The life and creative genius of the legendary Roberta Flack comes to life in the captivating new documentary Roberta, which premieres at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 7. Audiences can also catch it on the long-running PBS…
Read moreThe Pod Generation. Photo credit: Andrij Parekh, courtesy of Sundance Institute. In the not-so-far-flung future, a New York Couple (played by Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor) manage to snag a spot at the coveted Womb Center, which offers conveniently detachable…
Read more"The villain of a documentary is the filmmaker." So says Jason Woliner anyway, and in many ways he's right. Even if the documentarian isn't a villain, per se, they are a dictator of sorts. Ultimately, 'the truth' of what gets…
Read morebirth/rebirth, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Chananun Chotrungroj. Director Laura Moss’s feature debut birth/rebirth is laden with horror references, which was a principal reason for editor Taylor Mason vying for the gig. The film is essentially a modern retelling…
Read moreHome Interviews 'Missing's Nia Long Applauds Storm Reid, and Reid's Mom "You know mom is in there guiding the ship and pouring all the nuggets into her that she needs to become the woman that she is today." The Searching…
Read more"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit," wrote Edward Abbey in the book Desert Solitaire. There are some people who, faced with the chaos and industrialization of the modern world, retreat into that proverbial 'wild,'…
Read morebirth/rebirth, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Chananun Chotrungroj. A modern-day, female-focused retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth refuses to flinch when it comes to portraying the bloody viscera of the birthing process. The film follows a maternity…
Read moreWhen Oscar buzz first began building around Brendan Fraser’s performance in The Whale several months ago, director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For A Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler) knew he had to be frank with film festival audiences. Oftentimes, he shared…
Read moreIronically, Mark Brazill and Bonnie and Terry Turner’s hit series, That 70s Show, took the late '90s by storm. Following a group of friends in 1970s Wisconsin, the show mostly takes place in the home of the Forman’s where the…
Read moreThe Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) With NASA under “presidential orders” to land humans on Mars by 2033—and the industry titans of Silicon Valley rushing to make space exploration sexy again (not to mention cash in on that lucrative…
Read moreScare Package was one of the most ridiculous, gory, and intelligently funny horror parodies of the past few years. A Shudder original, the film used the anthology format to string together a meta-movie about video store owner Rad Chad and…
Read moreTruth really is stranger than fiction — just ask Matthew Macfadyen and Kevin R. McNally, stars of the new Britbox limited series, Stonehouse, based on the wild true story of an MP’s attempts at evading the law. Hailing from A…
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