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By Sabina Dana Plasse | February 2026

SUNDANCE 2026 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Writer-director David Shadrack Smith’s Public Access tells a unique New York City story. The Big Apple and…

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SUNDANCE 2026 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Writer-director David Shadrack Smith's Public Access tells a unique New York City story. The Big Apple and its...

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SF INDIE FEST 2026 REVIEW! I'd never heard of Santacon until watching Seth Porge's Santacon. It's an annual event in New York City, where rabble-rousers...

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Writer-director Samer Saifan's If Birds Believed in God centers on how cultural identity can turn into a personal risk. The film follows a young man forced...

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In writer-director Walter Kim's Banana Split, a bad timing mix-up forces two strangers to share an apartment for a long weekend in New York City. The setup...

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In writer-director Sally Lomidze's short film, Behind the Pose, Masha (Ksena Samborska) is a 16-year-old model from Eastern Europe living in a cramped New...

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NOW ON TUBI! For a decade-old indie oddity that deserves another look, go check out the unusual neo-noir Videola, written by Gary O. Bennett and directed...

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In writer-director-star Artima Sakulkoo's It Happened in August, Aim (Sakulkoo) and Sandra (Linsy Segarra) had been dating for some time. But everything...

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Writer-director Thomas Mignone's Queen of Manhattan is not a simple biopic; it's a dream of neon, trauma, and survival that uses the life of adult film...

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Déjà Vu: The Conundrum of Cassie is written by, directed by, and stars Cybela Clare, who also produces and co-edits alongside fellow producer Michael...

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A Brooklyn Love Story is just that. It's a romance between a man and a woman and a love letter to the quaint New York City borough. The film, directed by...

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