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Shadow Island

By Sumner Forbes | September 2023

In Shadow Island, director Johan Storm is working off a sure-fire formula for success. Set on an isolated and dismal Swedish isle…

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In Shadow Island, director Johan Storm is working off a sure-fire formula for success. Set on an isolated and dismal Swedish isle shrouded not only by...

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The western has long been a Hollywood staple since the days real cowboys would congregate at the corner of Sunset and Gower Gulch to get a day's work as an...

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Writer-director Matthew Boyd's A Boat for My Brother carries a lot of emotional weight. I mean this in both the sense of poignancy as well as baggage....

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For drama and theater students, James H. Lee's short film, The Inflection Scheme, explores the idea of status and how it propels a story forward. Shaun...

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I imagine it a difficult task to convey the feeling of anxiety without coming off as overly sentimental. I imagine it similarly difficult to meld such a...

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Despite the obvious titular allusion, actor-writer-director Attila Korosi's micro-budget crime drama Live and Die in East L.A. bears little resemblance...

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LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Drawing inspirations from ancient folklore and the infamous and treacherous Salem witch trials, the horror genre has...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Full Disclosure: I'd never heard of the Blue Beetle until director Angel Manuel Soto and screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer's Blue...

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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Director Amy Glazer's 7000 Miles is more Margaritaville than masterpiece. The movie, written by Colette...

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NOW ON VOD! Queer fear is here in director Alice Maio Mackay's bloody LGBTQIA+ slasher Bad Girl Boogey. Written by Mackay and Benjamin Pahl Robinson, the...

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