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ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW: A Strangely Alluring Crime Indie
ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW: A Strangely Alluring Crime Indie

Though not flawless, All Creatures Here Below will likely have you both conflicted as much as moved by its events, in addition to stirring performances by Karen Gillan and David Dastmalchian.

TRIAL BY FIRE: A Somber Look At The Archaic Criminal Justice System
San Francisco International Film Festival 2019 Review: TRIAL BY FIRE

Trial By Fire is an expertly-crafted work of art that doubles as a biopic and perceptive, dual character study, brimming with jaw-dropping performances.

GAME OF THRONES (S8E5) “The Bells”: Penultimate Annihilation
GAME OF THRONES (S8E5) “The Bells”: Penultimate Annihilation

Game of Thrones “The Bells” was a bleak 80 minutes of endless, caustic mayhem at the hands of one of the show’s most beloved and treasured characters.

BEATS: Captures The Spirit Of A Friendship & The State Of A Nation
BEATS: Captures The Spirit Of A Friendship & The State Of A Nation

While Beats isn’t perfect, the cast is engaging and Welsh’s visual style is lively without falling into nightclub-style movie shot cliches.

Tribeca 2019: Interview with Director Dolly Wells and Stars Emily Mortimer and Grace Van Patton For GOOD POSTURE
Tribeca 2019: Interview With GOOD POSTURE Director Dolly Wells & Stars Emily Mortimer And Grace Van Patten

We had to opportunity to sit down with the director of Good Posture, Dolly Wells, as well as the film’s leading ladies, Emily Mortimer and Grace Van Patten.

Tribeca 2019: Interview with Director Dolly Wells and Stars Emily Mortimer and Grace Van Patton For GOOD POSTURE
Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Round-Up #4: GEORGETOWN, DREAMLAND, GOOD POSTURE And LOW TIDE

In this round-up of Tribeca Film Festival 2019 reviews, Stephanie Archer reviews four more narrative features.

CHERNOBYL "1:23:45" (S1E1): An Eerie and Daunting Opening
CHERNOBYL (S1E1) “1:23:45”: An Eerie & Daunting Opening

Chernobyl achieves each and every goal, setting out to conceive something that in the forthcoming weeks could turn into something possibly quite special.

Tribeca Film Festival 2019: SUBLIME, THE QUIET ONE, LIL' BUCK: REAL SWAN and RED, WHITE AND WASTED
Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Documentary Report #2

In her second Tribeca documentary report, Stephanie Archer reviews Red, White & Wasted, Lil’ Buck: Real Swan, The Quiet One, and Sublime.

WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY Trailer
The Impossible Fidelity Of Emily Dickinson’s Biopics

We delve into two recent biopics about Emily Dickinson, A Quiet Passion and Wild Nights With Emily, examining which seems to show more truth about the legendary poet.

CHERNOBYL (S1E2) “Please Remain Calm” - This Sophomore Episode Is An Intensified Nightmare
CHERNOBYL (S1E2) “Please Remain Calm”: An Intensified Nightmare

Episode two of Chernobyl ups the scale of the disaster and introduces us to new characters while retaining its slow-burn approach. Jak-Luk Sharp reviews.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE (S1E7) "Not All Men": Meteors and Toxic Masculinity
THE TWILIGHT ZONE (S1E7) “Not All Men”: Meteors & Toxic Masculinity

Picture a world where women live in fear of men’s violent outbursts. This all too relevant scenario is where episode 7 of the Twilight Zone reboot begins.

THE SHADE SHEPHERD: Chris Faulisi’s 1980’s Thriller Follows The Nostalgic Herd

The Shade Shepherd is a thumping and garish character venture, made to look and feel alluring, yet ends up inheriting an artistic drive, low on fuel and brisk in speed.

JUST SAY GOODBYE: A Tale On Teen Suicide Is Saved By Stirring Perspective
JUST SAY GOODBYE: A Tale On Teen Suicide Is Saved By Stirring Perspective

Just Say Goodbye is a laudable strive to enlarge the implications and the all-inclusive consequences of suicide.

TOLKIEN: A Classically Told Biopic
TOLKIEN: A Classically Told Biopic

Tolkien is competently made, beautifully visualised and at times even excellent, with Nicholas Hoult providing much needed heart in the lead.

EVERLASTING: Spellbinding Mystery Of Tragic First Love
EVERLASTING: Spellbinding Mystery Of Tragic First Love

Subversive, icky and incessantly spellbinding, writer-director Anthony Stabley operates artistically well in Everlasting.