What makes Nathan Hilu charming is his eccentricity: “In art, there’s all kind of isms,” he says in a quintessential New York rasp. “There’s futurism, impressionism… this is Nathan-ism.” Indeed, director Elan Golod’s Nathan-ism is an eccentric film in its own right.…
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Faith can help people find an inner resolve previously unknown. A belief in something higher can help give someone aspirations. But, on the flip side, horrific deeds are carried out by people who are convinced their way of thinking is…
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A rom-com in space?–don’t knock it ’til you’ve watched it. While a “When Harry Met Sally” knock-off set in a future galaxy may be too bold a move for some, writer/director Michael Lukk Litwak‘s feature debut mostly makes the concept work. Sure,…
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When it comes to stories about murder investigations, it’s usually pretty safe to say that you’ll want to stick with the movie or series to find out who’s the killer at the very least. That’s why it’s incredibly frustrating when…
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Five years ago, Charlie Day began filming his directorial debut—then known as El Tonto—but as he began to sell the project and as the pandemic hit, he started to have doubts about the film. Day talked about the project with…
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The dream will always remain a dream in Julian Sibal’s short, Jake, The Failure. By day, Jake (Ethan Herisse) is a parking attendant, but that barely covers his everyday life. Jake is one of those dreamers who left everything to…
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It’s kind of weird when a man and a woman are friends, right? Like a heterosexual adult man and woman, being the best of friends, and the words “sex” or “romance” never even enter their minds? And what if they…
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Alexander Deeds’ horror short, Butterscotch, boasts a simple premise but still packs quite a punch. Our story takes place in the TV room of a retirement home. Chad Sommer plays an old man sitting in front of the television with…
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Sebastian (Billy Blair) is a talented piano player. However, he’s addicted to alcohol and drugs, which makes him unreliable. As such, he fills in at this or that bar as needed and does not have a steady gig. Sebastian’s sister,…
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Move Me No Mountain is written and directed by Deborah Richards. While the filmmaker has a number of shorts and one segment of an anthology to her name, this drama is her feature-length debut. Is it the start of a promising…
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There is a film that Robert Rodriguez’s Hypnotic feels like it is riffing on so explicitly that it becomes almost hilarious the more it goes on. To say what that specific film is would mean toeing too close to spoiler…
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Whenever a series that centers around the FBI gets announced, you can’t help but think that you’re about to witness another entry into the wide array of police procedural shows that have been extremely popular throughout the years. Of course,…
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