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Aki Kaurismäki’s Romantic Tragicomedy Finds Love In A Hopeless Place [Karlovy Vary]
Boy meets girl is a tale as old as time and one that Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki has visited several times in a career that has spanned forty years, including in his latest romantic tragicomedy “Fallen Leaves.” His 20th feature…
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Escaping Ohio Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director-star Jessica Michael Davis expands her short Escaping Ohio to feature length under the same title. Co-writer/co-lead Collin Kelly-Sordelet is exported to the longer film as well. Is there enough meat on the bones to warrant an 81-minute runtime, or…
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Steven Soderbergh’s Twisty Limited Series Delivers on Thrills
In the last few years, the limited series method of storytelling has flooded — and subsequently, saturated — the television landscape. While it seems to be getting slightly out of control, it also makes perfect sense. Creators can snatch up…
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Ashley Park Leads Fantastic, Fun Comedy With Plenty Of Heart
Raunchy comedies are back, and they’re making a big splash. Following Jennifer Lawrence’s No Hard Feelings is Joy Ride, a genuinely funny and heartfelt film about friendship, identity, and not needing to be perfect. Directed by Adele Lim from a…
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Mask of the Devil Review: An Underwhelming Homage to Campy Slasher Movies
In an industry filled with creative and imaginative horror films, Mask of the Devil attempts to pay homage to the goofy and campy slasher movies of the past. However, this concept falls short of its intended mark, resulting in a…
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Justina Machado Kills in Comedy Horror Series
Even if you didn’t know that The Horror of Dolores Roach was one of those series with its roots in the world of podcasting when you sat down to watch it, this history would soon become abundantly apparent. This is…
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Raylan Givens Returns In FX’s Fantastic Limited Series
It’s been eight years since U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) packed up his Stetson hat and moved down to Miami in the series finale of FX’s consistently excellent “Justified.” (Although it’s 15 years in the world of the show.)…
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Sound of Freedom Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! I’ll say this about Alejandro Monteverde’s Sound of Freedom. The film’s message far outweighs any criticism or praise I have for the film. It’s an important true story about child sex trafficking, and in its presentation, it…
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Pascal Plante Crafts Disturbingly Clever Psychological Horror
While we can dismiss ghosts, ghouls, and other fantastic creatures as figments of our imaginations, it is harder to let go of the uncomfortable feeling that the biggest monsters out there are people. Pascal Plante’s latest movie, Red Rooms (Les…
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David Jařab’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ Riff Falls Flat
Some literary works are so powerful that they keep echoing centuries after they first became public. That's the case with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a novella that helped define the Western view on colonization and which inspired dozens of…
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Raylan Givens Triumphantly Returns to TV
This summer, the man with the hat is finally back. No, I'm not talking about Indiana Jones here. Real ones know the season's most exciting revival is happening over on FX, where, eight years after Justified wrapped up its sixth…
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Prisoner’s Daughter Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! The great indie boomerang has brought another great director back to where it all began in the gritty drama Prisoner’s Daughter, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Max (Brian Cox) is a former prizefighter who is in prison for…
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