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After the Freeze

By Sabina Dana Plasse | October 2025

Before the Freeze was an experimental psychodrama exploring anxiety, parenthood, and the dangers of escapism. Writer-director Tenley E. Raj continues the psychodrama…

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Before the Freeze was an experimental psychodrama exploring anxiety, parenthood, and the dangers of escapism. Writer-director Tenley E. Raj continues the...

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Producer/writer Tim Chizmar’s Naked as Created: The Pastor Jim Story dives into one of the most unexpected combinations imaginable—faith-based cinema...

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As 1988’s Disney Channel original Halloweentown is my wife’s happy comfort movie, I felt compelled to check out Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb's...

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Co-writer/director Tyler Cole's Deacon unfolds like Frailty meets Primal Fear in a sacramental serial killer noir which by the power Christ compels you to...

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For some of the wackiest sci-fi since Douglas Adams stuck his thumb out, get ready to enjoy the end of the world again in the post-apocalyptic cooking...

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NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! The Floaters is an authentic summer camp comedy with a Jewish spin. Director Rachel Israel’s film has a...

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LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Set in 1950s Hollywood, Nadine follows fading film star Nadine (Grace Caroline Currey) as she arrives at...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Coming off All Quiet on the Western Front, and Conclave, Edward Berger has earned a spot as one of the...

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Directed by Amanda Deering Jones and written by Kitty Edwinson, Little Mother Lies is a tense family drama set over the course of a single evening. Over a...

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Kevin Dougherty's Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt takes its place on my list of great docs exploring the life and work of naturally gifted...

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