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The Friendship Game – Interview with Director Scooter Corkle

The Friendship Game is a sci-fi horror film starring Peyton List. The film follows a group of teenagers in a small town who discover a st... READ MORE

The Visitor – Interview with Director Justin P. Lange

Newly situated in his wife's old town and her childhood home, The Visitor is a 2022 horror film that follows Robert (Finn Jones), who hap... READ MORE

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Paradise Highway – Interview with Filmmaker Anna Gutto

Paradise Highway is a thriller film following a truck driver named Sally (Juliette Binoche) who is forced to smuggle illicit cargo to sav... READ MORE

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THOROUGHBREDS (2017) DIR. CORY FINLEY

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6 highly recommended films

Fear of the Woods: The Witch & It Comes at Night

Through all of our advancements within society, we still can’t shake fearing the unknown. That dark corner of the room that makes our ... READ MORE

Stardust Memories – Existentialism, Bergman & Romantic Nostalgia

Anytime I’ve heard a discussion on Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, Federico Fellini is brought up almost immediately. Another director com... READ MORE

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

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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.

4.0

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

Explores the art of the late underground comic artist Spain Rodriguez and gives considerable runtime to sharing the huge personality behind the art.

3.0

After serving 12 years for armed robbery, Jimmy (Jason Sudeikis) is released from prison and intends to give his childhood love Amy (Evangeline Lilly) — now dying from cancer — the best year of her life.

2.0

Red Notice

Two infamous art thieves and one framed cop try to uncover the three ancient eggs gifted to Cleopatra.

4.0

Eternals

Taking place after the life-changing events of Avengers: Endgame, Eternals focuses on a group of immortal alien beings who have shaped humanity and lived on Earth for a thousand years.

2.0

Knocking

A woman leaves the psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.

2.0

Lucky

A mysterious and threatening figure follows the protagonist May and attacks her night after night inside her home.