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Occasionally, audiences can find these hidden gems at the SXSW festival in comedy, science-fiction or horror, but occasionally, audiences may find something like Welsh-language thriller, The Feast.
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!['Mass' Review: Fran Kranz's Directorial Debut Shows Us How Even This Divided World Can Begin to Heal [Sundance 2021]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5816af52e6f2e15be207b0cd/1612223797087-TU5VQ6Z07320GMXTEW2E/Mass.jpg)
Fran Kranz, a great comedian in his own right, has shown the world his adept grasp on the dramatic side of life with his directorial debut, “Mass.”
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“Pieces of a Woman” is not for the faint of heart; it’s a truly heartbreaking, intimate, unflinching, and harrowing look at one woman’s unimaginable loss and her process to recovery.
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Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland”, based on the novel by Jessica Bruder is the story of a forgotten part of the Boomer generation who has to keep moving to work, and working to live.
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“Concrete Cowboy” is a story about a forgotten aspect of Black-America which needs to be told. That is why it is such a shame that it gets lost in an otherwise formulaic ‘coming of age’ film for inner-city youth.
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Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson might not be household names, but something is on the horizon for this duo. Their new film, SYNCHRONIC has subtext, a message, and a key central idea, but because Moorhead & Benson wanted to introduce so many elements from different genres, almost all of that effective storytelling was, ironically… lost in time.
Read More![‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Review: A Reminder that Hope and Humanity Is Never Gone [TIFF 2019]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5816af52e6f2e15be207b0cd/1569431253348-FASCBHCFHGS2UKCUMZQ1/public.jpeg)
We might look at some of the forgotten childhood tidbits that have been chipped away from our soul and scoff at the idea, but A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood reminds us not only are these things natural, they can come back into our lives easily. Here’s our review.
Read More![‘Joker’ Review: Todd Phillips Ushers in a New Era of Auteur-Driven Comic-Book Films [TIFF 2019]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5816af52e6f2e15be207b0cd/1568674409861-1FLRDWC8LPYAMWW00G8L/joker-2019-clown-makeup-joaquin-phoenix-movie-poster-uhdpaper.com-hd-3.956.jpg)
Joker utilizes the popularity of the comic book movie platform to deliver a new character story. In a repulsive, vile, and evil exploration of one of comics’ most iconic villains, Phillips changes the lens through which we view films in this genre.
Read More!['Knives Out' Review: Rian Johnson’s Wickedly Sharp Murder Mystery Puts a Timely Twist on a Bygone Genre [TIFF 2019]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5816af52e6f2e15be207b0cd/1568257947618-YZBV7P7MVO1YMJDQ54GC/public.jpeg)
Not since “Clue” has there been such a wildly entertaining good old fashioned murder mystery. Rian Johnson breathes new life into a neglected genre with his Agatha Christie inspired throwback offering a timely modern twist on a classic favorite.
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The pitfalls of fame are in abundance, suffocating them from every angle and submerging them into maturity before they’re even ready. However, if you’re Shia LaBeouf, the environment may lead to severe emotional distress and he’s not afraid to share in his latest film, Honey Boy in which the writer/actor exercises a long overdue catharsis contextualizing the heartbreaking and complicated relationship between he and his father.
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