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19/08/2022

Tatiana Maslany, Mark Ruffalo and Jameela Jamil lead up the cast in SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW, Marvel Studios first true attempt at a comedy series.

BY MATEO MORENO The Marvel Cinematic Universe has gone a lot of different ways, and even for th...

18/08/2022

Leah Purcell wrote, stars and directs the feminist western THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON, based on her stage play of the same name.

BY MATEO MORENO "The Drover's Wife" is an 1892 Australian short story telling the sto...

18/08/2022

Ed Harris stars alongside filmmaking/acting duo Terrence Martin & Dominique Braun in the indie seaside thriller GET AWAY IF YOU CAN.

BY MATEO MORENO Trouble is brewing on the sea for a married couple hoping to fix their troubled...

13/08/2022

Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner & Jeffrey Dean Morgan make up the cast of FALL, a high-octane thriller set 2,000 feet in the air.

BY MATEO MORENO If you're the least bit afraid of heights, and hell, even if you're not, FALL w...

01/08/2022

Lena Dunham returns to the big screen with SHARP STICK, her new sex-positive comedy starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal & Jennifer Jason Leigh. Sadly for us, this was a major and bizarre misfire from the celebrated writer. See what we thought below!

BY MATEO MORENO Lena Dunham's writing is something of an acquired taste. Her hit HBO television...

01/08/2022

Cassandra Rosebeetle and JL Marlor's new movement opera THE FINAL VEIL tells the story of Franceska Mann, a Polish dancer who's life and death is shrowded in mystery. It just completed its short run here in NYC but read all our thoughts here!

BY MATEO MORENO Franceska Mann was a Polish Jewish dancer who, in the late 1930's was considere...

10/05/2022

Audrey Dewan's masterpiece HAPPENING is now receiving its US limited release and it couldn't be more timely.

BY MATEO MORENO Audrey Diwan's powerful and unforgettable HAPPENING (L'ÊNÊN...

10/05/2022

ESCAPE THE FIELD, part "escape Room" action, part horror film that features a group of six strangers waking up inside a field with no memories of how they got there.

BY MATEO MORENO Six strangers wake up one by one in a field, slowly meeting and realizing none ...

29/04/2022

A young teen girl begins to notice herself changing after she decides to try her luck at a viral online game in WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR.

BY MATEO MORENO Casey (Anna Cobb) is a lonely teenager transfixed on her online culture. She's ...

29/04/2022

A group of oddballs are chosen to enter a life-changing contest and discover more than they bargained for in STANLEYVILLE.

BY MATEO MORENO STANLEYVILLE is a bizarre movie, and it wears that like a badge of honor. In fa...

02/02/2022

SUNDANCE '22 WRAP-UP: In the near future, Karen Gillian is a terminally ill woman who clones herself, not realizing only one of them can exist in this world in the sci-fi satire DUAL, also starring Aaron Paul.

BY MATEO MORENO DUAL is a film that, on the surface, seems quite similar to last year's SWAN SO...

02/02/2022

SUNDANCE '22 WRAP-UP: Writer/Director Ham Tran was last at the Sundance Film Festival 15 years ago and he returned this year with the first ever Vietnamese sci-fi family film MAIKA.

BY MATEO MORENO Writer/Director Ham Tran was last at the Sundance Film Festival 15 years ago an...

27/01/2022

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL '22: Possibly the buzziest film at Sundance this year, Cooper Raiff's CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH has him falling for an older woman (Dakota Johnson) and befriending her autistic daughter while trying to figure out his life piece by piece.

BY MATEO MORENO Following up on the success of his debut feature Sh*****se , Cooper Raiff's lat...

27/01/2022

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL '22: Kate Bosworth shines as a woman with no name, armed with a list of those she needs to kill in the modern day western BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES.

BY MATEO MORENO The modern day Western series BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES makes a strong splash...

27/01/2022

Al Weaver is an emotionally stunted man who's trying to figure out if his girlfriend is "marriage material" in the frustratingly bland I'M NOT IN LOVE.

BY MATEO MORENO I'M NOT IN LOVE is a sort of anti-romantic comedy. Co-written and directed by C...

17/01/2022

BELLE, the latest animated feature from writer/director Mamoru Hosoda, is a stunning and powerful film bridging the classic "Beauty and the Beast" story within the world of social media.

BY MATEO MORENO BELLE , the emotionally and stirring new Japanese film from writer/director Ma...

16/01/2022

The story of the first restaurant is told in a mouth watering fashion in DELICIOUS (DÉLICIEUX), starring Grégory Gadebois and Isabelle Carré.

BY MATEO MORENO Pierre Manceron (Grégory Gadebois) is a chef with exquisite taste. H...

03/01/2022

We won't bury the lead here: Paul Thomas Anderson's LICORICE PIZZA is one of our favorite films of this year and is a new indie masterpiece. Featuring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper and Sean Penn.

BY MATEO MORENO I won't bury the lead here: LICORICE PIZZA , the new film by Paul Thomas Ander...

29/10/2021

Edgar Wright's latest film LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, starring Thomasin McKenzie & Anya Taylor-Joy, is a dizzying spin into the past and present, revolving around a mystery that's just dying to be solved. Now in theatres!

BY MATEO MORENO Edgar Wright has made a career of making cool films. And I don't mean "coo...

15/09/2021

Jessica Alexander is a young woman who suddenly stops eating and believes she's here to "prepare" her family for the darkness to come in the atmospheric A BANQUET, selected as part of the 2021 TIFF.

BY MATEO MORENO A BANQUET is a sometimes eerie, sometimes intriguing but often infuriating new ...

15/09/2021

Eerie and slow-burning, the new Shudder original MARTYRS LANE follows a 10-year-old girl, her mysterious new friend and a grieving family as a long buried mystery begins to rise to the surface.

BY MATEO MORENO The fear and longing of being 10 years old and having a disconnect with a paren...

10/09/2021

Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish & Tye Sheridan star in Paul Schrader's taut and thrilling THE CARD COUNTER, produced by Martin Scorsese and now playing in theaters.

BY MATEO MORENO William Tell (Oscar Isaac) is a card player. He plays poker, blackjack and move...

25/08/2021

SAMANTHA ROSE (out Sep. 7th) is a warm and sunny indie gem of a film that features an entire cast of first-time actors lead by standout Sam Rose.

BY MATEO MORENO SAMANTHA ROSE (played by first-time non-binary actor Sam Rose) is at a bit of a...

13/08/2021

Stunning cinematography and ambitious storytelling make up WHELM, a beauty of an indie film set around a legendary bank robbery in the Great Depression.

BY MATEO MORENO WHELM , the directorial debut of Skyler Lawson (who also wrote the script) is o...

13/08/2021

Jennifer Hudson commands the screen as the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in the lively new biopic RESPECT, now playing in theaters everywhere.

BY MATEO MORENO Aretha Franklin the artist and her music are two things that are instantly reco...

09/08/2021

Powerful and very moving, THE MACALUSO SISTERS (LE SORELLE MACALUSO) tells the heartbreaking tale of a group of five sisters in Sicily and follows them throughout their lives as they try to pick up the pieces after a childhood tragedy. Now playing in select cinemas!

BY MATEO MORENO Heartbreaking, powerful and very moving, THE MACALUSO SISTERS (LE SORELLE MACAL...

26/06/2021

Featured at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, Ilana Glazer steps into the horror/suspense realm with FALSE POSITIVE, an unsettling tale of a pregnant woman slowly coming to the realization that everyone may be lying to her about everything.

BY MATEO MORENO FALSE POSITIVE , the new suspense/horror film co-written by star Illana Glazer,...

16/06/2021

TRIBECA 2021: Made up almost entirely of video calls, AS OF YET is a "refreshing and very smart film, one that is as relatable as it is hilarious." Check out our review of it, and then check it out yourself at this years Tribeca at home!

BY MATEO MORENO Life became very challenging for all of us over the past year and it seemed lik...

14/06/2021

First review of this years Tribeca Film Fest is up and it's of three stellar short films: LIZA ANONYMOUS, WAVES and CHERRY LEMONADE. Check out our reviews and then head over to Tribeca's page and rent them for yourself this week!

BY MATEO MORENO Here we are again, back in downtown New York and walking the streets of Tribeca...

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