AFI Fest

Anxious Body

By Alex Saveliev | November 2021

AFI FILM FEST 2021 REVIEW! What to make of Yoriko Mizushiri’s animated short Anxious Body? Running just under six minutes, its psychedelic imagery…

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AFI FILM FEST 2021 REVIEW! What to make of Yoriko Mizushiri's animated short Anxious Body? Running just under six minutes, its psychedelic imagery casts...

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AFI FEST 2021 REVIEW! Ali & Ava, written and directed by Clio Barnard, follows Ali (Adeel Akhtar), a friendly neighborhood landlord in a multicultural...

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AFI FEST 2021 REVIEW! Compartment No. 6, written by Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, and director Juho Kuosmanen, tells the story of Laura (Seidi Haarla), a...

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NEW TO THEATERS! If I may be so bold! Great science-fiction storytelling is not going to come from the big studios anymore. We will find it from new...

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NEW TO SHUDDER! Movies can force viewers to confront rather dark or uncomfortable things. I am not just talking about the blood and guts that one might...

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NOW ON MTV! It would be easy to write off writer/director Kelly Oxford's Pink Skies Ahead as merely a story about angry young millennials. But it takes...

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NEW TO HULU! For readers of Film Threat, 2019 was the year of the clown. We must have reviewed a dozen films about killer clowns. This year, the recurring...

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SFFILM FEST 2022 REVIEW! An astounding feature debut from Iranian writer-director Panah Panahi, the road trip drama Hit the Road brims with the confidence...

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NEW IN THEATERS! French filmmaker Jacques Audiard's versatility never fails to impress. He's triumphantly tackled a multitude of genres, from Western (The...

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NEW TO AMAZON PRIME! Regina King's impassioned directorial debut, One Night in Miami, unites four legends and delivers a timely conversation about their...

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