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Film, TV & Music • Forming the Future • Est. 2014

Review: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 22, 2023

Review: Kevin Abrams’ ‘I Got a Monster’

By Joey Keogh on March 21, 2023

Collecting Movies with Mike Flanagan

By Greg Carlson on March 20, 2023

Review: Chad Stahelski’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 15, 2023

Review: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s ‘Scream VI’

By Joey Keogh on March 15, 2023

Collecting Movies with ‘JessZilla’ Filmmaker Emily Sheskin

By Greg Carlson on March 13, 2023

Devious Dialogues: Anya Stanley and Mike Thorn on Fox’s ‘The Exorcist’

By Anya Stanley on June 22, 2017

A.M. Novak and Mike Thorn Discuss FOX’s ‘The Exorcist’!

Review: Albert Maysles’ ‘In Transit’

By Erica Peplin on June 22, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“‘In Transit’ attests to the possibility of human connection and serves as a reminder to the insights Albert Maysles has given us over the last 50 years.”

Album Review: INVSN ‘The Beautiful Stories’

By Leslie Hatton on June 20, 2017

“INVSN may not make the music that flawed people deserve, but it’s definitely the music that we all need right now.”

It’s Real to Me: On Gia Coppola’s Understanding of the Teenage Experience in ‘Palo Alto’

By Justin Micallef on June 19, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

“Instead of skipping to the binary found at the beginning and end of the color swatch, ‘Palo Alto’ flushes every color in the middle, every emotion found in growing up.”

The Limits of Freedom in Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name’

By Anthony Dominguez on June 19, 2017

“While lush animation and detailed backdrops make Shinkai’s films visually stunning, without character depth, it’s a beauty which rings hollow.”

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Toby Paton’s ‘Jo Cox: Death of an MP’

By Katie Driscoll on June 16, 2017

“‘Jo Cox: Death of an MP’ is a difficult film that resonates now more than ever with a minority Tory government, the knock-on effects of Brexit felt.”

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Josh Homme and Andreas Neumann’s ‘American Valhalla’

By Katie Driscoll on June 15, 2017

“There is a sense of bearing witness to history-in-the-making and of the unlikely melding of soulmates.”

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Nick Broomfield’s ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’

By Katie Driscoll on June 14, 2017

“‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ plays out like a tragedy of the most cinematic kind.”

Oak Cliff Film Festival Review: Dustin Guy Defa’s ‘Person to Person’

By Colin Stacy on June 12, 2017

“‘Person to Person’ posits a world where forgiveness, kindness and neighborliness are actualized by a recognition of the innate goodness of humanity.”

Oak Cliff Film Festival Review: Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Golden Exits’

By Colin Stacy on June 10, 2017

“In ‘Golden Exits,’ the miserable find company in the spaces they inhabit. Nothing is shared; nothing is collective.”

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017 – Andrea De Sica’s ‘Children of the Night’

By Erica Peplin on June 8, 2017

“De Sica has mentioned ‘The Shining’ and ‘Dead Poets Society’ as influences, and ‘Children of the Night’ is at its best when it favors the former.”

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017 – Roberto Andò’s ‘The Confessions’

By Erica Peplin on June 6, 2017

“Sleek visuals and cryptic dialogue aren’t enough to save a film that’s essentially a truncated season of ‘House of Cards.'”

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017 – Edoardo De Angelis’ ‘Indivisible’

By Erica Peplin on June 5, 2017

“‘Indivisible’ is a fantastically imaginative coming-of-age tale, an opera of sweeping creativity and a universal human love story.”

Mamma Roma Movie Essay - 1962 Pier Paolo Pasolini Film

Vague Visages Is FilmStruck: Jeremy Carr on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s ‘Mamma Roma’

By Jeremy Carr on June 2, 2017

“The compassion Magnani and Pasolini elicit from this affectionate portrait is manifestly sympathetic — she just tries so hard.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Wind River’

By Benedict Seal on May 31, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

“‘Wind River’ is a well crafted, but straightforward, thriller with an interesting setting and social context.”

The Bottom Line: Q.V. Hough, Jeremy Carr and Bill Arceneaux on ‘Cobra’

By Q.V. Hough on May 31, 2017

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Cannes Film Festival Review: Roman Polanski’s ‘Based on a True Story’

By Benedict Seal on May 30, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

“The title is, of course, a knowing joke. ‘Based on a True Story’ couldn’t be further from reality.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘A Gentle Creature’

By Benedict Seal on May 29, 2017

“Sergei Loznitsa goes for absurdist satire, but, unfortunately, the joke’s on him.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Ben and Joshua Safdie’s ‘Good Time’

By Benedict Seal on May 28, 2017

“‘Good Time’ plays like little more than a direct-to-video thriller.”

Interview with Eleanor Coppola, Director of ‘Paris Can Wait’

By Marshall Shaffer on May 26, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Interview by Marshall Shaffer

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