Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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Movie Review (Sundance): ‘Knocking’ Shows Paranoia on a Small Scale

Director: Frida Kempff Writers: Emma Broström Stars: Cecilia Milocco, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen Synopsis: A coming of age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a...

Movie Review (Sundance): ‘How It Ends’ is a Story of Self-discovery in the Face of Destruction

Director: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein Writers: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Olivia Wilde, Fred Armisen, Helen Hunt, Lamorne Morris Synopsis: On the last day on Earth, one woman goes on an...

Movie Review (Sundance): ‘Homeroom’ Delivers a Punch in the End

Director: Peter Nicks Synopsis: Following the class of 2020 at Oakland High School in a year marked by seismic change, exploring the emotional world of teenagers coming of age against the backdrop of...

Movie Review (Sundance): ‘Censor’ is Certified Mentally Nasty

Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Writers: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher Stars: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller Synopsis: After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to...

Movie Review (Raindance): ‘Stardust’ is Lacking in Music, Heart and Soul

Director: Gabriel Range Writer: Christopher Bell, Gabriel Range Stars: Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron, Jena Malone Synopsis: Stardust chronicles the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the...

Movie Review (Raindance): ‘Here Are the Young Men’ is a Tough, Mostly Important Watch

Director: Eoin Macken Writer: Rob Doyle, Eoin Macken Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Dean-Charles Chapman, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Synopsis: Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs,...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Striding Into The Wind’ is a Tender Insight Into Post-Modern China

Director: Shujun Wei Writer: Gao Linyang, Shujun Wei Stars: Zheng Ying Chen, Tong Lin Kai, Wang Xiaomu Synopsis: An aimless film school student goes on an ambling road trip across China in a rickety old...

Movie Review: ‘Collective’ Looks into Governments Collapsing Journalistic Credibility

Director: Alexander Nanau Writer: Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris Stars: Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag, Catalin Tolontan Synopsis: Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to...

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