That They May Face the Rising Sun Featured, Reviews, Uncategorized Film Threat
John McGahern was one of the most celebrated Irish authors of his time, and this film adapts his last great masterpiece. That They May Face the Rising Sun (released in America as On the Lake) is a thinly fictionalized novel…
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Yaniv Featured, Reviews Film Threat
We’ve all been in that situation when we need to get our hands on a lot of money…and fast. Filmmakers Ben Ducoff and Ammon Carmi take us into the seedy world of the underground card room in their comedy/thriller, Yaniv.…
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Death Of A Rockstar Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! Death Of A Rockstar is an animated rock opera written, directed, produced, edited, and starring Röcket Stähr. The filmmaker wears his inspiration on his sleeve, with Tommy, The Wall, Yellow Submarine, and The Rocky Horror Picture…
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Winter Wonderland Stoke 2023 Review: Christmas Is BACK!
After a shocking 2022 in Stoke on Trent where Christmas spirit had moved on to pastures new this year sees that much needed Christmas spirit injected back into the city with the grand return of Winter Wonderland. Here’s our Winter…
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Saltburn Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman took a sensitive subject and gave it a very dark turn. Saltburn seems to bypass everything and just goes dark. Barry Keoghan plays Oliver, a new Oxford student and a bit of…
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Thanksgiving Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving marks the second time a “faux trailer” from 2007’s double-feature Grindhouse has been adapted by its creator into a feature-length film. While Robert Rodriguez’s Machete stayed truer to the Z-movie exploitation flicks to which…
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A Cold Grave Featured, Reviews Film Threat
A Cold Grave is a spin-off of Forest Of Death, firmly focusing on a side character from that movie. Brendan Rudnicki returns as director and co-writer. Kellan Rudnicki is once again a co-writer, and the two have teamed up with…
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Free Lover Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Victoria Lynn Weston’s short film, Free Lover, tells the story of one of the most accomplished women in American History, and at the risk of burying the lead, the first woman nominated for President of the United States. Before her…
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‘Deep Sea’ Review — Gorgeous Animated Film Fights Through Stormy Waters
The Big Picture Deep Sea is a stunning animated film that offers a unique visual experience through its innovative technique of blending 3D images with ink paintings. The film takes audiences on a journey into a vast and mesmerizing undersea…
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The End We Start From Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AFI FILM FEST 2023 REVIEW! Mahalia Belo’s adaptation of Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From deserves praise for a multitude of reasons. It’s an edge-of-your-seat apocalyptic drama. It’s an allegory about the post-partum plight of a mother. It’s a…
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Always, Lola Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The coming-of-age genre is crowded. But there is so much thematic depth and appealing nostalgia in capturing what it is like to grow up in a specific era and to experience love, heartbreak, and perhaps even loss for the first…
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Nisei Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The United States is far from perfect, and it has made severe mistakes for a relatively new and upstart country. Darren Haruo Rae’s short film, Nisei, is one such story of heroism born from American fear and racism. Nisei is…
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