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A Freediver’s Near Tragedy Gets The Drawn-Out Documentary Treatment [SXSW]
As a champion freediver, Jessea Lu describes in the early minutes of her own documentary, “7 Beats Per Minute,” the film’s title reflects the heart rate a freediver should target to ensure success during a competitive diving event. There’s no question such…
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Mexican Dream Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Laura Plancarte’s cinema verité documentary, Mexican Dream, focuses on the life and times of co-writer María Magdalena Reyes. Reyes fled an abusive relationship and returned to Mexico. She is an older woman who would like to create a child with…
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The Greatest Hits Review: Lucy Boynton Leads Excellent Cast
The Greatest Hits is a film that bravely mixes genres, serving its audience a romantic fantasy cocktail with a twist of time-travel. Directed, produced, and penned by Ned Benson, the movie tries to navigate the tumultuous waters of love, loss,…
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Rouge Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director-writer Hamoody Jaafar’s moving documentary Rouge provides a snapshot of cultural changes around race over 70 years. This change is shown through the lens of integration struggles at River Rouge High School in River Rouge, Michigan, just south of Detroit. The story…
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Pentagram Girl Featured, Reviews Film Threat
There’s a twist near the end of Pentagram Girl, directed by Bryan Enk, that is one of the most startling moments in recent memory. This short horror film, written by Enk and David Robson, is well and good until then.…
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Pure O Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! Mental Health and its related diseases and conditions are a rich seam to mine for film. In writer-director Dillon Tucker’s Pure O, we encounter pure obsessive-compulsive disorder. With the “pure” version of obsessive-compulsive disorder, you see none…
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Damaged Review: Samuel L. Jackson Deserved Better
Damaged, a film directed by Terry McDonough and fronted by the formidable pairing of Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel, sets out to carve a niche for itself in the action-thriller genre but unfortunately falls short of the mark. This…
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‘Blackout’ Review — A Werewolf Horror Movie Without Any Bite
The Big Picture Blackout fails to build tension in a werewolf plot, veering towards a Hallmark Channel drama. The film underutilizes impressive werewolf makeup and offers limited monster appearances. Blackout struggles to balance being gory and introspective, leaving viewers searching…
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LaRoy Texas Review: A Talented Cast Shines
LaRoy, Texas, a crime thriller comedy that saunters into the limelight with a cocky smirk, can easily be described as a hidden gem among modern cinematic endeavors. Shane Atkinson, known for his keen eye for blending genres, presents us with…
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Rain (Lluvia) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In his debut feature film, Rain (Lluvia), Rodrigo García Saiz intertwines six stories as continuing vignettes throughout 24 hours, culminating in endings that reveal the human condition in subtle revelations. A constant character in each story, torrential rain appears to…
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The Founder Effect Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Based on the short film of the same name, The Founder Effect, written and directed by Justin MacGregor, blends light sci-fi with mystery in the hunt for a missing child. Declan Bakker (Greg Sestero) is a missing persons and unsolved cases…
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In Bed Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director-writer Nitzan Gilady delivers a sensory gut punch in his Israeli thriller, In Bed. Guy (Israel Ogalbo) and his bestie Joy (Moran Rosenblatt) are already taking ecstasy from their water bottle when they head into the street in full rave…
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