It’s rather rare for me to review short films in this column and when I do, it’s typically multiple shorts in the form of abbreviated capsule reviews. In addition, short films are typically only plentiful
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CONSUMED is Good-looking, But Barely Worth Consuming
What exactly is it that possesses people to hike deep into the heart of the backcountry where danger in the form of wild animals, starvation, and exposure to the elements threaten survival around every corner?
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CLOSE TO YOU Introduces Audiences to Elliot Page
Unless you’ve been binging Umbrella Academy on Netflix, you likely haven’t seen much of Elliot Page since he came out as a transgender man back in December 2020. He is arguably the most visible Trans
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Get your Neo-Western Fix with LAST COUNTY
Did the Hollywood western truly die or has it simply morphed into something palatably contemporary? The days of stagecoaches, spurs, and Smith & Wessons may be long gone (I personally consider Clint Eastwood’s 1992 masterpiece
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CREATIVE PRODUCING: Just What Does a Producer Do Anyway?
It takes far too long to read doesn’t it? In the time it takes me to plod through the typical novel, I can probably watch at least 5 average-length movies and 10+ episodes of TV.
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FANTASIA: KRYPTIC a Mystery Best Left Unsolved
Sometimes when I review movies for this site, I get the feeling that the dish I’m experiencing wasn’t quite ready to be pulled from the oven. Maybe it was the sub-film school-level graphics (news articles
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