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Releasing a Film in a Post-Coronavirus World and More with Vaughn Stein

By Lorry Kikta | May 2020

Inheritance is director Vaughn Stein’s current film. Starring Lily Collins, Connie Neilsen, Chace Crawford, Patrick Warburton, and Simon Pegg in a real tour-de-force…

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Inheritance is director Vaughn Stein's current film. Starring Lily Collins, Connie Neilsen, Chace Crawford, Patrick Warburton, and Simon Pegg in a real...

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You can say one thing for writer/director Richard Halpern – the man has vision. As any independent filmmaker, or any filmmaker for that matter, will tell...

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For most independent filmmakers, getting your film past the script can be a daunting task. I spoke with the writer/director/producer/star Stephanie Turner...

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Carlo Mirabella-Davis' Swallow is already one of the best thrillers of 2020 so far. However, I find it really hard to believe that another film can be so...

Elijah Wood, Timpson, and McHattie Want You to Come to Daddy image — Elijah Wood, Timpson, and McHattie Want You to Come to Daddy
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Come to Daddy was, far and away, my favorite film from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. It’s a dark horror comedy that’s equal parts Evil Dead and...

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Daniel Isn’t Real is based on the novel, In This Way I Was Saved, by author Brian DeLeeuw. The film follows Luke (Miles Robbins) as he is conflicted with...

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Love Is Blind follows a young lady who can’t see her mother or the suicidal man that her psychiatrist assigned to her due to her previous traumatic...

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A lot has changed for Rian Johnson in the last decade. When he arrived in Kansas City in 2009, he was promoting his second film, the comedy The Brothers...

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New York City has always been a great place to be if you're in the market for repertory cinema. There are many theaters playing wonderful retrospectives...

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The true story of Virginia Walden Ford, a single mother, turned education activist in 2003 as her son struggled in school due to its limited resources....

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