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‘Downtown Owl’ Can’t Quite Translate Chuck Klosterman From Page To Screen [Tribeca]
As often proves the case with talky indies, a single visual flourish in “Downtown Owl” emerges to ensure the film does not become a mere plot and dialogue delivery mechanism. Here, that’s the long lens shot, which flattens out images…
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The Living Are the Real Terror
Ted Geoghegan isn’t messing around with his newest offering, Brooklyn 45. The man behind We Are Still Here has returned with yet another period piece, teaming up with Shudder for a 1940s horror tale that seems like it comes straight…
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Woolf Women | Film Threat
Directed by Marchella De Angelis and Jennifer Schauerte, Woolf Women follows Schaerte, or “Jungle Jenny,” the world’s number 2 women’s downhill skater. She is a world-class athlete who leads a collective of five downhill skateboarders with a passion for thrill-seeking called Woolf…
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Animated Series Peaks in Final Episodes
Watching Season 1 of Human Resources was the animated series equivalent to going through doodles of a notebook from a 15-year-old. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but, more often than not, the Big Mouth spin-off favored repetitive dick jokes…
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Scarlet (L’envol) | Film Threat
Pietro Marcello, the celebrated director of 2019 hit Martin Eden, is back with his latest literary adaptation, Scarlet (L’envol). The previous film was daunting in scope and grounded in earthly conflicts like labor and class. Based on Alexander Grin’s novel, this historical romantic…
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Speak Up Brotha! | Film Threat
Director Wes Andre Goodrich tells the story of a young man who can’t utter a word but has so much to say in his short film, Speak Up Brotha!. Roderick Lawrence is Ahmad, a man who suffers from deep anxiety when…
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review: Mildly Entertaining But Ultimately Forgettable
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a film that seeks to revitalize the iconic Transformers franchise by introducing new elements and expanding the universe created by Hasbro. Directed by Steven Caple Jr., the movie promises an epic battle between the…
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The Doldrums | Film Threat
Leonardo Nussenzveig makes his feature-length debut as a writer and director with the slice-of-life The Doldrums. Cole (Matthew Hadley), Matt (Matthew Price), and Alec (Nick Hansell) spend their high school days getting high and drinking because what else are they…
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Good Performances From Letitia Wright & Jamie Bell Can’t Help This Dull Western
Westerns, by nature, usually find themselves set in isolated parts of the United States with a limited cast and set that allows dialogue to do the heavy lifting as much as the characters speaking those lines. With any luck, a…
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Don’t Open the Box | Film Threat
Writer-director Sean Breathnach’s horror short, Don’t Open the Box, confirms that if you open your door at night and there’s a mysterious package, then re-read the title. John Ryan Howard plays Mike, a father who is up at night working from…
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A Deconstruction of True Crime
Editor’s Note: The below contains light spoilers for Based on a True Story. What happens when a suburban couple facing bankruptcy and stressing over marital issues finds out they know a serial killer? Created by Craig Rosenberg, Peacock’s Based on…
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Avocado | Film Threat
Casey de Fremery dives into the relationship between a dominant and submissive in the short film, Avocado. Our tale begins with our submissive, Neil (Jeremy Parr), being strapped down…collar and all, by this dominant counterpart, Gabriela (Steph Martinez). Neil is…
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