Dicks: The Musical Review | Flickreel
When a movie is entitled Dicks: The Musical, you should have an idea of what’s in store. If the title isn’t enough to hint at the ensuing insanity, this is the first musical from A24. On top of all that,…
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The Conference Review: A Thrilling Descent into Corporate Horror
The Conference, directed by Patrik Eklund and written by a trio of talents—Eklund, Thomas Moldestad, and Mats Strandberg—emerges as a unique addition to the horror genre, blending the mundane with the macabre. Set within the confines of a seemingly harmless…
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A Thrillingly Vivid Look At Modern Malaise [NYFF]
The exploitation of the poor guy by corporations is a universal affliction. So is the desire to make art about it. No filmmaker today tackles the subject with as much gusto as Romanian auteur Radu Jude. While other directors make…
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The Wintering Grounds Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director Jeff Springer presents The Wintering Grounds, a short documentary film about a seasonal kayaking community that sprung up since urban whitewater rapids were restored on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia. For most of the year, world-class freestyle kayakers…
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The Puppetman Review: A Muddled Dance of Horror and Clichés
Brandon Christensen‘s The Puppetman attempts to unravel the twisted tale of a convicted killer and his alleged possession by an evil force, but it fumbles the opportunity, ultimately succumbing to clichés and a muddled narrative. While the premise holds promise,…
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Back to the Drive-In Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Award This! 2023 Nominee! available on Prime Video. Perhaps the only good thing that has come from the pandemic is that people are rediscovering what makes a drive-in a unique way to enjoy movies. It’s about as close as one…
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Desperation Road Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS AND VOD! In her directorial debut, Nadine Crocker takes on adapting Michael Farris Smith’s southern-noir novel, Desperation Road. Our tale follows its two leads trying to start a new life in a “rough and tumble” Mississippi town…
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Bienvenidos a Los Angeles Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles is a short film from director-writer Lisa Cole that tells the story of one night in the life of Imani (Destiny Faith Nelson), a Nigerian single mother living in Los Angeles. She makes a fateful decision…
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Survive the Field Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS! 2023 INDIE SCI-FI NOMINEE! Emerson Moore’s horror, Escape the Field, turns an average cornfield into a maze of death. Can you figure out its mystery before it’s too late? Our tale opens in a small clearing in the…
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Killers of the Flower Moon Review
Killers of the Flower Moon revolves around the Osage Nation murders in the early 20th century. A more conventional film would focus on Jesse Plemons as Tom White, a BOI agent sent to investigate the case. Actually, the Osage murders…
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‘Annika’ Season 2 Review — A Fresh Take on the Police Procedural
At some point, I lost track of all the police procedurals on television. From Law & Order to FBI, it seems like just about every possible branch of law enforcement has been covered to some extent, with varying degrees of…
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Call Me Mule Featured, Reviews Film Threat
For John Sears, known as Mule, home is wherever his feet are because he is a nomad who travels with three mules fighting for the right to walk and roam freely in the United States. In Call Me Mule, documentary…
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