire - Interview with Fabrice du Welz

Calvaire – Interview with Filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz

A film hailed by Academy Award Winning director, Guillermo del Toro as “A lucid nightmare” and “a dark, absurdist descent into hell”. The... READ MORE

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Ethics in Rural America: The Unlikely Marriage Between the Western and Film Noir Genres During Times of Uncertainty

The Western genre has been largely associated with American cinema and culture. While many other filmmakers from different regions and persp... READ MORE

The Psychos: Seeing the Psycho Films Through a Different Lens

Color, like sound, widescreen, and digital cameras, is a special effect that was implemented as a form of spectacle/innovation and ended... READ MORE

Article of The Similarities Between Food and Sex in Tampopo (1985)

The Flavorful Union of Food and Sex in Tampopo (1985)

Director Jûzô Itami’s 1985 comedy Tampopo draws parallels between two inherent human needs: the consumption of food and the consummation of relationships between people.

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3.0

Resurrection

One long pulling of a string until the tension snaps it in half, Resurrection wants to expel as much dread from its audience as possible before spilling the beans.

3.0

Paradise Highway

Paradise Highway tackles human trafficking with a thriller's edge, and the results are mixed.

4.0

Hypochondriac

Depicts the downward spiral of a young potter battling childhood trauma.

3.5

Mad God

Phil Tippett's Mad God is a testament to the power of effort.

3.5

Every year that a Gaspar Noé project is released, you can almost guarantee that it will create a discussion about the masochistic pleasures of being disturbed through art. Lux Æterna is one such film.

4.0

Lightyear

The origin story for the iconic character Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story franchise.

1.5

See You Then

See You Then is about two women, one trans and one cis, who reunite after a ten-year absence.

2.5

Dual

Scifi-thriller follows a woman who purchases a clone and has to prepare to engage in a government-sanctioned televised deathmatch against her clone.

3.5

Nitram

Explores the events leading up to the Port Arthur tragedy to understand why and how the atrocity occurred.

4.5

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The A24 film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — best known for their feature directorial debut, Swiss Army Man.

4.0

Turning Red

The latest film from Pixar Animation Studios is about a 13-year-old girl who transforms into a giant red panda when she gets too excited or anxious.

5.0

The Batman

A new vision, a new story, and a new man under the mask, filmmaker Matt Reeves brings a dark and gritty take on Gotham City and the caped crusader.

2.5

Ghosts of the Ozarks

Set in the American Reconstruction era, James McCune, a black, veteran physician tries to assimilate into a utopian town of the remote Ozarks.

2.5

Ida Red

Ida Red follows a crime family and the aftermath of a job gone wrong.

3.0

Clean

Adrien Brody as Clean, a man who is attempting to live a quiet life after enduring a tormenting past.