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SXSW 2025 Review: BROTHER VERSES BROTHER, A Live Cinema Musical With A Huge Heart
Twin brothers roam the streets of San Francisco in search of their AWOL father in Ari Gold’s blissfully introspective live cinema musical, Brother Verses Brother. The fact that Brother Verses Brother recently added Francis Ford Coppola to its credit block...
SHADOW FORCE Official Trailer: It's Family Over Everything For Kerry Washington And Omar Sy
Joe Carnahan's action flick, Shadow Force, headlined by Kerry Washington and Omar Sy, is coming to cinemas on May 2nd. Lionsgate has sent out some new images and the official trailer today. Check it all out down below. In...
Now Streaming: ANORA, THE OUTRUN, DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA, SING SING
Award winners, nominees, FYC contenders, and even a commercial release beckon.
AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD Review: Investigating Doomsday
Directors Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto dig into the origins and evolution of a group that committed the poison gas attack in Japan in 1995.
THE TOXIC AVENGER: First Look And Official Teaser Poster For Macon Blair's Reboot
The push has begun for Macon Blair's reboot of the cult film, The Toxic Avenger. Taking advantage of the St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities in Chicago the promotional team loaded 'Toxie' onto a pontoon boat and floated him down the...
SXSW 2025: How Theaters Are Eventizing the Moviegoing Experience
Before I watched anything at SXSW this year, I began Friday, March 7, by attending a panel entitled "How Theaters Are Eventizing the Moviegoing Experience." Much of the discussion centered around how individual theaters and local cinema chains have made...
SXSW 2025: CORINA, NIRVANA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, and More Win Audience Awards
For reasons I cannot fully explain, I an unreasonably happy that director Urzula Barba Hopfner's Corina won the Audience Award in the Global section at SXSW 2025. I love the movie. That is all. Matt Johnson's Nirvana the Band the...
Series Mania 2025 Preview: History Repeats, Families Argue, and a Pop Star Gets Audited
Series Mania 2025 captures the shifting tides of geopolitics, identity, and personal struggle, offering a lineup where history informs the present and storytelling challenges societal norms.
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD: Your First Look at The Official Trailer is at a Theater Near You This Weekend!
Back in the day - November 17th, 1998 to be exact - if you wanted to see the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace you had to buy a ticket for Meet Joe Black, the drama fantasy...
SXSW 2025 Wrap: All Our Reviews, Interviews, and More
The sound of silence is deafening. SXSW 2025 has concluded this year's edition. Last week the jury and special awards were announced. Our coverage is not quite complete; we'll update this post as a few more articles roll in this...
CANNIBAL MUKBANG New Clip: I Don't Just Kill Anyone
Shy and looking for love, Mark quickly becomes smitten with the outgoing and mysterious Ash, who somehow, much to his surprise, reciprocates the attraction. But as his feelings for her intensify, so does his unexpected submersion into Ash's biggest love:...
SXSW 2025 Review: ODYSSEY, A Super Tense Thriller With A Bloody Edge
Natasha Flynn (Polly Maberly) is a hustler. She runs an estate agency, selling and leasing properties all over London. Working from a flashy office with a cadre of hungry employees, on the verge of a profitable merger with a bigger...
SXSW 2025 Review: NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, Matt & Jay Go Back to the Future!
A pair of lovable losers come up with a series of ridiculous schemes to get their band a gig at Toronto’s legendary nightclub, The Rivoli in Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. A feature...
SXSW 2025 Review: THE SURRENDER, A Mother Attempts to Save Her Husband From Death Through Black Magic
Megan returns home after a long time away to support her mother, Barbara, as her father enters his dying days in writer/director Julia Max’s black magic horror film, The Surrender. Barbara’s (Kate Burton) husband has been ill for a very...
SXSW 2025 Review: FUCKTOYS, A Filth-filled Odyssey Though A Punk Rock Wonderland
A sometime sex worker longs for love in director/writer/star Annapurna Sriram’s chaotic debut feature film, Fucktoys. We meet AP (Sriram) mid-tarot reading, sitting in the middle of a swamp, listening to the wisdom of a psychic played by iconic rapper,...
SXSW 2025 Review: CAPER, Toxicity Does Not Pay
Dan Imperial's comedy is a bitter pill to swallow for six New York City men.
PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER Official Trailer: Starring Steve Buscemi, John Magaro And Britt Lower
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night. Steve Buscemi, John Magaro and Britt Lower star...
825 FOREST ROAD: Shudder Announces Premiere Date, Releases Trailer And Poster
Shudder announced the premiere date for the new film from Stephen Gognetti, 825 Forest Road. Written and directed by Cognetti the filmmaker is best known to fans of the Hell House LLC franchise. After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson...
SXSW 2025 Review: $POSITIONS, Money Changes Everything
Brandon Daley's wildly funny film stars Mike Kunicki, Vinny Kress, Trevor Dawkins, and Kaylyn Carter in a compelling tale of friendship, obsession, and a p--- bomb.
THE EDGE OF NORMAL: Chloƫ Grace Moretz to Star in Serial-Killer Thriller For XYZ Films
Chloë Grace Moretz is set to star in a serial-killer thriller called The Edge of Normal. The new film, an adaptation of Carla Norton’s novel by the same name will be directed by Carlota Pereda (Piggy, The Chapel). Reeve LeClaire is...