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A hard pill to swallow, Assassination Nation is a blunt, antagonistic, but masterful film, guided by a director who can so easily weave in between political horror, social injustice, dark comedy, and teen comedy.
A striking cautionary tale with authentic performances, Searching is a small thriller whose computer-screen gimmick actually elevates its subject matter.
Film Inquiry’s Kristy Strouse got to talk to filmmaker Louisa Fielden about her very timely short film People You May Know.
Unfriended: Dark Web shows that by tapping into modern communication, it’s possible to create a new cinematic language for the slasher sub-genre.
Eighth Grade is the messiness of the teenage experience confidently articulated by a first time filmmaker with an innately humanist streak.
Like Me is a visual spectacle that delves into the dark underbelly of social media, showing the lengths that people will go to in order to feel accepted on the internet.
Brad’s Status is a film about social media that is bolstered by its performances, but ultimately it is not particularly memorable.
After spending three years in post-production purgatory, Friend Request arrives in US cinemas – and is certainly not worth the wait.
Ingrid Goes West is a great commentary on our obsession with social media but while it is a good comedy it fails to be truly remarkable.
Though with timely themes and a fine cast/director, The Circle attempts to do too much with its material, instead ending up as lost potential.
Filmmaker and actor Brendan Bradley discusses the increasing role that social media is having on creativity and the power of filmmaking.
Don’t Hang Up is a tense and effective low-budget thriller, though it misses out on fully probing the dangers of online bullying.
Times are changing in the way of television as the bond between cinema and television screens are getting stronger. An observation of current trends.
The suspense thriller gets a modern makeover in Nerve, which takes on both modern cyber culture and the cult of instant celebrity in a slickly produced, fast-paced crowd-pleaser aimed straight at the audience that’s the most likely to get it. Nerve is self-consciously cool to a fault, but it does know who its target audience is. Nerve is particularly timely in light of the current worldwide furor over Pokémon GO.
An independent filmmaker wears many different hats: director, writer, producer, investor, et cetera. Now add to this list social media manager.