Microaggressions (Season 2) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
As we head out of the aftermath of the pandemic, the way we relate to one another on the job has changed drastically. Writer-director Brian Padian explores these changes in the second season of Microaggressions. The series spotlights various managers and…
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Blood For Dust Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Directed by Rod Blackhurst and written by David Ebeltoft (from a story by both of them), Blood For Dust follows down-on-his-luck salesman Cliff (Scoot McNairy). He wants to provide for his wife, Amy (Nora Zehetner), and family, but sales have…
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R Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director-writer Holden Pollak’s R is an ultra-low-budget independent about making a B film in the late 1960s. The drama follows the efforts of a director named Gordon Flemyng (Brad Pollak) and his screenwriter friend Robert Sabaroff (Mark Baker) to make a heist…
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Called To Duty Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Screenwriter Bobby Hammel and director Ashley L. Gibson’s military drama, Called To Duty, is intended to be a tribute to the brave men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s also a searing look at the sexism that exists…
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Jess Plus None Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The opening scene to writer-director Mandy Fabian’s debut, Jess Plus None, will undoubtedly capture your attention. It provides valuable insight into the titular Jess (Abby Miller), a heartbroken 30-something desperate to love and be loved, yet she’s confused between sex and…
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A Moving, Gentle Drama About Healing In The Wake Of Tragedy
School shootings continue to happen. It’s tragic, heartbreaking, and it often feels rather hopeless watching as things unfold, and the cycle of violence repeats. Far from being a film that capitalizes on the shock value of such a devastating event,…
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Letitia Wright & Michael K. Williams Carry Western Thriller
From the moment the cinematic titan that was Michael K. Williams comes onto the screen in the perpetually grim yet frequently gorgeous revisionist Western that is Surrounded, it is as if the whole world fades away for us to get…
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Elemental Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Pixar is back with its first original story to hit theaters in a long time. Director Peter Sohn and writers John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh’s Elemental wonders if the flames of love’s passion can exist between water…
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Tracee Ellis Ross & Bel Powley Stun In Frustrating Media Thriller
Director and screenwriter Roxine Helberg premiered her feature debut, Cold Copy, at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Tracee Ellis Ross stars as Diane Heger, the cutthroat news reporter with an impressive track record of getting the truth from public figures.…
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Trinket Box Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON TUBI! Prepare for a throat full of screams with the ultra-scary indie horror Trinket Box, directed by Patrycja Kepa and Acoryé White and written by them and Felipe Cisneros. It opens in present day, with a mysterious figure…
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Moriarty & Courtney Elevate A Thoroughly Fascinating Drama
Being stuck in a hopeless situation, and a location that has no other human in sight for miles, can make someone desperate enough to take extreme action. Catching Dust, written and directed by Stuart Gatt, hinges on this premise. While…
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FX’s Gripping, Heartfelt Series Courses Out Its Smart Drama In Tasty Second Season
The war in the kitchen is over, for now. Season 2 of FX’s “The Bear” is not about head chef Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), his co-owner cousin Richie (Eben Moss-Bachrach), and sous chef Sydney (by long-reigning series MVP Ayo Edibiri)…
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