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Meta Take One

By Alan Ng | July 2026

If it’s for the sake of art, surely there are lines that can be crossed? In Meta Take One, co-directors John Dierre…

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Damaged Goods

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Kill Me Deadly

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Forty Winks

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As humans, we tend to dig into our bad decisions in life. We think that if we just somehow continue down that dark path, certainly there's an escape, and...

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Bliss

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SLAMDANCE 2024 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Heaven is a moving target that drug addicts try to hit with a spike in the gritty noir-tinged drama Bliss, directed by...

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