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The Holiday Club

By James Wegg | December 2025

Timely for the season, writer/director Alexandra Swarens’s The Holiday Club is a romance that is sort of a comedy. Its structure jumps…

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Timely for the season, writer/director Alexandra Swarens's The Holiday Club is a romance that is sort of a comedy. Its structure jumps through the major...

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Full disclosure: I smoked half a roach of weed decades ago, coughed for 10 minutes, and never went back. Apparently, many millions (zillions?) more soon...

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In Part 1, we explored how throughout history, new creative tools, from the printing press to photography and film, have consistently disciplined artists...

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“Do I need to go to film school to become a filmmaker?” This is a common question I hear from almost every aspiring director who comes my way. While I...

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As an indie filmmaker, I work with budgets so small they’re often met with mockery from those who can’t imagine anything noteworthy getting made under...

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A Response To Those Who Believe AI Can't Be Used For Creativity AI is no more capable of creating art than a tube of paint, a brush, a lump of clay, or a...

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Understanding Where to Start and How To Make It Good! Every time I see an interview with a filmmaker, the question comes up, “Do you have any advice for...

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Auteur director Steven Soderbergh and veteran writer David Koepp have devised Presence as if from the most metaphysical reaches of their craft....

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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Conclave, the latest from Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), uses a fictional narrative...

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LONDON FRIGHTFEST 2024 REVIEW! This psychological horror, Broken Bird, directed by Joanne Mitchell, tells the tale of Sybil (Rebecca Calder), a disturbed...

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